But sure I thinke among so great a sort, As shall thy workes and writinges chaunce to see, Of courtzy all thou canst not finde them short, But some must needes consider well of thee: Though some doe pinche and saue, to thriue and thie, And some doe polle and pill to get the pelfe, And some haue layde vp all on leesing shelfe, Yet some will well consider of thy selfe. 6. I had almost stept in with thee so farre, To bid thee wryte and register my name, (Because I fearde of late the _Romayne_ warre Thou wrotste, had ended all thy former frame, And I had beene excluded from the same) That now I feare I wery thee with talke, While from my purpose farre aloofe I stalke, In steed of choyse, for cheese to giue thee chalke.][757] 7. Wherefore I will be briefe, and tell thee all My minde, the cause why I doe now appeare.[758] I will recite to thee my sodayne fall, And what in life mine exercises were: To which since I doe see thee set thine eare, Marke now my tale, and beare it well away, Marke what mee brought so sodayne in decaye, [And marke of lusty life the vnstable staye.] 8. Let who so stands trust to a stedfast holde, (Yf hee suppose hee may a steedy finde) And then hee neede not stagger when hee nolde, As I and others calde agayne to minde: But trust not Fortune, shee is counted blinde,[759] To prayse her prankes occasion giues no cause: Doe wisely, or you prayse her take the pause, [Else may you proue your selues at length but dawes.] 9. Some loue to boast what fortune they haue had, Some other blame misfortune theyrs as fast, Some tell of fortunes there bee good and bad, Some fooles of fortune make themselues agast, Some shewe of fortune comming, present, past, And say there is a fate that ruleth all: But sure it seemes theyr wisdome is but small, [To talke so much of Lady Fortune’s ball.] 10. No fortune is so bad our selues ne frame,[760] There is no chaunce at all hath vs preseru’d, There is no fate whom wee haue neede to blame, There is no destiny but is deseru’d, No lucke that leases vs safe or vnpreseru’d: Let vs not then complayne of Fortune’s skill, For all our good descends from God’s good will, [And of our lewdnes springeth all our ill.] 11.