As Aristotle it berth witnesse,
God schal hise foomen so represse,
That thei schul ay stonde under foote.
Pite, men sein, is thilke roote
Wherof the vertus springen alle:
What infortune that befalle
In eny lond, lacke of pite[1234]
Is cause of thilke adversite;3340*
And that aldai mai schewe at yhe,
Who that the world discretly syhe.[1235]