3436 intent, For whoso doth, a traitor is certáin; And takë keep 3437 of that I shall you sayn; Of allë treason, sov’reign pestilence Is when a wight betrayeth innocence. Ye fathers, and ye mothers eke also, Though ye have children, be it one or mo’, Yours is the charge of all their surveyance, 3438 While that they be under your governance. Beware, that by example of your livíng, Or by your negligence in chastisíng, That they not perish for I dare well say, If that they do, ye shall it dear abeye. 3439 Under a shepherd soft and negligent The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Sufficë this example now as here, For I must turn again to my mattére.