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The way to liue well.
If thou wilt leade a godly life,and not from vertue swerue:
Be wary wise, and alwaies these
sixe thinges in minde obserue.
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whiche thee of nought did make:
2 Next mind thou Sathan serpent slye,
that seekes thy soule to take.
3 Next mind the shortnes of this life,
that fadeth like a flower:
4 Next mynd thy graue, continually
which galpes thee to deuour.
5 Next mind thou gladsome Ioyes of heauen:
next lastyng plagues of hell:
6 And so an ende: minde these, and thou
canst neuer liue but well.
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