Thus Everyman found that though he had loved all his other friends better than Good Deeds, she alone was faithful, for even Knowledge, who had so far followed him, now sadly moved aside, and he knew the truth of the words uttered at the very edge of the grave by Good Deeds:
“All earthly things is but vanity:
Beauty, Strength, and Discretion do man forsake;
Foolish friends and kinsmen that fair spake,
All fleeth save Good Deeds, and that am I.”
Right into the grave she followed Everyman, and when, as he was sinking back, he cried:
“Have mercy on me, God most mighty;
And stand by me, thou Mother and Maid, holy Mary!”
she answered:
“Fear not, I will speak for thee.”