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A04036 The mirror of mans lyfe Plainely describing, what weake moulde we are made of: what miseries we are subiect vnto: howe vncertaine this life is: and what shal be our ende. Englished by H. Kirton.; De contemptu mundi. English Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216.; Kirton, H. (Henry); Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624. Speculum humanum. aut 1576 (1576) STC 14093; ESTC S106262 64,245 170

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h●th_v go_v over_o all_o man_n 5._o do_v not_o our_o father_n eat_v the_o bitter_a grape_n say_v 31._o the_o prophet_n and_o be_v not_o the_o tooth_n of_o their_o 18._o child_n set_v on_o edge_n therewith_o of_o the_o feebleness_n and_o weakness_n of_o the_o young_a infant_n chap._n 4._o why_o then_o be_v light_o give_v to_o this_o poor_a wretch_n and_o life_n to_o they_o which_o live_v in_o bitterness_n of_o the_o soul_n happy_a be_v they_o which_o die_v before_o they_o be_v bear_v feel_a death_n before_o they_o know_v what_o life_n be_v for_o some_o come_v into_o this_o world_n so_o deform_v and_o monstrous_a child_n that_o they_o seem_v rather_o to_o be_v abomination_n than_o man_n for_o who_o peradventure_o it_o have_v be_v better_o provide_v if_o they_o have_v never_o come_v in_o sight_n because_o they_o be_v set_v forth_o to_o be_v behold_v as_o monster_n for_o many_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v dismember_v and_o corrupt_v in_o their_o sense_n to_o the_o heaviness_n and_o sorrow_n 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and_o pain_n the_o wife_n of_o phinees_n through_o sudden_a pang_n come_v upon_o she_o 4._o be_v deliver_v of_o a_o child_n &_o both_o of_o they_o die_v as_o it_o be_v at_o a_o instant_n yet_o in_o the_o very_a point_n of_o her_o death_n she_o call_v her_o child_n icabod●_n ●_z which_o be_v to_o say_v the_o child_n of_o no_o glory_n 16._o but_o as_o he_o which_o escape_v after_o shipwreck_n be_v glad_a so_o the_o woman_n when_o she_o be_v in_o travail_n be_v sad_a but_o after_o she_o be_v deliver_v remember_v no_o more_o her_o pain●_n for_o joy_n that_o there_o be_v bring_v forth_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n into_o the_o world_n then_o to_o conclude_v she_o conceive_v her_o child_n in_o uncleanness_n she_o bring_v it_o forth_o with_o heaviness_n and_o sorrow_n she_o nourish_v it_o with_o anguish_n and_o pain_n she_o keep_v it_o with_o continual_a care_n and_o fear_n child_n of_o the_o nakedness_n of_o man_n chap._n 6._o naked_a come_v he_o out_o of_o his_o mother_n womb_n into_o this_o world_n 5._o and_o naked_a shall_v he_o return_v again_o from_o hence_o he_o come_v poor_a and_o shall_v return_v again_o poor_a 1._o for_o i_o come_v naked_a out_o of_o my_o mother_n womb_n say_v job_n and_o out_o of_o this_o world_n i_o shall_v return_v naked_a again_o we_o bring_v nothing_o doubtless_o in●o_v this_o world_n 6._o because_o we_o can_v take_v nothing_o with_o we_o out_o of_o it_o if_o any_o man_n go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n clothe_v let_v he_o consider_v what_o kind_n of_o apparel_n he_o bring_v into_o it_o which_o willing_o i_o will_v pass_v over_o as_o a_o thing_n undecent_a to_o be_v speak_v and_o unseemly_a to_o be_v hear_v what_o ●rui●e_a man_n bring_v forth_o chap._n 7._o oh_o most_o vile_a unworthy_a and_o miserable_a condition_n of_o man_n oh_o unseemly_a and_o wretched_a estate_n search_v out_o diligent_o and_o make_v serious_a inquisition_n of_o the_o herb_n and_o tree_n they_o do_v of_o themselves_o bring_v forth_o ●lowers●_n bough_n and_o fruit_n tree_n and_o th●n_o miserable_a wretch_n bring_v forth_o nit_n louse_n and_o worm_n they_o do_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n yield_v oil_n wine_n and_o balm_n but_o thou_o utter_v thing_n