That he the riht ne schal decide,

Wherof full many a gret debat

Reformed is to good astat,

And pes sustiened up alofte

With esy wordes and with softe, 1540

P. iii. 137

Wher strengthe scholde lete it falle.

The Philosophre amonges alle

Forthi commendeth this science,

Which hath the reule of eloquence.