Which he hath for himselve set:

And so fulofte is al unknet,

That som man weneth be riht fast.[742]

For Supplant with his slyhe cast

Fulofte happneth forto mowe

Thing which an other man hath sowe,

And makth comun of proprete

With sleihte and with soubtilite,

As men mai se fro yer to yere.

Thus cleymeth he the bot to stiere, 2380