Whitney, 1586.

“The little childe, is pleas’de with cockhorse gaie,

Althoughe he aske a courser of the beste:

The ideot likes, with bables for to plaie,

And is disgrac’de, when he is brauelie dreste:

A motley coate, a cockescombe, or a bell,

Hee better likes, then Iewelles that excell.

So fondelinges vaine, that doe for honor sue,

And seeke for roomes, that worthie men deserue: