3.
Then is the meane estate commended well for meaner sorte[1043]
And golden meane is best in euery trade of life:
For though a countrey clowne doe[1044] keepe a stately porte,
[And in expenses great, and idle charge is rife;
Although he brauely builde his house and proudly paint his wife,
Yet is he but a clowne, and makes (in deede) himselfe a scorne:
Full hard it is to make such one a gentill borne,
Except some noble gifts of grace his gentill minde adorne.][1045]
4.