So stant the wise man in doute
Of hem that to folie drawe:
For such is now the newe lawe,2340*
And as the comune vois it telleth,
Wher now that flaterie duelleth
In every lond etc. (as 2331 ff.)
In eny lond under the Sonne,[1126]
Ther is ful many a thing begonne
Which were betre to be left;