To break the heathen and uphold the Christ;

To ride abroad redressing human wrongs; To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it; To honor his own word as if his God's; 470 To lead sweet lives in purest chastity; To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven 475 Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words