Then July comes with her hot calms,
and constant it his kind;
The man doth thrive to thirty-five,
and sober is in mind:
His children small doth on him call,
and breed him strut and strife;
His wife may die, and so must he
go seek another wife,
So man appears at forty years
with wisdom and command;
And doth provide his house to grid,
children and familie:
Yet do not miss t'rememqer this,
that one day thou must die.
September then comes with his train,
and makes the flowers to fade,
Then man belyve is forty-five,
grave, constant, wise and sad;
When he looks on (illegible text) youth is gone,
and shall it no more see.
Then might he say, both night and day,
have mercy Lord, on me.
October's (illegible text) come in with boasts,
and make the flowers to fall,
Then man appears at fifty years,
Old Age doth to him call:
The Almond tree doth flourish hie,
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