O people vnthrifty gyuen to ydlenes
Spendynge your youth this wyse in vanyte
What ioy haue ye to lyue in wretchydnes
Where ye myght come to better rowme and degre
By worke, and labour: and so auaunsyd be
Yet begge ye styll hauynge your ioy therin
Amende your foly, and lerne ye this of me
That goddes good sholde nat be spent in syn
Corrections made to printed original.
"He shalbe made parson of Honington or Clist." - 'mde' in original.
"a mistake as to identity" - 'indentity' in original.
"the executours of this my last Will" - 'th executours' in original.
"written [p=] me" - 'written[p=]nce' in original.