5.

Better then I none may the same affirme,[705]

Who trusting all in height of high estate,

Led by the eares with false flatterie’s chyrme,[706]

Which neuer prince could banish from his gate,

Did litle thinke on such a sodayne mate,

Not heeding, lesse breeding, all vnaware,

By foes least feared was trapt in a snare.

6.

If noble byrth or high autority,