'As' one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, 'and as' vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
and leesith his mentil in þe dai of coold. Vynegre in a vessel of salt is he, þat singith songis to þe worste herte. As a mouyte noieth a cloth, and a worm noieth a tree, so þe sorewe of a man noieth þe herte.