150. Man Begins and Ends in Wretchedness
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MS. Arch. Seld. B. 24 (Sum. Catal. No. 3354)
Thy begyning is barane brutelnes,
With wrechitnes wofull away thou w[endis]
The deth certane, the houre vnseker[nes],
The lyf so schort approching euer th[e end is]
Quho hiest clymbis most sud[danly descendis].
Quhat is her-of bot cast in god [thy cure]
And stand content of any avent[ure].
Quho will aduert the grete [OMITTED]
Off this fals warld and won [OMITTED]
The grete vn-es Ingent aduersite
ffulfild of flatery and fals disse [OMITTED]
And man no wicht content is [OMITTED]
And thus but contrair thaim [OMITTED]
Quho leste here traistis I [OMITTED]
