Observe what I speak, and bear it in mind.
Be ready to teach, and not to confute
Thy schoolfellows’ arguments, when you dispute.
Let Christ have His library placed in thy heart,
And ever of Scriptures be reading a part.
Let all be well-measured what thou shalt read,
Not posting away with’t, or making much speed;
For haste overthroweth the mind and the wit,
Eschew and abandon then things so unfit.
If all at an instant thou not comprehend,