Of diuerse men[[18]], that wounder subtyllye,
In metir sum, and sum in prosë pleyne,
This book translated haue[[19]] suffishantlye
In-to[[20]] Englissh tongë, word for word, wel nye[[21]];
Bot I most vse the wittes that I haue;
Thogh I may noght do so, yit noght-for-thye,
With helpe of god, the sentence schall I saue.
To Chaucer, that is floure of rethoryk
In Englisshe tong, and excellent poete,
This wot I wel, no-thing may I do lyk,