displeasant_a and_o odious_a they_o do_v send_v forth_o from_o they_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a odour_n thou_o loathsome_a and_o unsavoury_a smell_n such_o as_o the_o tree_n be_v such_o be_v the_o fruit_n 3_n for_o a_o evil_a tree_n can_v not_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n and_o what_o be_v man_n according_a to_o his_o form_n but_o a_o certain_a tree_n turn_v upside_o down_o down_o who_o root_n be_v the_o hear_v who_o trunk_n be_v the_o head_n with_o the_o neck_n who_o s●ock_n be_v the_o breast_n with_o the_o belly_n 13._o the_o branch_n be_v the_o arm_n with_o the_o leg_n the_o leave_v be_v the_o finger_n with_o the_o joint_n this_o be_v the_o leaf_n which_o be_v ●oste_o with_o every_o wound_n this_o be_v the_o tree_n that_o be_v overthrow_v with_o every_o blast_n and_o this_o be_v the_o stubble_n which_o be_v dry_v up_o with_o the_o sun_n of_o the_o incommodity_n of_o ●lde_a age_n and_o shortness_n of_o life_n chap._n 8._o in_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o man_n estate_n we_o read_v that_o man_n live_v nine_o hundred_o year_n and_o more_o but_o the_o life_n of_o man_n decline_v by_o little_a and_o little_a god_n say_v unto_o no_n 6._o my_o spirit_n or_o breath_n shall_v not_o remain_v always_o in_o man_n for_o a'n_z he_o be_v flesh_n &_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o &_o twenty_o year_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v as_o well_o of_o the_o term_n of_o man_n life_n as_o of_o the_o space_n of_o his_o repentance_n for_o since_o that_o time_n forward_o we_o seldom_o read_v that_o man_n live_v long_o but_o when_o man_n life_n be_v cut_v short_a the_o psalmist_n say_v the_o day_n and_o time_n of_o our_o life_n &_o year_n 89._o do_v consist_v in_o the_o very_a number_n of_o seventy_o year_n but_o if_o through_o the_o power_n and_o force_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v continue_v to_o the_o number_n of_o four_o score_n year_n yet_o that_o time_n be_v but_o of_o more_o labour_n and_o sorrow_n shall_v not_o the_o small_a number_n of_o my_o day_n say_v job_n be_v end_v in_o a_o short_a time_n 10._o our_o day_n pass_v over_o more_o swift_a than_o the_o web_n which_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o the_o weaver_n 38._o a_o man_n bear_v of_o a_o woman_n live_v but_o a_o short_a time_n 14._o and_o be_v replenish_v with_o many_o misery_n which_o flourish_v for_o a_o time_n and_o vanish_v away_o again_o even_o as_o a_o flower_n he_o also_o fly_v away_o like_o a_o shadow_n and_o do_v never_o continue_v in_o one_o estate_n few_o man_n now_o
sorrow_n unloke_v for_o which_o happen_v unto_o man_n chap._n 20._o sudden_a heaviness_n do_v always_o accompany_v worldly_a mirth_n mirth_n and_o that_o which_o begin_v with_o joy_n do_v always_o ●nd_v with_o some_o sorrow_n for_o worldly_a pleasure_n be_v mix_v with_o many_o bitter_a corsy_z this_o know_v he_o right_v well_o which_o say_v 14._o laughter_n be_v mix_v with_o grief_n and_o the_o end_n of_o mirth_n be_v finish_v with_o wail_v the_o child_n of_o job_n 1._o do_v prove_v this_o true_a by_o experience_n the_o which_o while_n that_o they_o be_v make_v merry_a in_o their_o elder_a brother_n house_n a_o sudden_a mighty_a wound_n ri●ing_v out_o of_o the_o desert_n overthrow_v the_o house_n &_o destroy_v they_o all_o and_o therefore_o their_o father_n may_v well_o say●_n 30._o my_o ●arp_n be_v change_v into_o mourn_n &_o my_o cithern_n be_v turn_v into_o the_o u●yce_n of_o those_o that_o weep_v it_o be_v better_a say_v the_o wise_a man_n to_o go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o mourning_n than_o of_o banquet_n death_n harken_v therefore_o unto_o his_o good_a counsel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o mirth_n &_o prosperity_n forget_v not_o sorrow_n and_o adversity_n and_o remember_v thy_o