Of vaine worlde’s glorie, flitting to and fro,

And mortall men tossed by troublous fate

In restless seas of wretchednesse and woe,

I wish I might this wearie life foregoe,

And shortly turn into my happie rest,

Where my free spirit might not anie moe

Be vext with sights that doo her peace molest.

And ye, faire ladie, in whose bounteous brest

All heavenly grace and vertue shrined is,

When ye these rymes doe read, and vow the rest,