If in this worlde I may have the space;

The lytell connyng that his grace me sente

In tyme amonge in suche wyse shall be spente.

And yet nothinge upon presumpcyon

My mayster Lydgate I wyll not envy,

But all onely is mine entencyon

With suche labour my selfe to occupy;

As whyte by blacke doth shyne more clerely,

So shal theyr matters appeare more pleasaunt

Besyde my draughtes rude and ignoraunt.