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