So contest soon by concord might be ended.
PIERS. Shepheard, I list no accordance make
With shepheard, that does the right way forsake;
And of the twain, if choice were to me,
Had lever my foe than my friend he be;
For what concord have light and dark sam?
Or what peace has the lion with the lamb?
Such faitours, when their false hearts be hid,
Will do as did the Fox by the Kid.[8]
PAL. Now, Piers, of fellowship, tell us that saying;