But soberly with reason
To spende in tyme and season,
And so to kepe his meason;
He may in no wise streke,
But suffer and be meke,
Shamefast and discrete,
Temperat, dulce, and swete,
Not speakinge angerly,
But soft and manerly;
And, in any wise,
But soberly with reason
To spende in tyme and season,
And so to kepe his meason;
He may in no wise streke,
But suffer and be meke,
Shamefast and discrete,
Temperat, dulce, and swete,
Not speakinge angerly,
But soft and manerly;
And, in any wise,