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Whoe, while they liu'de, the worlde might not suffice:
Yet can they claime, by greatnesse of their birthe,
To beare from hence, when nature life denies,
Noe more then they, who for releife did pyne,
Which is but this, a shrouding sheete of twyne.
That doe regarde the place whereto the muste:
Yet, thoughe theire pride like
They shalbee sure at lengthe to turne to duste:
The Prince, the Poore, the Prisoner, and the slaue,
They all at lengthe, are summon'de to their graue.
Althoughe he set in mightie
Within this life, shall contentation finde,
When carelesse men, ofte die in great dispaire:
Then, let them blusshe that woulde be Christians thought,
And faile hereof, Sith Turkes the same haue taught.
As
Of
His subiectes charg'd, when he shoulde leaue his seate,
And life resigne, to tyme, and natures heste:
They should prepare, his shyrte vppon a speare,
And all about forthwith the same shoulde beare.
With trumpet Sounde, and Heralte to declare,
Theise wordes alowde: The Kinge of all the Easte
Great
Of kingdomes large, and lyes in house of claie,
And this is all, he bare with him awaie.
Pallida mors aequo pul-
sat pede pauperum ta-
bernas,
Regúmq. turres, &c.
Haud vllas portabis opes
Acherontis ad vndas:
Nudus ab inferna
stulte vehere rate.
Victor cum victis pari-
ter miscebitur vmbris,
Consule cum
capte