Vnder as couerte termes as coude be, 10

Can touche a trouth[233] and cloke it[234] subtylly

Wyth fresshe vtteraunce full sentencyously;

Dyuerse in style, some spared not vyce to wryte,[235]

Some of moralyte[236] nobly dyde endyte;

Wherby I rede theyr renome and theyr fame

Maye neuer dye, bute euermore endure:

I was sore moued to aforce the same,

But Ignoraunce full soone dyde me dyscure,[237]

And shewed that in this arte I[238] was not sure;