The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise [by Robert Crowley] |
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The Scholars lesson. |
 | The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel |  |
The Scholars lesson.
Come
hither yonge mā vnto me
Thou that arte broughte vp in learnyng.
Geue eare a whyle, I wyll teache the.
How thou shalt walke in thy callyng.
Thou that arte broughte vp in learnyng.
Geue eare a whyle, I wyll teache the.
How thou shalt walke in thy callyng.
First marke wherfore scholes were erect
And what the foundars dyd intend
And then do thy studie directe
For to attayne vnto that ende.
And what the foundars dyd intend
And then do thy studie directe
For to attayne vnto that ende.
Doubtlesse this was al their meaning
To haue their contrie furnished.
Wyth all kindes of honest learninge
Whereof the publike wealth had nede.
To haue their contrie furnished.
Wyth all kindes of honest learninge
Whereof the publike wealth had nede.
Call thou therefore to memory,
What knowledge thy contrey doeth: lacke
And apply the same earnestly,
By al the meanes that thou canst make
What knowledge thy contrey doeth: lacke
And apply the same earnestly,
By al the meanes that thou canst make
And when thou arte determined
What knowledge thou wilt most apply
Then let it not be loytered,
But seke to get it spedily.
What knowledge thou wilt most apply
Then let it not be loytered,
Spend not thy tyme in Idlenes.
Nor in vayne occupacyon
But do thy selfe wholely addresse
To walke in thy vocation.
Nor in vayne occupacyon
But do thy selfe wholely addresse
To walke in thy vocation.
Se thou do not thy mynde so set
On any kynde of exercise:
That it be either stay or let
To thy studie in an wise.
On any kynde of exercise:
That it be either stay or let
To thy studie in an wise.
To fyshe, to foule, to hunt or halke
Or on an instrument to playe
And some whyles to comune and talke
No man is able to gayne saye.
Or on an instrument to playe
And some whyles to comune and talke
No man is able to gayne saye.
To shote, to bawle, or caste the barre
To playe tenise or tosse the ball
Or to renne-base lyke men of war
Shall hurte thy study nought at al.
To playe tenise or tosse the ball
Or to renne-base lyke men of war
Shall hurte thy study nought at al.
For all those thynges do recreate
The mynd if thou canste hold the meane
But if thou be affectionate
Then doste thou lose thy study cleane.
The mynd if thou canste hold the meane
But if thou be affectionate
Then doste thou lose thy study cleane.
And at the last thou shalt be founde
To occupye a place only
As do in Ag[illeg.] ziphras rounde.
And to hinder learnyng greatly
To occupye a place only
As do in Ag[illeg.] ziphras rounde.
And to hinder learnyng greatly
For if thou hadst not the lyueyng
An other should that wold apply
Him selfe to some kynde of learnynge
To profite his contrey therby.
An other should that wold apply
Him selfe to some kynde of learnynge
To profite his contrey therby.
If thou therfore wylte not be founde
Worthy goddes indignation
Make thy studie perfect and sounde
And walke in thy vocation.
Worthy goddes indignation
And walke in thy vocation.
Let not tyme passe idelly
Lose not the fruite of any houre
Or else suffer him to supply
Thy place that wyll hym endeuoure
Lose not the fruite of any houre
Or else suffer him to supply
Thy place that wyll hym endeuoure
Thou doest but rob ye cōmone wealth
Of one that would be a treasure
Better thou were to lyue by stelth
Then for to worcke suche displeasure.
Of one that would be a treasure
Better thou were to lyue by stelth
Then for to worcke suche displeasure.
But haply thou wilt say agayne
Shall I surrender my lyuynge?
Shall I not thervpon remayne
After I haue gotten learnynge?
Shall I surrender my lyuynge?
Shall I not thervpon remayne
After I haue gotten learnynge?
Yesse thou maist kepe thy liueyng styl
Tyll thou be called otherwise
But if thou wylt regard goddes wyll
Thou must thy selfe styll exercise.
Tyll thou be called otherwise
But if thou wylt regard goddes wyll
Thou must thy selfe styll exercise.
When thou arte thorowly learned
Then se thou teache other thy skyll
If thou wylt not be reconed
For a seruaūat wycked and Ill
Then se thou teache other thy skyll
If thou wylt not be reconed
For a seruaūat wycked and Ill
Teach them, I say, that thou doest se
Wyllinge to learne thy discipline
And vnto them se thy lyfe be
A boke to laye before theyr eine.
Wyllinge to learne thy discipline
And vnto them se thy lyfe be
A boke to laye before theyr eine.
Let them neuer se the Idle
Nor heare the talke vndiscretly
And by all the meanes possible
Let all thy doinges edifye.
Nor heare the talke vndiscretly
And by all the meanes possible
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