Parotte.

Difficille hit ys to ansswere thys demaunde;

Yet, aftyr the sagacite of a popagay,—

Frantiknes dothe rule and all thyng commaunde;

Wylfulnes and braynles no[w] rule all the raye;

Agayne ffrentike frenesy there dar no man sey nay,

For ffrantiknes, and wylfulnes, and braynles ensembyll,

The nebbis of a lyon they make to trete and trembyll;

To jumbyll, to stombyll, to tumbyll down lyke folys,

To lowre,[108] to droupe, to knele, to stowpe, and to play
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