And techeth hou to speke faire,
Which is a thing full necessaire
To contrepeise the balance,
Wher lacketh other sufficance.
[ii. Rhetoric.]
v. Compositi pulcra sermonis verba placere[1047]
Principio poterunt, veraque fine placent.
Herba, lapis, sermo, tria sunt virtute repleta,
Vis tamen ex verbi pondere plura facit.[1048]
Above alle erthli creatures