Sermon I - Envy

The peasant would to rise and yeoman be;
The yeoman would likewise change his estate,
And gaining arms attain gentility.
The gentleman to bear the knighthood's weight
Aspires, and knights would lordlings be; barons
Would earls, earldoms would duchies be. Certes,
It hath been known dukes would to sit upon
A throne betimes, however fate might these
Honors obtain. God's Order is disdained
By those who would their own estate deny.
Each place within the chain hath been ordained;
Yet men would change, Envy to mollify.
Seek not for what by nature is not found;
We walk the safest when on solid ground.