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Breues dies hominis sunt, numerus mensium eius apud te est.
Mennes dayes ben shorte, beware,
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And therto take good entente;
ffor in respyte of tyme euermare
They beth nothyng equipolent.
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The nombre of hys monthes are
Alwey at the, lorde, verament.
Oure lyfe ys nought but sorow and care
Tyll we be passed iugement.
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My wyttes, lorde, I haue myspent,
That thow me yaue to rewle with me.
But that I may ryse vp, and here repent,
Lorde, Parce michi, domine!
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Constituisti terminos eius, qui preteriri non pote|runt.
Hys termes, lord, thow hast ordeyned,
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How longe he shall now lyue here;
That may he nat passe, ne be refreyned,
But by thyne absolute power.
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Thys sentence may be well susteyned
By a story, as we may here,
Howe Ezechye to deth-ward peyned,
And yet god addyd ouer xv yere.
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Hys kyndly tyme was comen full nere,
But for hys synnes tho wepte he.
Lorde, yeue me grace, that I may here
Haue Parce michi, domine!
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Recede ergo paululum ab eo, vt quiescat, donec optata veniat, et sicut mercenarij dies eius.
Therfore, lord, a lytell go awey.
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Withdrawe thyn hande, that man may rest
Tyll he desyre hys dethe day,
And wylne to be shut vp in hys cheste,
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And late hym lyue, yef hym lust ay.
Thys holde I, lorde, for the beste.
