Where as all good comyth by wysdome and prudence
A wyse man onely as we often fynde
Is to be named moste ryche and of most myght
Here thou his wordes and plant them in thy mynde
And folowe the same for they ar sure and right.
Better is to endure, thoughe it be nat lyght
To suffer a wyse man the sharply to repreue
Than a flaterynge fole to clawe the by the sleue
Thoughe sharpe correccyon at the first the greue
Thou shalt the ende therof fynde profytable