Of the commandments, that it is a breach
To play at any game for gain or coin;
’Tis theft, they say—men’s goods you do purloin;
For beasts or birds in combat for to fight,
Oh, ’tis not lawful, but a cruel sight.
One silly beast another to pursue
’Gainst nature is, and fearful to the view;
And man with man their activeness to try
Forbidden is—much harm doth come thereby;
Had we their faith to credit what they say