A lesson of wisdom that is written clear.
My child, I advise thee be wise, take heed of this rhyme,
Which old men in proverb said in old time:
“A child were better to be unborn
Than to be untaught and so to be lorn.”
The child that has his will alway,
Shall thrive late, I thee well say.
And therefore, every good man’s child,
That is too wanton and too wild,
Learn well this lesson certainly,