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Then it is time to use this line,
Remember Man to Die,
November air makes fields bare,
of flowers grass, and corn,
Then man appears fifty five years,
and sick both even and morn
Loins legs, and thighs with sad disease
makes him to sigh and say,
Ah! Heaven on high have mind on ⟨me⟩
and learn me how to die.
December fell, both sharp and snell,
makes flowers creep in the ground,
Then man’s threescore both sick and ⟨sore⟩
no soundness in him found
His ears and een and teeth of bone,
all these now do him lail;
Then he may say both night and day,
that Death shall him assail.
And if there be through natuae strong,
some that live ten years more;
Or if he creepeth up and dow,
till he come to fourscore.
Yet all this time is but a line,
no pleasure can he see;
Then he may say both night and day,
Have Mercy Lord, ond me.
Thus have I shown you as I can,
the course of all men's life,
