That thei the Monstres have withstonde

And slain of hem a gret partie.

Thus was he sauf with his navie,

This wise king, thurgh governance.

Confessor.

[The Sins of the Eye and the Ear.]

Wherof, my Sone, in remembrance 530

Thou myht ensample taken hiere,[289]

As I have told, and what thou hiere

Be wel war, and yif no credence,