more than I; What that he saith I hold it firm and stable, I say the same, or else a thing sembláble. A full great fool is any counsellor That serveth any lord of high honoúr, That dare presume, or onës thinken it; That his counsel should pass his lordë’s wit. Nay, lordës be no foolës by my fay. Ye have yourselfë shewed here to-day So high senténce, 2815 so holily and well, That I consent, and cónfirm every deal 2816 Your wordës all, and your opinioún. By God, there is no man in all this town Nor in Itále, could better have y-said: Christ holds him of this counsel well apaid. 2817 And truëly it is a high couráge Of any man that stopen 2818 is in age, To take a young wife, by my father’s kin;