They[560] myrrour may be the deuyllys ars.

Wyth, knaue, syr knaue, and knaue ageine!

To cal me knaue thou takyst gret payne: 20

The prowdyst knaue yet of vs tewyne

Within thy skyn he xall remayne;

The starkest knaue, and lest good kan,

Thou art callyd of euery man;

The corte, the contre, wylage, and towne,

Sayth from thy to vnto thi croune,[561]

Of all prowde knauys thow beryst the belle,