She despised your maship out of all reason. 20

Bawawe[484] what ye say (ko I) of such a jentman,

Nay I feare him not (ko she) doe the best he can.

He vaunteth him selfe for a man of prowesse greate,

Where as a good gander I dare say may him beate.

And where he is louted[485] and laughed to skorne, 25

For the veriest dolte that ever was borne,

And veriest lubber, sloven and beast,

Living in this worlde from the west to the east: D iv b

Yet of himselfe hath he suche opinion,