For carnal cares shall him assail,

And speedily they shall prevail;

I, Sturdiness, wilt face it out

In his cause, sturdy, stiff and stout.

Then Greedy-gut shall make him eat

Both house and lands like bread and meat;

Elation shall puff him high

For to aspire above the sky;

Then natural and lordly Lust

Shall with his power despise the Just.