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The Epilogue.
Time is pictured foorth to vew all bare and bauld behinde,With sickel in his hand to cut when it doth please his minde.
With that his sickell all are cut, and all thing brought to ende.
As wee are now by Time cut of from farther time to spende.
So time saith to vs seace now here, your audience mutch ye wrong
If farther now to weary them the time ye do prolonge.
And for your quiet patience we thanke you hartely.
Offence we trust we haue none made, but if ought haue scapt a mis
we pardon aske, and will amend when we know what it is.
As duety bindes for our dread Queene Elizabeth let vs pray,
That god will still defend her grace and bee hir staffe and stay.
Now and alwayes Lord her defend, from foes hir grace lord shield,
And send hir Nestors «y»eares to raine in peace hir realme to wyeld.
Hir counsell Lorde likewise preserue the Preachers in like case,
The Commons eke, the ritch, and pore, Lord send vs all thy grace.
FINIS
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