37. When all is done, learn this my son,
Not friend nor skill, nor wit at will,
Nor ship nor clod, but only God,
Doth all in all :

Man taketh pain, God giveth gain,
Man doth his best, God doth the rest,
Man well intends, God foizon sends,
Else want he shall.

Man doth labour, God doth bless.

38. Some seek for wealth, I seek my health, Some seek to please, I seek mine ease, Some seek to save, I seek to have,`

To live upright,

More than to ride with pomp and pride,

Or for to jet (a), in others debt:
Such is my skill, and shall be still,
For any wight.

39. Too fond were I, here thus to lie,

Unless that wealth might further health,
And profit some should thereby come,
To help withall;

This causeth me, well pleas'd to be (a),
Such drift to make, such life to take,
Enforcing mind, remorse to find,
As need, need shall.

A contented mind is worth

all.

Happy that lives well: unhappy that dies evil.

40. Friend, all things weigh'd, that here is said,
And being got, that pays the shot,
Methinks of right, have leave I might,
(Death drawing near)

To seek some ways, my God to praise,
And mercy crave, in time to have,
And for the rest, what he thinks best,
To suffer here'.

* Under VARIATIONS at this page, will be found what the Author calls

"A Sonnet on the Inconstancy of Fortune," restored from the edition of

1573.

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GLOSSARY

LOCAL, DOMESTIC, AND OBSOLETE WORDS,

AND MODES OF SPELLING,

FOUND IN

Tusser.

Bayes, or Baies. Chidings, scold- Bestad.