¶ In children werre [Rel. Ant., In childre] now myrthe and now debate,
In theyr quarel no grete violence;
Now pley, now wepyng, sielde in one estate;
To theyr playntes gyve no credence;
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A Rodde refourmythe all theyr insolence;
In theyr corage no Rancour dothe abyde;
Who sparithe the yerd, all vertue set aside.
LENVOYE.
Go, litel bille, bareyn of eloquence,
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Pray yonge children that the shal see or Reede,
Thoughe thow be compendious of sentence,
Of thi clauses for to taken heede,
Whiche to al vertu shal theyr yowthe leede.
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Of the writyng, thoughe ther be no date,
If ought be mysse,—worde, sillable, or dede,—
Put all the defaute vpon John Lydegate.
