The Hinde in pes with the Leoun, The Wolf in pes with the Moltoun, 1060 The Hare in pees stod with the Hound; And every man upon this ground Which Arion that time herde, Als wel the lord as the schepherde, He broghte hem alle in good acord; So that the comun with the lord, And lord with the comun also, He sette in love bothe tuo And putte awey malencolie. That was a lusti melodie, 1070 Whan every man with other low; And if ther were such on now, Which cowthe harpe as he tho dede, He myhte availe in many a stede [Sidenote: =P. i. 40=] To make pes wher now is hate; For whan men thenken to debate, I not what other thing is good. Bot wher that wisdom waxeth wod,[210] And reson torneth into rage, So that mesure upon oultrage 1080 Hath set his world, it is to drede; For that bringth in the comun drede, Which stant at every mannes Dore: Bot whan the scharpnesse of the spore The horse side smit to sore, It grieveth ofte. And now nomore, As forto speke of this matiere,[211] Which non bot only god may stiere.[212] =Explicit Prologus= LINENOTES: [24a] _The text is that of_ F (_Fairfax_ 3). _The_ MSS. _most commonly cited are the following:--_ _Of the first recension_, A (_Bodley_ 902), J (_St. John’s Coll. Camb._ B 12), M (_Camb. Univ._ Mm. 2. 21), E₂ (_Egerton_ 913), H₁ (_Harleian_ 3490), Y (_Marquess of Bute’s_), X (_Soc. of Antiquaries_ 134), G (_Glasgow, Hunterian Mus._ S i. 7), E (_Egerton_ 1991), R (_Reg._ 18 C xxii.), C (_Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf._ 67), L (_Laud_ 609), B₂ (_Bodley_ 693). _Of the second_, S (_Stafford_), Ad. (_Brit. Mus. Addit._ 12043), B (_Bodley_ 294), T (_Trin. Coll. Camb._ R 3. 2), Δ (_Sidney Coll. Camb._ Δ 4. 1). _Of the third_, F (_Fairfax_ 3), W (_Wadham Coll._ 13), K (_Keswick Hall_), H₃ (_Harl._ 7184), Magd. (_Magdalen Coll. Oxf._ 213). [24] 5 ff. time, write, wise, &c., S [25] 6 Do ME₂H₁, SΛ, FWKH₃ So JXGRB₂, B To CL [26] 7 Essampled (Ensampled) JME₂H₁, SΛ, FWKH₃ Ensamples X ... B₂ &c., B [27] 8 awyse F a wise S [28] 15 rede _om_ B [29] 23 Englisch S [30] 24-92 _These lines are found in copies of the third recension_ (FH₂NKH₃Magd.W &c.) _and also in_ SΛP₂. _The rest have_ 24*-92*. _The marginal note_, ‘Hic in principio--destinauit,’ _is found only in_ Λ, KH₃Magd. _Of these_, Magd. _has_ in principio libri _for_ in principio, _and_ Λ _gives_ quarto _for_ sexto. [31] 28 on] in S [32] 29, 30 _Two lines omitted in_ S [33] 33 nouȝt S, F [34] 38 Writing ... belouyd S [35] 41 no man S [36] 46 schiewe S [37] 47 essampled S [38] 49 tirantie S [39] 51 is þe writing S [40] 52 bural S [41] 63 Tho write S [42] 68 wise man S [43] 71 no man S [44] 72 allone S [45] 75 awonder F [46] 76 awys man F a wise man S [47] 80 officie F