Fulofte sythe he overthroweth

The Cites and the policie,

That I have herd the poeple crie, 460

P. i. 295

And echon seide in his degre,

‘Ha wicke tunge, wo thee be!’

For men sein that the harde bon,

Althogh himselven have non,

A tunge brekth it al to pieces.

He hath so manye sondri spieces