last_o and_o end_a day_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_v damnable_o of_o ●he_n ne●renesse_n of_o death_n chap._n 21._o the_o last_o day_n of_o our_o life_n be_v unto_o we_o always_o the_o first_o day_n to_o life_n and_o yet_o we_o do_v never_o account_v the_o first_o day_n to_o be_v the_o last_o whereas_o in_o deed_n we_o shall_v still_o so_o line_n as_o though_o we_o shall_v always_o die_v for_o it_o be_v write_v 11._o remember_v that_o death_n do_v not_o ●arry_v long_o and_o be_v not_o slow_a in_o come_v time_n pass_v away_o and_o death_n approach_v nigh_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o he_o that_o die_v 89._o as_o it_o be_v but_o yesterday_o which_o be_v already_o past_a for_o the_o thing_n which_o god_n will_v have_v come_v to_o pass_v be_v always_o spring_v and_o thing_n present_a do_v daily_o decay_v and_o perish_v and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v past_a be_v clean_o dead_a and_o consume_v we_o then_o be_v die_v while_o we_o live_v and_o then_o do_v we_o cease_v from_o die_v when_o we_o cease_v to_o live_v therefore_o it_o be_v better_a to_o dye●_n always_o to_o live_v than_o to_o live_v to_o die_v ever_o for_o the_o mortal_a life_n of_o man_n be_v but_o a_o live_a death_n whereupon_o say_v solomon_n i_o commend_v more_o the_o estate_n of_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a 4._o than_o of_o those_o that_o live_v and_o i_o judge_v he_o that_o be_v not_o yet_o bear_v happy_a than_o they_o both_o the_o life_n of_o man_n pass_v swift_o away_o and_o can_v not_o be_v stay_v and_o death_n come_v upon_o he_o instant_o and_o can_v not_o be_v hinder_v man_n therefore_o be_v that_o wonderful_a thing_n which_o do_v decrease_v and_o increase_v and_o all_o in_o a_o moment_n for_o how_o much_o the_o more_o man_n life_n increase_v so_o much_o the_o near_o he_o approach_v to_o his_o end_n of_o the_o terror_n of_o dream_n chap._n 22._o the_o very_a time_n which_o be_v grant_v man_n in_o this_o life_n for_o his_o rest_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o be_v quiet_a unto_o he_o for_o in_o dream_n dreadful_a thing_n often_o time_n appear_v which_o cause_n a_o man_n to_o fear_v and_o vision_n in_o his_o sleep_n do_v molest_v he_o and_o although_o in_o very_a deed_n those_o thing_n which_o man_n dream_v of_o be_v not_o sorrowful_a terrible_a or_o painful_a yet_o for_o ceretainty_n those_o which_o be_v molest_v with_o such_o dream_n be_v cause_v to_o be_v pensive_a sorrowful_a and_o fearful_a in_o so_o much_o that_o sometime_o in_o their_o sleep_n they_o fervent_o weep_v and_o when_o they_o be_v wake_v out_o thereof_o be_v often_o trouble_v in_o their_o mind_n mark_v well_o what_o elephas_n thematice_n say_v of_o this_o matter_n 4._o in_o the_o terror_n of_o a_o vision_n say_v he_o in_o the_o night_n time_n when_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o sleep_v a_o great_a fear_n and_o tremble_a come_v upon_o i_o and_o all_o my_o bone_n do_v shake_v for_o fear_n 7._o and_o when_o the_o spirit_n pass_v in_o my_o presence_n the_o hear_v of_o my_o head_n stand_v up_o consider_v the_o say_n of_o job_n also_o in_o these_o word_n if_o i_o say_v unto_o myself_o my_o bed_n shall_v comfort_v i_o and_o i_o shall_v be_v ease_v talk_v with_o myself_o upon_o my_o couch_n thou_o will_v terrify_v i_o with_o dream_n and_o will_v make_v i_o shake_v for_o fear_n through_o vision_n nabuchodonozer_n see_v in_o a_o dream_n 2._o that_o thing_n which_o make_v he_o thorough_o afraid_a and_o the_o vision_n be_v firm_o impress_v in_o his_o mind_n do_v much_o vex_v &_o trouble_v he_o 5._o many_o thought_n and_o care_n do_v follow_v dream_n and_o where_o there_o be_v many_o dream_n there_o be_v exceed_v many_o vanity_n dream_n have_v cause_v many_o to_o err_v and_o do_v amiss_o and_o the_o hope_v that_o man_n have_v have_v in_o they_o