4.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, then to the house of feasting, be∣cause this is the end of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his hart.
For better preparation whereunto,
The wise will exercise their eyes and mind,
In contemplation of their states, who do
By death forerun their corse not farre behind:
And (by the view thereof) resolued grow,
The worlds contempt in rest of life to show.
The feasts and sports which do his senses charme,
With deepe forgetfulnesse of woes approch,
He will refraine, and rather thinke it harme,
That vnprepared death should him incroch:
(For euils looked for, lesse euill seeme,
And ioyes expected long, we doubled deeme.)