Confessor.

Mi Sone, hierof thou miht avise

How fraude stant in many wise

Amonges hem that guile thenke;

Ther is no Scrivein with his enke 1070

Which half the fraude wryte can

That stant in such a maner man:

Forthi the wise men ne demen

The thinges after that thei semen,

Bot after that thei knowe and finde.