Deme as ye list upon goode cause

Deme as ye list upon goode cause
I maye and think of this or that,
But what or whye my self best knowes
Wherebye I thinck and fere not ;
But thereunto I maye well think
The doubtefull sentence of this clause,
I wolde yt ware not as I think,
I wolde I thought yt ware not.

For if I thought yt ware not soo.
Though it ware so yt greved me not ;
Unto my thought yt ware as tho
I barkened tho I here not,
At that I see, I cannot wynk.
Nor from mye thought so let it goo ;
I wolde it ware not as I think,
I wolde I thought yt ware not.

Lo how my thought might make me free
Of that perchaunce that nedeth nott,
Perchaunce no doubt the drede I see
I shrink at that I bere not ;
But in my harte this word shall sink :
Unto the proffe maye better be,
I wolde yt ware not and as I think,
I wolde I thought yt ware not.

Yf yt be not, show no cause whye
I shoulde so think, then care I not;
For I shall so my self applie
To bee that I apere not;
That is as one that shall not shrink
To be your owne untill I dye ;
And if yt be not as I think,
Lyke wyse to think yt is not.