Who wyll in it his lyfe in tyme well spende

Shall Ioye attayne after inestymable

For in the worlde he must fyrst condyscende.

To take grete payne as his power wyll extende

Agaynst the worlde the flesshe and the deuyll

By my grete grace for to withstande theyr euyll

 For who can be a gretter fole than he

That spendeth his tyme to hym vncertayne

For a breuyat pleasure of worldly vanyte

Than after that to haue eternall payne

Who of the worlde delyteth and is fayne

Shall after sorowe and cry ve ve

In an other worlde quante sunt tenebre

 Who is wyser than he that wyll applye

In the worlde to take payne by due dylygence

After shorte payne to come to grete glorye

Whiche is eterne moost hye of excellence

Where he shall se my grete magnyfycence

[A.vii.]

With many aungelles whiche for theyr solace

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