1. The base fellow in his lowly state
Attains from the noble man's virtue

2. Hurting him, while he by nature is aloof
From it, so his loftiness and glory falls short

3. Like a dog disturbing fierce lions
With barking, and superiority prevents it from having power over him

4. And merit protects its people from a scheme
In which the base are equal in attributes

5. How many dogs in souls, though they
Seem from bodily forms to be men