To tarie with a mannes thoght.
And natheles good is to hiere
Such thing wherof a man may lere[281]
That to vertu is acordant,
And toward al the remenant
Good is to torne his Ere fro;
For elles, bot a man do so,
Him may fulofte mysbefalle.
I rede ensample amonges alle, 460
Wherof to kepe wel an Ere