188 THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF CHAP.

suppose it is I which deserve the reward, and
not the crane.”

‘Thus you may see the fashion of ungrateful
men in these days, how ever they reward good
with evil; for whereas pride is exalted, there
honour is ever laid in the dust. There be in
the world which ought to reward and do good
to those that have advanced them, which now
complain, and make those advancements in-
juries; but the guerdon will follow; for it is
the wisest counsel, that whosoever will go
about to chastise another, should ever be sure
of his own clearness,

‘All this and a world more than I can well
remember was curiously wrought on this glass ;
for the work-master thereof was the most
cunning and profound clerk in all sciences that
ever breathed. And because the jewels were
too good and precious for me to keep, therefore
I sent them to the King and Queen’s Majesties
as a present to witness my faith and service.
Oh, he that had seen what sorrow my children
made when I sent the glass away, would have
wondered! for by reason of the great virtue
therein, they oft gazed in the same, both to
behold themselves, and to see how their
clothing and apparel became them.