And spake to him in place.
This had a brother, (his name I knew,)
The first of all his cote,
A shepheard true, yet not so true
As he that erst I hote.
Whilome all these were low and lief,
And loved their flocks to feed;
They never stroven to be chief,
And simple was their weed:
But now (thanked be God therefore!)