I paid for love, and that full dear: yet I received right nought. I never was so much deceived in anything I bought. If every woman on her friend such pity used to take; Then shortly men will run to love, as bears unto a stake. But now let VENUS fire her forge! Let CUPID's shaft be sent! They can no more increase my woe: for all my love is spent. But here, good Reader, thou mayst see how Love hath paid my hire! To leave me burning in the flame; compelled to blow the fire. But if that thou, good friend, desire to live in happy state: Then seek in time to shun mishap! _Repentance comes too late!_ Frequent not women's company; but see thou from them swerve! For thy reward shall be but small whatever thou deserve. Take heed, for thou mayst come in thrall before that thou beware: And when thou art entanglèd once, thou canst not fly the snare. Take thou not this to be a jest; but think it to be true! Before thou prove, as I have done: lest proof do make thee rue. Yet if thou chance to place thy love; take heed What thou dost say! And see thou place thy talk in print, or else beware a fray! And thus I end: not doubting but these words may well suffice To warn thy greedy heart of harm, and ease thy roving eyes. Ease by Disease hath made me to halt: Time hath so turned my sugar to salt. R. WITC FINIS. Imprinted at London, by RICHARD JONES. [Illustration] The History of Wyat's Rebellion: With the order and manner of resisting the same. WHEREUNTO, IN THE END, IS ADDED An earnest Conference with the degenerate and seditious rebels for the search of the Cause of their daily disorder. Made and compiled by JOHN PROCTOR. [SECOND EDITION.] _Mense Januarii, anno 1555._ [In WYAT's Rebellion, there was as much a social strife as a political conflict. Like the Rebellions of the previous reign, it was largely a rising of the Masses against the Classes. The Kentish Gentlemen and their dependents were mostly Horsemen, and went for Queen MARY. The Kentish commons were chiefly Footmen, and many of them went for WYAT. This Rebellion was nipped in the bud, because the Kentish commons were prevented from joining hands with the lower classes of London. Had they been able to do so, it would have been the days of WAT TYLER over again. It is clear that, as stated at page 66, WYAT thought that the Footmen opposed to him would come over to his side. This is probably the reason why the action at Hyde Park Corner was so indecisive, see pages 87 to 89. Lord PEMBROKE could not trust his Footmen; so only the Horsemen fought there against WYAT.