 | The fable of Ouid treting of Narcissus, traslated out of Latin into Englysh Mytre, with a moral ther vnto, very pleasante to rede |  |
The prenter to the Booke.
Go
Lyttell Booke do thy Indeuoure
to all estates, that vyce doeth refuse,
In the maye be learned how to perceuer
synne to abhorre vertue to vse.
The wyse the aucthour wyll excuse
by cause he inuayeth, agaynst synne and pryde,
Who causeth many a one, parilously to slyde.
to all estates, that vyce doeth refuse,
In the maye be learned how to perceuer
synne to abhorre vertue to vse.
The wyse the aucthour wyll excuse
by cause he inuayeth, agaynst synne and pryde,
Who causeth many a one, parilously to slyde.
In the may the wyse learne vertue in dede
In the maye the stronge manne, of hym selfe knowe
In the maye the ryche manne, of hym selfe reed
how to gather hys ryches, or them to bestowe
wyth most worthy matter in the doeth flowe
who seketh in the for profyt and gayne,
Of excellent matter sone shall attayne.
In the maye the stronge manne, of hym selfe knowe
In the maye the ryche manne, of hym selfe reed
how to gather hys ryches, or them to bestowe
wyth most worthy matter in the doeth flowe
who seketh in the for profyt and gayne,
Of excellent matter sone shall attayne.
| The fable of Ouid treting of Narcissus, traslated out of Latin into Englysh Mytre, with a moral ther vnto, very pleasante to rede | |