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XXXVI. [CONSIDER, MAN, HOW TYME DO PAS.]
Consider, man, how tyme do pas,And lykvayis how all fleche is gairss;
As tyme consumes þe strongest ark,
So daithe at last sell straik þe stark.
Thocht luistie ȝouthe dois bewtie beire,
Ȝitt ȝouthe, be aige, In tyme dois weir;
And aige at last a deithe doithe bringe
to riche & poure, emprioure & king.
Thairfoir liue as thow suldest die,
thay saull to saiv frome Iepardie;
And as þow waldest be done vnto,
So to þai nichtbouris alwayis do.
The hevinlie Ioyis at lenthe to sie
Lat faithe In chryst þi authour be.
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