No More Learning

On everych Seynctes hie daie
Wythe the mynstrelle[67] am I seene, 80
All a footeynge it awaie,
Wythe maydens on the greene.
But oh! I wyshe to be moe greate,
In rennome, tenure, and estate.

SYR ROGERRE.

Has thou ne seene a tree uponne a hylle, 85
Whose unliste[68] braunces[69] rechen far toe fyghte;
Whan fuired[70] unwers[71] doe the heaven fylle,
Itte shaketh deere[72] yn dole[73] and moke affryghte.
Whylest the congeon[74] flowrette abessie[75] dyghte[76],
Stondethe unhurte, unquaced[77] bie the storme: 90
Syke is a picte[78] of lyffe: the manne of myghte
Is tempest-chaft[79], hys woe greate as hys forme,
Thieselfe a flowrette of a small accounte,
Wouldst harder felle the wynde, as hygher thee dydste mounte.

[Footnote 1: lodges, huts. ]

[Footnote 2: cottages. ]

[Footnote 3: servant, slave, peasant. ]

[Footnote 4: if. ]

[Footnote 5: a contraction of _them_. ]

[Footnote 6: naked, original. ]

[Footnote 7: nature. ]

[Footnote 8: liking. ]

[Footnote 9: might.
The sense of this line is, Would you see every
thing in its primaeval state. ]

[Footnote 10: wise-egger, a philosopher. ]

[Footnote 11: knowledge. ]

[Footnote 12: sporting. ]

[Footnote 13: answered. ]

[Footnote 14: aid, or help. ]

[Footnote 15: work. ]

[Footnote 16: drink. ]

[Footnote 17: a hood, or covering for the back part of the head. ]

[Footnote 18: guilded. ]

[Footnote 19: borders of gold and silver, on which was laid thin
plates of either metal counterchanged, not unlike the present spangled
laces. ]

[Footnote 20: lord. ]

[Footnote 21: sultry. ]

[Footnote 22: car. ]

[Footnote 23: seed. ]

[Footnote 24: quickly, presently.