Upon his feet, and in his hand a staff. This noble ensample to his sheep he gaf, 171 That first he wrought, and afterward he taught. Out of the gospel he the wordës caught, And this figúre he added yet thereto, That if gold rustë, what should iron do? For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewëd 172 man to rust: And shame it is, if that a priest take keep, To see a shitten shepherd and clean sheep: Well ought a priest ensample for to give, By his own cleanness, how his sheep should live.