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10_o ¶_o the_o priestly_a skirt_n of_o a'ron_n holy_a coat_n i_o kiss_v and_o to_o my_o morning_n muse_n devote_v have_v never_o king_n in_o any_o age_n or_o nation_n such_o glorious_a robe_n set_v forth_o in_o such_o a_o fashion_n with_o gold_n and_o gem_n and_o silk_n of_o princely_a dye_n and_o stone_n befit_v more_o than_o majesty_n the_o persian_a sophy_n and_o rich_a shaeba_n queen_n have_v never_o the_o like_a nor_o ever_o the_o like_a have_v see_v upon_o the_o skirt_n in_o order_n as_o they_o fall_v first_o a_o pomegranate_n be_v and_o then_o a_o bell_n by_o each_o pomegranate_n do_v a_o bell_n appear_v many_o pomegranate_n many_o bell_n there_o be_v pomegranate_n nourish_v bell_n do_v make_v a_o sound_n as_o blessing_n fall_v thanksgiving_n must_v abound_v ¶_o if_o thou_o will_v clothe_v my_o heart_n with_o a'ron_n tire_v my_o tongue_n shall_v praise_v as_o well_o as_o heart_n desire_n my_o tongue_n and_o pen_n shall_v dwell_v upon_o thy_o story_n o_o lord_n for_o thou_o be_v kingdom_n power_n glory_n ¶_o the_o ancient_a sophist_n that_o be_v so_o precise_a and_o oftentime_o perchance_o too_o curious_a nice_a auerre_n that_o nature_n have_v bestow_v on_o man_n three_o perfect_a soul_n when_o this_o i_o true_o scan_v i_o think_v their_o learning_n swath_v in_o error_n lie_v they_o be_v not_o wise_a enough_o and_o yet_o too_o wise_a too_o curious_a wise_a because_o they_o mention_v more_o than_o one_o not_o wise_a enough_o because_o not_o four_o nature_n not_o grace_n be_v mistress_n of_o their_o school_n grace_n count_v they_o wise_a insipere_fw-la that_o be_v very_a fool_n three_o soul_n in_o man_n grace_n do_v a_o four_o allow_v the_o soul_n of_o faith_n but_o this_o be_v greek_a to_o you_o it_o be_v faith_n that_o make_v man_n true_o wise_a it_o be_v faith_n make_v he_o possess_v that_o thing_n he_o never_o have_v ¶_o this_o glorious_a soul_n of_o faith_n bestow_v on_o i_o o_o lord_n or_o else_o take_v thou_o the_o other_o three_o faith_n make_v man_n less_o than_o child_n more_o than_o man_n it_o make_v the_o soul_n cry_v abba_n and_o amen_n finis_fw-la pentelogia_n or_o the_o qvintessence_n of_o meditation_n mors_fw-la tua_fw-la mors_fw-la christi_fw-la fraus_fw-la mundi_fw-la gloria_fw-la coeli_fw-la et_fw-la dolour_n inferni_fw-la sunt_fw-la meditanda_fw-la tibi_fw-la thy_o death_n the_o death_n of_o christ_n the_o world_n tentation_n heaven_n joy_n hell_n torment_n be_v thy_o meditation_n at_o london_n imprint_v by_o felix_n kyngston_n for_o richard_n moor_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o saint_n dunstan_n churchyard_n 1620._o mors_fw-la tua_fw-la 1_o ¶_o menander_n think_v i_o see_v the_o nimble-aged_n sire_n pass_v by_o amain_o with_o foot_n unapt_a to_o tire_v upon_o his_o head_n a_o hourglass_n he_o wear_v and_o in_o his_o wrinkle_a hand_n a_o scythe_n he_o bear_v both_o instrument_n to_o take_v the_o life_n from_o man_n the_o one_o show_v with_o what_o the_o other_o show_v when_o i_o think_v i_o hear_v the_o dolefull_n passing-bell_n set_v a_o onset_n to_o his_o loud_a knell_n this_o moody_a music_n of_o impartial_a death_n who_o dance_v after_o dance_v out_o of_o breath_n i_o think_v i_o see_v my_o dear_a friend_n lament_v with_o sigh_n and_o tear_n and_o woeful_a dryriment_n my_o tender_a wife_n and_o child_n stand_v by_o dewing_n the_o deathbed_n whereupon_o i_o lie_v i_o think_v i_o hear_v a_o voice_n in_o secret_a say_v thy_o glass_n be_v run_v and_o thou_o must_v die_v to_o day_n mors_fw-la christi_fw-la 2_o ¶_o and_o be_o i_o here_o and_o my_o redeemer_n go_v can_v he_o be_v dead_a and_o be_v not_o my_o life_n do_v be_v he_o torment_v in_o excess_n of_o measure_n and_o do_v i_o