And of frenetyke folabilite, 10
And of melancoly mutabilite,
That ye would coarte and enforce me
Nothing to write, but hay the gy of thre,
And I to suffre you lewdly to ly
Of me with your language full of vilany!
Sicut novacula[576] acuta fecisti dolum. Ubi s.
Malicious tunges, though they haue no bones,
Are sharper then swordes, sturdier then stones.
Lege Philostratum de vita Tyanæi Apollonii.