The sygnes xii for to beholde a farre,
When Mars retrogradant[1459] reuersyd his bak,
Lorde of the yere in his orbicular,[1460]
Put vp his sworde, for he cowde make no warre,
And whan Lucina plenarly[1461] did shyne,
Scorpione ascendynge degrees twyse nyne;
In place alone then musynge in my thought
How all thynge passyth as doth the somer flower,
On[1462] euery halfe my reasons forthe I sought, 10
How oftyn fortune varyeth in an howre,