Here wittes grete, here mihtes stronge,

Here hertes ful of besinesse,

Wherof the worldes redinesse

In bodi bothe and in corage

Stant evere upon his avantage.

And forto drawe into memoire

Here names bothe and here histoire, 2360

Upon the vertu of her dede

In sondri bokes thou miht rede.

[Uses of Labour.]