The rein of my bridle is tied so short,

That I cannot make you any more sport.

But though I be bridled now of the Just,

I doubt not but I shall be unbridled by Lust,

And let not Just think but I will rebel,

Although he bridle me ten times all well;

Though Nature saith one doom with a croch,

It will not lie long, but incontinent approach;

Even so, though that I be bridled a while,

The colt will at length the courser beguile.