As thei that weren Folhastif,
Thei ben acorded to the strif,
And sein it mai noght be to gret
To vengen hem of such forfet:
Thus seith the wilde unwise tonge
Of hem that there weren yonge.[1002] 1800
Bot Nestor, which was old and hor,
The salve sih tofore the sor,
P. i. 340
As he that was of conseil wys: