Therefore thou art of Adam’s blood,
Of words beware lest thou be wode.[[191]]
A short word is commonly sooth,
That first slides from a man’s tooth.
Look liar that thou never become:
Keep this word for all and some.
Laugh not too oft for no soláce,
Never for mirth that any man has.[[192]]
Who laughs that all men may him see,
A shrew[[193]] or a fool him seems to be.