Sirs, see that my harnesse, my tergat, and my shield,

Be made as bright now, as when I was last in fielde,

As white as I shoulde to warre againe to morrowe:

For sicke shall I be, but I worke some folke sorow.

Therfore see that all shine as bright as sainct George,

Or as doth a key newly come from the Smiths forge.

I woulde haue my sworde and harnesse to shine so bright,

That I might therwith dimme mine enimies sight,

I would haue it cast beames as fast I tell you playne,

As doth the glittryng grasse after a showre of raine.