 |
|
 | Chronicle of the Family of Percy |  |
By
Lady Mary his wife hee had goodly Issue
Walter the Second, Alane the fourth, Richard the third Wm ye iiijth Lord
ffoure yee may marke wthin theire youth were brought up wth manners & virtue
But they dyed all children except Wm ye fourth a who Clarcke
who was after Abbott of Whitby
reserved by god to some gracious worke
ffor it is not possible for man to compas in his mynd
why god taketh one sone, & leaveth here another longe behynd.
Walter the Second, Alane the fourth, Richard the third Wm ye iiijth Lord
ffoure yee may marke wthin theire youth were brought up wth manners & virtue
But they dyed all children except Wm ye fourth a who Clarcke
who was after Abbott of Whitby
reserved by god to some gracious worke
ffor it is not possible for man to compas in his mynd
why god taketh one sone, & leaveth here another longe behynd.
| Chronicle of the Family of Percy | |