Marke well my life, example take:
Eschue the euill that I recite,
And of my death a myrour make.
In youth I gaue my minde to lore,
For I in learning tooke repaste:
No earthly pleasure likte me more,
I went to Athens at the last.
A towne in Greece, whose fame went foorth
Through all the world hir name was spred:
I counted knowledge so much woorth,