STURDINESS

By the guts of Golya, it is best for his ease, Bragging lie For he was most Like for the pottage to pay. By his flesh and sides, a good courage I have, Stand you therefore a little aside And you shall see me quickly abate the fools pride. Nay by his heart, then I will you dress. Come give me thy hand I beshrowe thy heart. Yea marry. By gogs wounds if we had found him here, We should by his flesh have abated his cheer. What to read or wright. By gogs precious heart, even so do I, But sometime they cumber me pestilently. Then fear not the force of these that be just, But labour your self to advance and augment, Be jocund and lively sith your name is lust, And then you shall easily obtain your entente. By the mass, and well said, but first let us sing, Is there more vanity under neath the son, Then to be inclined after this sort, well Lust does now as other have done, yea, and do day by day, esteeming it a sport, this Lust is the Image of all wicked men, which in seeking the world, have all delectation, they regard not God nor his continued ̄ maundementes ten But are wholly led by their own Inclination, First to inculcate with Carnal cogitation, And after to the desire of all worldly treasure, which alone they esteem the fullness of pleasure with Elation or Pride he is also assotiate, which puffeth up his senses with presumption pestile ̄ to then Greedy gut makes them continually to grate On y e mock of this world which he Thy ̄ keth permane ̄ to, I sturdiness to bear out all things, am bent: thus see you how men that are led by their Lust, Dissent from the virtuous godly and Just. Thou knowest that I am joined with Lust, And Sturdy by nature I am in Like case, What let the world wag, all can not be Just, Some must Natural inclination embrace. Nay, they be lusty lads I tell you.