A wicked Monster, that his tongue doth whet
Gainst all, both good and bad, both most and least,
And poures his poysnous gall forth to infest
The noblest wights with notable defame:
Ne euer Knight, that bore so lofty creast,
Ne euer Lady of so honest name,
But he them spotted with reproch, or secrete[490] shame.
In vaine therefore it were, with medicine xiii
To goe about to salue such kynd of sore,
That rather needes wise read and discipline,