Illo verbi de, an illo verbi nite.

(I writ you a verse on a Molly o’ mine,

As tall as a may pole, a lady so fine;

I never knew any so neat in mine eyes;

A man, at a glance or a sight of her, dies.

Dear Molly’s a beauty, whose face and whose nose is

As fair as a lily, as red as a rose is;

A kiss o’ my Molly is all my delight;

I love her by day, and I love her by night.)

Extract from the consultation of four physicians on a lord that was dying