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The Age and Life of Man.
UPON the sixteenth hundred year
of God, and fifty-three
Frae Christ was born that bought us dear
as writings testifie,
On January the sixteenth day,
as I did lye alone,
With many a sigh and sob did say
making a heavy moan.
Dame Nature, that instructive guide;
did stand up me before.
And said to me thou must provide
this life for to abhor:
Thou sees what things are gone before,
experience teacheth thee,
In whatsover state thou be,
remember, man, to die.
Of all the creatures bearing
recal back in thy mind;
Consider how they ebb and thrive,
each thing in their ow kind
Yet few of them leave such a strain,
as God hath given to thee,
Therefore this lesson keep in mind,
remember, man, to die.
