For whan men thenken to debate,

I not what other thing is good.

Bot wher that wisdom waxeth wod,[210]

And reson torneth into rage,

So that mesure upon oultrage 1080

Hath set his world, it is to drede;

For that bringth in the comun drede,

Which stant at every mannes Dore:

Bot whan the scharpnesse of the spore

The horse side smit to sore,