J. Canand and Bernard Garter

“ Ho trusts before he tries, may soone his trust repent,
Who tries before he trusts, doth so his care preuent:
Thus trust may not be cause of triall (then we see)
But triall must be cause of trust, in ech degree. ”

“ Ye take no thought, in sclaundring their good name.
⁠Ye put iust men, oft times to open shame,
Ye ryng so lowde, ye sound vnto the Skyes:
And yet in proofe, ye sowe nothyng but lyes.
❡ Ye make great hatred, where peace hath ben of long,
You bring good order to ruine and eke decaye:
Ye plucke downe tight, ye doe enhaunce the wrong,
Ye tourne swete myrth, to wo and wallawaye.
⁠Of mischeifs all, you are the ground I saye,
Happie is he, that liueth on such a sorte:
That nedes not feare such tounges of false reporte.
⸿ FINIS. ꝙ I. Canand.
⸿ Of trust and triall. ”

“ Yet once agayne he trauailed Grece,
With lesse effect, and made a pece.
⁠ ⸿ Which long time did hold great renowne
For Venus all men did it call:
Tyll in our dayes gan Nature frowne,
And gaue the workemannes worke a fall. ”