Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from any thyng which he may lawfully take.

Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge.

Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam.

Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.

Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.

O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.