Lo, thus ansuerde Diogene
Ayein the clerkes flaterie.
[Flattery.]
Bot yit men sen thessamplerie[1121]
Of Arisippe is wel received,
And thilke of Diogene is weyved. 2320
Office in court and gold in cofre
Is nou, men sein, the philosophre
Which hath the worschipe in the halle;
Bot flaterie passeth alle