To children it longithe nat to be [vengeable,]
Sone meeved and sone forgyvyng;
And as it is remembrid bi writyng,
Wrathe of children is sone ouergone,
Withe an apple the parties be made atone.
vengeable] MS. Harl., tretable
bi] Rel. Ant., by olde
¶ In children werre now myrthe and now debate,
In theyr quarel no grete violence;
Now pley, now wepyng, sielde in one estate;
To theyr playntes gyve no credence;