A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.

While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.

All came from, and will goe to others.

All came from, and will goe to others.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.