In laudem authoris & presentes operis sui, Antonii dyat Arm.
1
All euill deedes in darkenes doe delight,
the perfect good surmoūts ye Sun shine bright:
The cardinall vertues, yeald to thē their right,
Doe vertues lead, that are Diuine in sight.
The former frame to honesty of life,
The latter are to soules saluation rife.
2
The former hath our author lately showne,
In Goulden verse and matter choycly apt:
The Latter leading vnto heauenly throwne,
Will be applauded as the onely, that
Doth ioyes angelicall and eternall blisse.
By sweete repenting bring from darke abisse.
3
Names do the Nature of the man declare,
Leighton our authors name from true light floweth:
To blisse the way to show he doth not spare,
His name eternal therefore each man knoweth.
God graunt the soyle where these good seedes do fall,
may bring forth fruit to rid the soule from thrall.
