<p>Five Termes, there be, which five, I doe apply<lb/> To all, that was, and is, and, shall be done.<lb/> The first, and last, is that Eternitie,<lb/> Which, neither shall have End, nor, was begunne.<lb/> Beginning, is the next ; which, is a space<lb/> (Or moment rather) scarce imaginarie,<lb/> Made, when the first Materiall, formed was;<lb/> And, then, forbidden, longer time to tarry.<lb/> Time entred, when, Beginning had an Ending,<lb/> And, is a Progresse, all the workes of Nature,<lb/> Within the circuit of it, comprehending,<lb/> Ev'n till the period, of the Outward-creature.<lb/> End, is the fourth, of those five Termes I meane;<lb/> (As briefe, as was Beginning ) and, ordayned,<lb/> To set the last of moments, to that Scaene,<lb/> Which, on this Worlds wide Stage, is entertayned.<lb/> The fifth, we Everlasting, fitly, call;<lb/> For, though, it once begunne, yet, shall it never<lb/> Admit, of any future-end, at all;<lb/> But, be extended onward, still, for ever.<lb/> The knowledge of these Termes, and of what actions,<lb/> To each of them belongs, would set an end,<lb/> To many Controversies, and Distractions,<lb/> Which doe so many trouble, and offend.<lb/> Time 's nature, by the Fading-flowre, appeares;<lb/> Which, is a Type, of Transitory things:<lb/> The Circled-snake, Eternitie declares;<lb/> Within whose Round, each fading Creature, springs.<lb/> Some Riddles more, to utter, I intended,<lb/> But, lo; a sudden stop, my words have ended. </p>

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