Whiche in his youth through his diligence

Founde first plowyng of the landes swete;

And after this, by his great sapience,

For the comen profite and benevolence

Of all metalles he made division

One from another by good provision.

And then also, as some poetes fayne,

He found shotyng and drawyng of the bowe,

Yet as of that I am nothyng certayne;

But for his cunnynge, of hye degre and lowe