Ben of the betre conscience.
And forto finde ensample of this,
A tale I rede, and soth it is.
[The Courtiers and the Fool.]
In a Cronique it telleth thus:
The king of Rome Lucius
Withinne his chambre upon a nyht
Hic de Lucio Imperatore exemplum ponit, qualiter Princeps sui nominis famam a secretis consiliariis sapienter inuestigare debet; et si quid in ea sinistrum inuenerit, prouisa discrecione ad dexteram conuertat.
The Steward of his hous, a knyht,
Forth with his Chamberlein also,