For not but well might him betight:
He is so meek, wise, and merciable,
And with his word his work is convenable.
Colin Clout, I ween, be his self boy,
(Ah, for Colin! he whilome my joy:)
Shepheards such, God might us many send,
That doen so carefully their flocks tend.
DIG. Thilk same shepheard might I well mark,
He has a dog to bite or to bark;
Never had shepheard so keen a cur,