I am as I am and so will I be

I am as I am and so will I be,
But how that I am none knoith trulie,
Be yt evill be yt well, be I bonde be I fre,
I am as I am and so will I be.

I lede my lif indifferentelye,
I meane nothing but honestelie.
And though folkis judge full dyverslye,
I am as I am and so will I dye.

I do not rejoyse not yet complaine,
Bothe mirthe and sadnes I doo refraine.
And use the meane sins folkes will fayne.
Yet I am as I am be it plesure or payne.

Dyvers do judge as they doo troo.
Some of pleasure and some of woo.
Yet for all that no thing they knoo,
But II am as I am where so ever I goo.

But sins judgers do thus dekaye.
Let everye man his judgement saye ;
I will yt take in sporte and playe.
For I am as I am who so ever saye naye.

Who judgeth well, well God him sende;
Who judgeth evill, God them amende ;
To judge the best therefore intende,
For I am as I am and so will I ende.

Yet some there be that take delight
To judge folkes thought for envye and spight.
But whyther they judge me wrong or right,
I am as I am and so do I wright.

Praying you all that this doo rede,
To truste yt as you doo your crede.
And not to think I change my wede.
For I am as I am howe ever I spede.

But how that is I leve to you ;
Judge as ye list false or true ;
Ye kno no more than afore ye knewe ;
Yet I am as I am whatever ensue.

And from this mynde I will not flee.
But to you all that misjuge me,
I do proteste as ye maye see.
That I am as I am and so will I bee.