The.xj. rule

Though in the tyme of the batayle and warre
The conflecte seme bytter sharpe and sowre
Yet consydre hit is more pleasure farre
Ouer the deuyll to be a conqueroure
Then is in the vse of thy beestly pleasoure
Of vertue more ioye the conscience hath within
Then outwarde the body of all his fylthy synne

In this p[…]ynt many men erre for necligence
For they compare not the Ioye of the vyctory
To the sensuall pleasure of theyr concupiscence
But lyke rude beestes vnaduisedly
Lakkynge discrecyon they compare & applye
Of theyr fowle synne the voluptuouse delyght
To the laberous trauayle of the conflyct & fyght

And yet alas he that ofte hath knowen
What gryefe it is by longe experyence
Of his cruell enemye to be ouer throwen
Sholde ones at the lest wyse do his diligence
To proue and assaye with manly defence
What pleasure there is what honour peace & rest
In gloriouse victorye tryumphe and conquest