Both endlesse is, and stronger gainst their foe:

For, when end’th it[1312] that neuer hath begon?

Or by what force, may circled knot bee vndon?[1313]

9.

The other,[1314] as by wicked meanes they grew,

And raynde by flattery, or violence: so sone rue:[1315]

First tombling step from[1316] honours old, is vice:

Which once discend[1317] some linger, none arise

To former type: but they catch vertue’s spray,

Which mounteth[1318] them that clime by lawfull way: