for in the flowere of his youthe,
In sondrye wise, as he well couthe,
of dytyes and of songes glade
the whiche for my sake he made,
the laude fulfilled is ouer all:
wherefore to hym in especiall
aboue all others I am most holde;
for thy nowe in his dayes olde,
thow shalt hym tell this message,
that he vppon his latter age