It was to hem a newe lore;
Wherof thei dradden him the more,
And broghten nothing to his Ere,
Bot if it trouthe and reson were.[1148]
So be ther manye, in such a wise
That feignen wordes to be wise,(2500*)
And al is verray flaterie
To him which can it wel aspie. 2490
[Flatterers of a King.]
The kinde flatour can noght love