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A16942
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Certayne versis, writtene by Thomas Brooke Ge[n]tleman, in the tyme of his impryso[n]ment, the daye before his deathe, who sufferyd at Norwich, the. 30. of August. 1570
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Brooke, Thomas, d. 1570.
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1570
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STC 3835; ESTC S109420
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Certayne versis writtene by Thomas Brooke GeÌtleman in the tyme of his imprysoÌment the daye before his deathe who sufferyd at Norwich the. 30. of August 1570. I Languishe as I lye And death doth make me thrall To cares which death shall sone cut of And sett me quyt of all yett feble fleshe would faynt To feale so sharpe a fyght Saue Fayth in Christ doth comfort me And sleithe such fancy quyght For fyndyng forth howe frayle Eache wordly state doth stande I hould him blyst that fearyng God Is redd of such a band For he that longest lyues And Nestors yeares doth gayne Hath so much more accompte to make And fyndyth Lyfe but vayne What cawse ys then to quayle I am called before To tast the Ioyes which Christis bloode Hath bowght and layde in store No no no greter Ioye Can eny hart posses Then throwgh the death to gayne a lyfe Wyth hym in blyssednes Who sende the Quene long lyfe Much Ioye and contries peace Her Cowncell health hyr fryndes good lucke To all ther Ioyes increase Thus puttyng vppe my greaues I grownde my lyfe on God And thanke hym with most humble hart And mekelye kysse his rodde Finis ê Thomas Brooke â Seane and allowyd accordynge to the Quenes Maiestyes Iniunction God saue the Quene â Imprynted at Norwich in the Paryshe of Saynct Andrewe by Anthony de Solempne 1570.