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THeyr dedes in effecte, my lyfe wolde haue | |
Theyr wordes do pretende, my lyuynge to craue | |
Theyr dedes I drede not, theyr wordes beynge suche | |
I drede and regarde, in maner as moche. | |
5 | My lyfe is but vyle, I esteme as lyght |
Then shulde I in gooddes or lyuynge delyght | |
Whom matters and dedes, nought moueth at all | |
Shulde wynde and vayne wordes, his courage appall. | |
Not man vnto man, can threaten I wote | |
10 | More greuous then death, the horryble lote lote: =lot |
And be it that death, by sentence of man | |
I suffre and that, well suffre I can. | |
What shulde I regarde, this transytorie state | |
Regarde and thynke on, both early and late | |
15 | I muste a new lyfe, that euer shall laste |
Subiecte to no death, no syckenesse, no waste. | |
Than welcome be death, the entrye of lyfe Than: =Then | |
And [a]dewe to the worlde, the stage of all stryfe adewe] dewe 1548 | |
Lyfe lost in this wyse, releuyth agayne releuyth ='is raised up'; see OED s.v. relieve v, 7a | |
20 | For euer in blysse, to lyue without payne. |
From hence and herein, my comforte and staye | |
Reposed I haue, that can not decaye | |
God graunt me suche losse, that rayseth this gayne | |
God graunt me that death, suche lyfe to retayne. | |
25 | In meane-tyme and space, saye properly this |
I maye and in place, Uana salus hominis. in place ='on the spot, immediately'; see OED s.v. place n1, 19a | |
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YOur dedes in effecte, that made your lyfe braue | |
Hath caused your wordes, the truth to depraue | |
Your dedes ye forget not, your wordes beynge suche | |
You dryue on and drede not, all men se to moche. | |
5 | Your lyfe hath ben lewde, whiche ye esteme lyght |
Of force to leaue gooddes, no thanke to go quyght | |
Thoughe matters and dedes, nought moue you at all | |
Let God and his threates, your stowtenes appall. | |
For man vnto man, can nought threate ye wote | |
10 | More greuous then death, that horryble lote |
But yf ye haue death, that Iustyce gyue can | |
Drede then your desertes, and blame ye not man. | |
Amende and repente, your stobourne estate | |
That truthe hath neare tryed, but almoste to late | |
15 | A patarne moste popysshe, from fyrste to the laste patarne: =pattern |
As wylfull, as wyttie, whiche wante worketh waste. | |
I doubte the welcome of death, to that lyfe | |
Plased for Popes pageantes, in stage of moche stryfe Plased: =Pleased | |
Lyfe lost in this wyse, releuyth agayne | |
20 | As he that from blysse, returneth to payne. |
From hence and herein, your comforte and staye | |
Reposed you haue, whiche nedes muste decaye | |
If God for this losse, do graunt ye dewe gayne | |
God shylde ye from death, suche lyfe to retayne. shylde: =shield | |
25 | In meane-[tyme] and space, our prayer is this tyme] 1548 omits |
As we maye in place, God tourne to his. | |
H._S. |