The worlde was wise, yet scarce it selfe did knoe,

When wonder made, of men that rose by hap:

For fortune rare, falls not in each man’s lap.

28.

I climde the clouds, by knowledge and good wit,

My men sought chaunce by seruice or good lucke:

The worlde walkte lowe when I aboue did sit,

Or downe did come to trample on this mucke:

And I did swim as dainty as a ducke,

When water serues to keepe the body braue,