Ffor myche crafte he couth thereby,

And ofte tymes the treuth he sey;

Non other couth he thynke.

Iff any cokwold drynke of it,

Spyll he schuld, withouten lette;

Therfor thei wer not glade;

Gret dispyte thei had therby,

Because it dyde them vilony,

And made them oft tymes sade.