A small defaute in a great lorde,

A lytell cryme in a great astate,

Is moche more inordinate,

And more horyble to beholde,

Than any other a thousand folde. 1230

Ye put to blame ye wot nere whom;

Ye may weare a cockes come;

Your fonde hed in your furred hood,[242]

Holde ye your tong, ye can no goode:

And at more conuenyent tyme