A dyall of dayly Contemplacion, or deuine exercise of the mind instructing vs to liue vnto God, and to dye vnto the vvorld. First colected & published in Latin, at the request of a godly Bishop, and Reuerent Father, Richard, sometime Byshop of Dirham, and Lorde Priuie Seale. Novv nevvly Translated into Englishe, by Richard Robinson |
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[That prudent prince, and wyse kyng Salomon]
That prudent prince, and wyse kyng Salomon,Preferred his pleasance in such proued plentee:
For honor, ritches, delites, and renoune,
He had no peare, so surpassed hee.
Raignyng in all most royall felicitie,
Natheles his state, he sayd, for conclusion:
VVas of no force, but meare vanitie,
Through corporall toyle, and spirituall affliction.
| A dyall of dayly Contemplacion, or deuine exercise of the mind | |