Sir Thomas More

For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble;
and whoso doth us a read more

For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble;
and whoso doth us a good tourne we will write it in duste.

Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste
portion of the earth as read more

Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste
portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.

Then on the grounde
Togyder rounde
With manye a sadde stroke,
They roll and read more

Then on the grounde
Togyder rounde
With manye a sadde stroke,
They roll and rumble,
They turne and tumble,
As pigges do in a poke.

They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.

They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you read more

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.