His practick wit, and his faire filed tong,
With thousand other sleights: for well he kend,
His credit now in doubtfull ballaunce hong;
For hardly could be[441] hurt, who was already stong.
Still as he went, he craftie stales did lay,[442] iv
With cunning traines him to entrap vnwares,
And priuie spials plast in all his way,
To weete what course he takes, and how he fares;
To ketch him at a vantage[443] in his snares.
But now so wise and warie was the knight[444]