But subgit be to alle poesye;
[And kis the steppes], wher-as thou seest pace
[Virgile, Ovyde, Omer, Lucan, and Stace].
257. And for ther is so greet diversitee
In English and in wryting of our tonge,
1795
So preye I god that noon miswryte thee,
Ne thee [mismetre] for defaute of tonge.
And [red] wher-so thou be, or elles songe,
That thou be understonde I god beseche!