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Homo nascitur ad laborem: sicut Auis ad volandum.

He sayeth man is made, to trauayle aryght
As the foule is made to his flyght
For lytell rest he hath in his lyfe ywys
But euer in trauayle, full besye is
And yet is a man, when he is bore
The fendes of hell, and all ylore
Untyll he throughe grace, agayne ben ynome
And to baptyme afterwarde come
Therfore euery man, shall vnderstande so
That his lyfe, is but sorowe and woo.