Do wryte of newe som matiere,[25]
Essampled of these olde wyse[26]
So that it myhte in such a wyse,[27]
[Design of the Book.]
Whan we ben dede and elleswhere,
Beleve to the worldes eere 10
In tyme comende after this.
Bot for men sein, and soth it is,
That who that al of wisdom writ
It dulleth ofte a mannes wit