155 But are you not ashamed? nay, are you not,

All three of you, to be thus much o’ershot?

[157] You found his mote; the king your mote did see;

But I a beam do find in each of three.

O, what a scene of foolery have I seen,

160 Of sighs, of groans, of sorrow and of teen!

O me, with what strict patience have I sat,

[162] To see a king transformed to a gnat!

To see great Hercules whipping a gig,

[164] And profound Solomon to tune a jig,