17. [INCERTI.]
As Egypt's drought by Nilus is redress'd,
So thy wise tongue doth comfort the oppress'd.
18. [INCERTI.]
[Like] to speedy posts, bear hence the lamp of life.
19. [DIONYSIUS LYRINENSIS.]
All worldly things, even while they grow, decay;
As smoke doth, by ascending, waste away.
20. [INCERTI.]
From a Discourse of Life and Death: translated from Nierembergius (1654).