When by me, Tyme, thou shalt be so brent.

In eternitie, before the creation

Of aungell and man, all thyng was visible

In Goddes syght, as due probation

Of his Godheade, whiche is intellygyble,

To whome nothyng can be impossible.

For in my selfe a hye and sufficient

Before all thynges he was refulgent.

Unto whome onely is apparaunce

Of my last ende, as myne originall