Abyde nothing tyll thou do the dede;

Provyde in mynde how thou mayst have mede.

Promocion groweth after good governaunce;

Attendaunce doth attayne good favour;

Abusyon is causer of all variaunce;

Perceyveraunce causeth great honour;

Mischaunce alway is roote of dolour;

Dede done can not be called agayne;

Mede well rewarded both with joye and payne.

Than I toke my leve, and went from Geometry