“If thou be a young Infant”
The Second Book
If thou be a young infant
And think the schools for to haunt,
This lesson shall thy master thee mark—
Cross-Christ[[179]] thee speed in all thy work.
After[[180]] thy Pater Noster he will thee teach,
As Christ’s own apostles did preach;
After, thy Ave Maria and thy Creed,
That shall thee save at doom of dread.