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Excerpt from The Enterlude of Youth Nebst Fragmenten Des Playe of Lucres Und Von Nature My body plyaunt as a hasel styck Mine armes be bothe fayre and strong 50 My fingers be both' faire and longe My chest bigge as a tuune My legges be full lighte for to runne To hoppe and daunce and make mery By the masse I recke not a chery 55 What so euer I do I am the heyre of my fathers lande And it is come into my hande I care for nomore I Are you so disposed to doo 60 To folowe vyce and let vertue go Ye syr eueu so For nowe a dayes he is not set by Without he be vnthryftye You had nede to aske God mercye 65 Why do you so prase your body Why knaue what is that to the wylt thou let me to prayse my body. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.