have_v be_v make_v frustrate_a in_o sleep_n also_o happen_v often_o time_n unclean_a imagination_n time●_n whereby_o not_o only_o the_o flesh_n be_v pollute_v by_o illusion_n in_o the_o night_n but_o the_o soul_n be_v also_o defile_v 15_o whereupon_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o levitical_a law_n say_v thus_o if_o there_o be_v any_o man_n amongst_o you_o which_o by_o illusion_n be_v abuse_v in_o his_o sleep_n by_o night_n let_v he_o go_v out_o of_o the_o tent_n and_o let_v he_o not_o return_v before_o that_o in_o the_o evening_n he_o be_v wash_v clean_o with_o water_n and_o after_o the_o go_v down_o of_o the_o sun_n let_v he_o come_v again_o into_o the_o tent_n of_o compassion_n chap._n 23._o oh_o with_o what_o grief_n be_v we_o vex_v frion●e●_n with_o what_o tremble_a fear_n be_v we_o shake_v when_o we_o understand_v the_o loss_n or_o hindrance_n of_o our_o friend_n and_o how_o much_o do_v we_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o the_o danger_n and_o loss_n of_o our_o parent_n yea_o sometime_o he_o that_o be_v whole_a add_v sound_n of_o body_n be_v more_o trouble_v and_o vex_v in_o his_o fear_n than_o the_o sick_a and_o feeble_a be_v in_o his_o sickness_n for_o the_o voluntary_a sick_a man_n be_v more_o afflict_a with_o the_o affection_n of_o his_o grief_n than_o the_o sick_a patient_a man_n languish_v in_o his_o feebleness_n hereupon_o break_v out_o the_o poet_n in_o these_o word_n ovid_n love_n be_v a_o loathsome_a thing_n god_n wot_v and_o pass_v full_a of_o grief_n who_o breast_n be_v so_o harden_v who_o heart_n be_v so_o stony_a that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v sorry_a and_o lament_v that_o he_o can_v not_o weep_v and_o wail_v when_o ●e_n do_v behold_v the_o sickness_n or_o death_n of_o his_o friend_n or_o neighbour_n that_o he_o can_v not_o suffer_v with_o he_o that_o suffer_v and_o sorrow_n with_o he_o that_o mourn_v our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o when_o he_o see_v mary_n magdalen_n 11._o &_o the_o jew_n which_o come_v with_o she_o to_o lazarus_n monument_n all_o weep_a he_o be_v afflict_v in_o spirit_n and_o trouble_v in_o himself_o and_o weep_v not_o peradventure_o because_o lazarus_n the_o brother_n of_o mary_n be_v dead_a but_o rather_o for_o that_o he_o shall_v raise_v he_o up_o or_o call_v he_o be_v now_o dead_a bodi_fw-la unto_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n again_o for_o let_v he_o persuade_v himself_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o great_a hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o to_o be_v account_v as_o one_o fault_n worthy_a who_o sorrow_v more_o at_o the_o corporal_a departure_n of_o his_o friend_n than_o the_o spiritual_a death_n of_o his_o soul_n of_o sundry_a misfortune_n that_o happen_v unto_o man_n chap._n 24._o such_o be_v our_o casual_a condition_n that_o when_o we_o seem_v to_o stand_v in_o great_a security_n we_o dwell_v in_o deepeste_a danger_n and_o when_o we_o least_o fear_v we_o soon_o fall_v calamity_n fall_v upon_o we_o not_o look_v for_o sickness_n sudden_o invade_v we_o and_o death_n without_o ransom_n require_v his_o duty_n do_v not_o therefore_o boast_n upon_o the_o next_o day_n 27._o be_v ignorant_a what_o the_o day_n follow_v will_v bring_v forth_o man_n know_v not_o his_o end_n but_o as_o the_o fish_n be_v take_v with_o the_o book_n preacher_n and_o the_o bird_n be_v sudden_o entrap_v with_o the_o snare_n so_o man_n be_v prevent_v in_o their_o day_n and_o sometime_o take_v in_o a_o evil_a hour_n when_o death_n shall_v speedy_o arrest_v they_o of_o the_o innumerable_a kind_n of_o sickness_n that_o man_n be_v subject_a unto_o chap._n 25._o the_o knowledge_n that_o man_n have_v have_v to_o search_v out_o the_o cause_n and_o nature_n of_o thing_n these_o many_o hundred_o year_n can_v as_o yet_o never_o find_v out_o so_o many_o