It may to him noght wel betide[434]
Which useth thilke vice of Pride,
Which torneth wisdom to wenynge[435]
And Sothfastnesse into lesynge
Thurgh fol ymaginacion.
And for thin enformacion, 2270
That thou this vice as I the rede
Eschuie schalt, a tale I rede,
Which fell whilom be daies olde,
So as the clerk Ovide tolde.