Whiche bidd me fast, repent and praie:

Thei be of death the harbingers,

That doeth prepare and dresse the waie,

Wherefore I joye that you mai see,

Upon my head such heeres to bee.

Thei be the line that lead the length,

How farre my race was for to ronne:

Thei saie my yongth is fledde with strength,

And how old age is well begonne.

The whiche I feele, and you maie see,