In Romaine letters I neuer founde lack:

In your crosse rowe nor Christ crosse you spede,

Your Pater noster, your Aue, nor your Crede.

Who soeuer that tale vnto you tolde,

He saith vntruly, to say that I would

Controlle the cognisaunce of noble men

Either by language or with my pen.

Pædagogium meum de sublimiori Minerva constat esse: ergo, &c.

My scole is more solem and somwhat more haute

Than to be founde in any such faute.