Cuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum, <br />Et prius incerta nunc tibi certa manent, <br />Consiliis usure meis tamen aspice caute, <br />Subdola non fallat te dea fraude sua: <br />Saepe solet placido mortales fallere vultu, <br />Et cute sub placida tabida saepe dolent; <br />Ut quando secura putas et cuncta serena, <br />Anguis sub viridi gramine saepe latet. <br />Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste, <br />And all is done that ye lokyd for before, <br />Ware yet, I rede you, of Fortunes dowble cast, <br />For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store, <br />And vnder the fell oft festered is the sore: <br />That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas, <br />Ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras. <br /> <br />Qd Skelton, laureat.<br /><br />John Skelton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cuncta-licet-cecidisse-putas-discrimina-rerum/
