Wherof, mi Sone, thou miht hiere,
Whan Covoitise hath lost the stiere[27]
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Of resonable governance,
Ther falleth ofte gret vengance.
For ther mai be no worse thing
Than Covoitise aboute a king: 2230
If it in his persone be,
It doth the more adversite;
And if it in his conseil stonde,