Avar. Ye are near enough: out of my reach I dare you trust.
Adul. Well now, let us sing, if it please Authority;
To refresh our spirits it is restority.
Insol. I reck not, for company sake, to sing once [more].
Avar. I have less mind to sing now than I had before:
Then had I no lust to sing, because I was bare;
And now, how to keep that I have got, I do care.
Oppr. Solace we must needs have, when that we are weary.
Adul. It prolongeth life of man to be merry.
Avar. An if ye sing so much, Honesty! without fail,
Christ and you, at length, I fear, will make a battle.
But go to! sing on! if there be no remedy—
An ye look at my bags ye mar my melody.
Cantent: "Hey, nony, nony, ho for money!" etc.
Oppr. Now, about profit devise we ourselves abroad.
Avar. Yea, and hear ye, masters! while time is, lay on load!
Consider! ye have but a time of haymaking;
And harvest is not mowed without painstaking.
Now, time will not tarry; and, therefore, take good heed!
Despatch while time serveth, and all your matte[r]s speed!
Time hath no rein nor bridle, but renneth apace!