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