Ful shaply been to failen alle y-fere.
For thus men seyn, "that [oon thenketh the bere],
But al another thenketh his ledere."
1455
Your sire is wys, and seyd is, out of drede,
["Men may the wyse at-renne, and not at-rede."]
209. It is ful hard to halten unespyed
Bifore a crepul, for he can the craft;
Your fader is in sleighte [as Argus yëd];
1460