At the beginning of the play, what does the messenger say that Everyman will be about?

At the beginning of the play, the messenger says that
since every man will eventually be called to account before God, he should be careful of
his actions from the very beginning of his life. The messenger explains that though evil
may seem appealing at the time, in the end it will bring pain and ruin to the soul. The
play which the audience is about to see is a moral play, one which will teach a lesson,
for every man. The messenger says,

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The Summoning of Everyman
it is called so,

That of our lives and ending maketh
show

How transitory we be every
day...

Man, in the
beginning

Watch well and take good heed of the
ending

Be you never so gay!

Ye
think sin in the beginning full sweet

Which, in the end,
causeth the soul to weep...

For ye shall hear how our
Heaven's King

Calleth Everyman to a general
reckoning." 

The messenger
stresses that life is transitory, and that there is a lesson to be learned from the play
about to be performed. It would behoove the audience to pay close
attention.