'and of thyngës most terryble;
she is the ende of euery thyng;
and now she cast, at hir commyng,
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thy lif [[selfe St., ta vie DeG.]] playnly, as thou shalt knowe,
with hir sithë vp to mowe:
And afterward, this the fyn,
to puttë thè in hir coffyn;
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and after, of entencïoun,
to yeve thè in pocessïoun
to wormës (as thou shalt ek knowe,)
that liggen in the erthë lowe;
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the which (as I wel tellë can)
Is commón to euery man.
'ther may no man, of no degre,
hygh nor lowh, his power fle.
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ffor, lych as herbës and as floures, [folio 308a]
that spryngen with sootë [[soot C., St.]] shoures
bothe in Aprill and in May,
and afterward (it is no nay,)
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with a sythe (who list to knowe,)
they ben on erthë leyd ful lowe,
and far-wel then al their fresshnesse!
farwel her colour and grenesse!
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It not appereth, her nor there,
the hootë Sonne maketh hem Sere; [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
Ther colours and their fressh aray,
al ys tourned into hay.
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'and, thou, that so longë be
Grene and lusty forto se,
Deth (his power for to kythe,)
wil abatyn with his sythe
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thy grenesse, and ek also
parten thè on [[in St.]] peces two,
The soule, the body, her and yonder,
and maken hem to parte assondre.
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for, playnly, as thou shalt lere,
they may, as now, not gon yfere;
the soulë mustë [[must C., St.]] go tofore,
and the body shal be bore,
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