Who loveth mesure can not do amys,

So perfitely is the high operacion

Among all thynges; so wonderfull it is,

That it is full of all delectacion,

And to vertue hath inclynacion.

Mesure also doth well exemplefy,

The hasty dome to swage and modefy.

Without mesure wo worth the jugement;

Without mesure wo worth the temperaunce;

Without mesure wo worth the punishmeut;