The truth of such things who could now recite?
Apply thy mind to learning and science,
For learning in need will be thy defence.
Nothing to science compare we may well,
The sweetness whereof all things doth excel.
And Cato the wise this worthy saying hath,
That man wanting learning is as the image of death.
The roots of learning most bitter we deem;
The fruits at last most pleasant doth seem.
Then labour for learning while here thou shalt
live,
The ignorant to teach, and good example give;