Poem by John Heywood

Of Least and Most Mastery

“What is the least mastery thou canst devise?”
“Least mastery is a fool to ween himself wise.”
“What is the most mastery that thy wit spies?” 
“The most mastery is, to make a fool wise.”

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
4. A Loss by the Devil’s Death. Otherwise. 4. The devil is dead: who shall his land rightly win?
5. Of Good News to a Man

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