148 To light a candell, ete. 
[In the edition of 1577 the following piece is inserted here. ] 
64.* 
To light a candell before the Deurll. 
To beard thy foes shews forth thy witt, 
but helpes the matter nere a whit. 
\ Y sonne, were it not worst 
to frame thy nature so, 
That as thine vse is to thy friend, 
likewise to greet thy foe: 
Though not for hope of good, 
yet for the feare of euill, 
Thou maist find ease so proffering vp 
a candell to the deuill. 
This knowne, the surest way 
thine enemies wrath to swage ; 
If thou canst currey fauour thus, 
thou shalt be counted sage. 
Of truth I tell no lye, 
by proofe to well I knowe, 
The stubborne want of only this 
hath brought full many lowe. 
And yet to speak the trouth 
the Deuill is worse then naught, 
That no good turne will once deserue, 
yet looketh vp so haught. 
Exalt him how we please, 
and giue him what we can, 
Yet skarcely shall we find such Deuill 
a truly honest man. 
