So wolde I have rayne ever-more to fall,

Whyche two in experyence, ryght well ye se, 555

Ryght selde, or never, to-gether can be.

For as longe as the wynde rewleth, yt is playne,

Twenty to one ye get no drop of rayne;

And when the element is to farre opprest,

Downe commeth the rayne and setteth the wynde at reste. 560

By this, ye se, we can-not both obtayne.

For ye must lacke wynde, or I must lacke rayne.

Whertore I thynke good, before this audiens,