of life he ſtode, he beganne with one hande to taſte of it, holding himſelfe by the other, and ſo long hee attended to thys little taſte, that ſorow ſtroke him on the necke. For the two beaſts had gnawen a ſunder the rootes when he hedlong fell into the Well and died.
What is ſignified hereby, or who can otherwiſe interprete it, but thus: The Well repreſenteth the world. The foure Lions the foure elements, which ſeeke ſtill to deuour man. The Dragon with gaping mouth, what was it elſe but the graue? The two thwigges or boughes, temporall goodes and loue to which we are wholly inclined: both which by the two beaſtes are gnawen a ſunder, the one white, the other blacke, which are vnderſtanded for the day and night. But the pot with that little ſweete honie, to which we are giuen, not regarding our daunger, betokeneth no other but the ſhort pleaſure of this worlde, which retayneth vs, and ſuffereth vs not to knowe the daungers and troubles of this moſt miſerable world, and of our thrall and troubled lyfe.
