The chose of god dauid the worthy kinge
Prophete of prophetes moost souereyn of renoun
On Bersabe for a sodeyn lokinge
To slee vrye caught occasion
For which he suffryd greate punycion
Chastised of god he and all his hous
For cause only that he was lecherous
Greate repentaunce he had and greate sorowynge
And made psalmys of greate contricion
With wofull teerys and manyfolde wepinge
To make a seth for his transgression
y••uynge to princis full clere direccion
For to eschwe the flaterye odyous
And the fals fraude of woman lecherous
Whe•• was there euer of science or cūnynge
So renomed as was kinge Salamon
Yit wymen made him through fals flateringe
To foreyne goddis done oblacion
Which clipsed his honoure and brought his fame doū
That was in whilom moost vertuous
Tyll he through wymen fyll to be lecherous
Is it nat eke remembryd by wrytinge
Of israel howe the cheef champion
Which goddis people had in his ledynge
I mene the famous mighty stronge Sampson
That through his force torent the lyon
But dalida with terys plentuous
His grace bereft him and made him lecherous
Sichem was slayne eke for the rauysshinge
••f yonge dyna as made is mencion
His fader Emor brought to his endynge
Lost his riches in that descencion
And his kingdom brought to destruccion
Loo here the ende of princes vicious
Which theym dispose for to be lecherous
It is in erth one the moost {per}ilous thinge
A prince to be of his condicion
Eff••mynat his wittys e••lynynge
By fals desires of flesshly mocion
To put him silf vnder subieccion
And thrall his reson tresour moost precious
To the vnlefull lustys hatefull and lechorous
This is the sentence full pleynly in menynge
Where wymen haue the domynacion
To holde the reyne their hokys oute tastynge
That censualite hath Iurisdiccion
To entre on reson by fals intrusion
Werre ageyne vertue moost contagious
To be venquesshyd of lustys lecherous
It taketh fro men their cleernesse of seynge
Causeth greate sekenesse and corrupcion
And to all vertue it is gretest hindrynge
Maketh men seme olde as by inspeccion
Appallith their mynde and disposicion
Shortith their daies thinge dredfull and pitous
Whan they dispose theym to be lechyrous
Noble princes in your ymagenynge
Conceyue of wymen the fals decepcion
Namely of theym that loue but for wynnynge
And labour ay for your possession
Whoos sugred flatrye is fals collusion
Lyke to Syrenes with vois melodious
Enoynte youre erys to make you lecherous