And blames abues of men,

And shoes what lief desarues rebuke,

And who the prayes of pen.

You see howe forrayn realms

Aduance their poets all;

And ours are drowned in the dust,

Or flong against the wall.

In Fraunce did Marrot raigne;

And neighbour thear vnto

Was Petrark, marching full with Dantte,