And eek my fere is wel the lasse

That non envye schal compasse

Withoute a resonable wite[70]

To feyne and blame that I write. 60*

A gentil herte his tunge stilleth,

That it malice non distilleth,[71]

But preyseth that is to be preised;

But he that hath his word unpeysed

And handleth <onwrong> every thing,[72]

I preye un to the hevene king[73]