warde, and that thou canſt not ſhunne it) I will

yet ſhewe thee what fauour and helpe I can: but by the waye take this leſſon.

For the firſt thing thou ſhalt flie ignorance, which euer fitteth ſtill and doth nothing, and hath two great eares as thoſe of mine thou ſeeſt, but hir feete take part after the Griffin, and part after the Aſſe. One part ſignifieth that the ignorant are familier Aſſes, & the other that they are greedie of honor, and of the profit of good deſeruing beaſtes. Thoſe long eares ſignifie the ignorant, which will heare all others doings, and beleeve they knowe all thinges. Thou muſt alſo be true to thy maiſter, and when thou art once retained in ſeruice, thou muſt not betraye thy Lorde for any golde or corruption in the world. For many times thoſe that are in fauour with Princes, and neare about them, are fought vnto to practiſe to poyſon them, to kill them, to doe them ſome miſchiefe, or alſo to robbe them of their treaſure, and to ſubvert their whole ſtate. For no reſpect in the world, whileſt thou art in ſeruice, (nor after) ſee thou deceive him not of a mite. I do aduiſe thee alſo to be pacient. For theſe Lordes and States I tell thee for the moſt part are fantaſticall, and I marueile not at it at all: for in deede the Princes matters and affaires