1. First it is a knowledge easily taught and quickly learned where there is a good Master and an apt Scholar.
2. The exercise of singing is delightful to Nature, and good to preserve the health of Man.
3. It doth strengthen all parts of the breast and doth open the pipes.
4. It is a singular good remedy for Stutting[[1]] and Stammering in the speech.
5. It is the best means to procure a perfect pronunciation, and to make a good Orator.
6. It is the only way to know where Nature hath bestowed the benefit of a good voice, which gift is so rare, as there is not one among a thousand that hath it, and in many that excellent gift is lost, because they want Art to express Nature.
7. There is not any Musicke of Instruments whatsoever comparable to that which is made of the voices of Men, where the voices are good and the same well sorted and ordered.
8. The better the voice is the meeter it is to honour and serve God therewith, and the voice of man is Chiefly to be imployed to that End."
To the above is added the following couplet:
Since Singing is so good a thing
I wish all men would learne to sing.