186 How childe shall come, etc. 
3 Where choise is hard, count good for well a fine, 
Skill mixt with will, is he that teacheth best : 
Let this suffice for teaching childe of thine, 
Choose quickly well for all the lingring rest. 
Mistaught at first how seldome prooueth well ! 
Trim taught, O God, how shortly doth excell ! 
4 Although as ships must tarrie winde and tide, 
And perfect howers abide their stinted time ; 
So likewise, though of learning dailie tride, 
Space must be had ere wit may thereto clime. 
Yet easie steps, and perfect way to trust, 
Doth cause good spéede, confesse of force we must. 
5 Thus in the childe though wit ynough we finde, 
And teacher good néere hand or other where, 
And time as apt as may be thought with minde, 
Nor cause in such thing much to doubt or feare. 
Yet cocking Mams, and shifting Dads from schooles, 
Make pregnant wits to prooue vnlearned fooles. 
6 Ere learning come, to haue first art thou taught, 
Apt learning childe, apt time that thing to frame, 
Apt cunning man to teach, else all is naught, 
Apt parents, glad to bring to passe the same. 
On such apt ground the Muses loue to bilde, 
This lesson learne; adue else learned child. 
[In the edition of 1573, The Sonnet to Lady Paget, which 
follows the Posies, is placed here. } 
