113.

In which as in a glasse, seeing men may see

That action only dignifies the name,

That vertue betters euery bare degree,

That vading pleasures vpshot is but shame,

And silent sloth the opposite to fame,

Commit to mind, what I commend to thee,

That vnto men a Mirrour it may bee.

THE LIFE AND DEATH
of King Edmvnd, svrnamed
Ironside.

THE ARGUMENT.