Yea, though full deade and lowe in earth I laye,

I heard the voyse, of mee what people sayde,

But then to speake, alas, I was affrayde.

8.

And nowe a tyme for mee I see preparde,

I heare the lyues and falles of many wights:

My tale therfore the better may bee harde,

For at the torch the litle candell lights:

Where pageants bee, smale things fill out the sights:

Wherefore geue eare, good Churcheyard,[1972] do thy best