But if that I sholde gather in my barge All folysshe beggers, and labour or intende To note all theyr vyces, to sore sholde be the charge And as I suppose I neuer sholde make an ende. Wherfore I counsell them shortly to amende Or els theyr lewdnes, synne, and enormyte Shall cause men withdrawe theyr almes of charyte THENUOY OF BARCLAY THE TRANSLATOUR. 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. End of Project Gutenberg's The Ship of Fools, Volume 1, by Sebastian Brandt