And so shall a noble man nobly be seruyd:

But nowe adayes as huksters they hucke and they stycke,

And pynche at the payment of a poddynge prycke;

A laudable largesse, I tell you, for a lorde,

To prate for the patchynge of a pot sharde! 2150

Spare for the spence of a noble, that his honour myght saue,

And spende c.s̄. for the pleasure of a knaue!

But so longe they[858] rekyn with theyr reasons amysse,

That they lose theyr lyberte and all that there is.

Magn. Alasse, that euer I occupyed suche abusyon!