So bolde a braggyng bocher, and flesshe sold so dere;

So many plucte partryches, and so fatte quaylles;

So mangye a mastyfe curre, the grete grey houndes pere; 480

So bygge a bulke of brow auntlers cabagyd that yere;

So many swannes dede, and so small revell;—

Syns Dewcalyons flodde, I trow, no man can tell.

So many trusys takyn, and so lytyll perfyte[111] trowthe;

So myche bely joye, and so wastefull banketyng;

So pynchyng and sparyng, and so lytell profyte growthe;

So many howgye howsys byldyng, and so small howse-holding;