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