So as they myght be Compendyously conueyde, 770 These[1204] wordes shuld be more weyd, And better perceyued, And thankfullerlye[1205] receyued, And better shulde remayne[1206] Amonge[1207] the people playne, That wold your wordes retayne[1208] And reherce them agayne, Than a thousand thousande[1209] other, That blaber,[1210] barke, and blother,[1211] And make a Walshmans hose 780 Of the texte and of the[1212] glose. For protestatyon made, That I wyll not wade Farther in this broke,[1213] Nor farther for[1214] to loke In deuysynge of[1215] this boke, But[1216] answere that I may For my selfe alway, Eyther _analogice_[1217] Or els _categorice_,[1218] 790 So that in diuinite[1219] Doctors that lerned be, Nor bachelers of that faculte That hath[1220] taken degre In the vniuersite, Shall not be obiecte at by[1221] me. But doctour Bullatus, _Parum litteratus,_ _Dominus doctoratus_ At the brode gatus,[1222] 800 Doctour Daupatus, And bacheler _bacheleratus_,[1223] Dronken as a mouse, At the[1224] ale house, Taketh[1225] his pyllyon and his cap[1226] At the good ale tap, For lacke of good wyne; As wyse as Robyn[1227] swyne, Vnder a[1228] notaryes sygne Was made a dyuyne; 810 As wyse as Waltoms calfe, Must preche, a Goddes halfe, In the pulpyt solempnely; More mete in the[1229] pyllory, For, by saynt Hyllary, He can nothyng smatter Of logyke nor[1230] scole matter, Neyther _syllogisare_,[1231] Nor _enthymemare_,[1232] Nor knoweth his elenkes[1233] 820 Nor his predicamens;[1234] And yet he wyll mell[1235] To amend the gospell, And wyll preche and tell What they do in hell; And he dare not well neuen[1236] What they do in heuen, Nor[1237] how farre Temple barre is From the seuen starrys.[1238] Nowe wyll I[1239] go 830 And tell of other mo, _Semper protestando_ _De non impugnando_ The foure ordores of fryers,[1240] Though[1241] some of them be lyers; As Lymyters at large Wyll charge and dyscharge; As many a frere, God wote, Preches[1242] for his grote, Flatterynge[1243] for a newe cote 840 And for to haue his fees; Some to gather chese; Loth they are to lese Eyther corne or malte;[1244] Somtyme meale and salte, Somtyme a bacon flycke, That is thre fyngers thycke Of larde and of greace, Theyr couent to encreace. I put you out of doute, 850 This can not be brought aboute But they theyr tonges fyle, And make a plesaunt style To Margery and to[1245] Maude, Howe they haue no fraude;[1246]