Mercy I aske of my mysdoynge;

What auayleth it,[160] frendes, to be my foo, 10

Sith I can not resyst, nor amend your complaining?

Quia, ecce, nunc in pulvere dormio!

I slepe now in molde, as it is naturall

That[161] erth vnto erth hath his reuerture:

What ordeyned God to be terestryall,

Without recours to the erth[162] of nature?

Who to lyue euer may himselfe assure?[163]

What is it[164] to trust on mutabilyte,