<p>When hee, who by his conquering Arme, possest<lb/> The rich, and spacious Empires of the East,<lb/> Felt his approaching end; he bade them beare<lb/> A Shirt throughout his Armie, on a Speare,<lb/> Proclaiming, that of all his large estate,<lb/> No more was left him, then, but only that:<lb/> Perhaps intending, thereby, to expresse,<lb/> A sorrow for his wilde Ambitiousnesse ;<lb/> Or, hoping, by that Spectacle, to give<lb/> Some good Instructions unto those that live.<lb/> However, let it serve us, to declare,<lb/> How vaine their toylings, and ambitions are,<lb/> Who rob themselves, and other men of rest,<lb/> For things that are so little while possest.<lb/> And, if that powerfull King, could nothing have,<lb/> That was of use, to carry to his Grave,<lb/> (Of all his conquered Kingdomes ) but, one Shirt,<lb/> Or, Winding sheet, to hide his Royall durt;<lb/> Why should we pinch, and scrape, and vext become,<lb/> To heap up Riches, for we know not whom?<lb/> Or, macerate the Flesh, by raising strife,<lb/> For more, than will bee usefull during life?<lb/> Nay, ev'n for that, which sometimes shortens breath,<lb/> And makes us, also, wretched after Death.<lb/> Let mee, oh God! my labour so employ,<lb/> That, I, a competencie may enjoy.<lb/> I aske no more, than may Lifes want supply,<lb/> And, leave their due to others, when I die.<lb/> If this thou grant, (which nothing doubt I can)<lb/> None ever liv'd, or dy'd a richer man.<lb/> </p>

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A shroud stuck on a lance; in the background soldiers throwing dice for Christ's garment and a king talking to a naked man standing on a pyre holding a pole

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<p>Loe, heere is all, that hee possest,<lb/> Which once was Victor of the East.</p>

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