In folowynge the monke whiche dyde nobly wryte
Besechynge your hyghnes and grace debonayre
For to accepte this rude and lytell quayre
¶ Explicit prologus.
O God alone in heuen werynge crowne
In whose inspecte is euery regall se
Both to enhaũce & for to cast adowne
Suche is ye power of thỹ hygh magiste
Neyther hardynes treasour nor dygnyte