18 .A F t11jl fo,. Hlo~tnJ. No1 bou(e~ r.:)r'Iand, nor meafur1d heaps of wealth, ~an render to adying man his health : Our life on earth is like a thted of flax, Tlut all nuy toucR, and being touche it cracks: As when an archer fhooteth fot his (por,t, · Sometimes his fhafc is gone, {ometimcs 'cis·fhort, , Sometimes o'ch:' leftth1nd wide, fometimes o'th' right, At laft (.through often trial ) hits dte White ! So death iotnecimcs with her uncemitn Rover Hits our Superiors and fo lhoots oYer: ) :)ometimcs fur change lh: {h·ikes .t..he meaner-fort, Strikes our Infer~ors~( and then c9mes fhort ) , Sometimes upon the left hand wide fhe gees) , And fo ( ftill nou~ding fome ) 1l1e £\:rikes our foes : .And fometimes wide upon the right hand bends, There with imperial !hafts fhe {.:hikes.our friends ; 1\t length ( through often trial) hits the White, And fo flrikes us intE> eternal night. Death i$ a Kalender compo~'d by F~te, Concerning,all men, never out of lilate: Her days Dominica! are writ in blood : She fl1ews more bad days than lhe ihewe(ll goo,d : She tells when day.~, a~d l'l101lths, and terms expire1 Meas'ring the lives of mortals hyher fquire. Death is a Purfuiva.nt w~th Eagles wings, That knocks at poor mcm doors,'and gate~ of Kin~. ~orldHng, beware.betime, dc~tl~ fculks ~ehind thee, And as ilie leaves thee, fo will JUdgtl1ent tind thee. .. . . - ~1 - . - · .. ' : ~ • • •• ,_ 11. • r• l • \ / ' . ~HE .. ... I .
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