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The fatall ffters, Clotho Lackefis and Atropos, daughters of Herebus and the Night, whom the Poets faine to {pin the life of man, asit were along thred, which they craw oucin Jéngch, tillhis facall howre and timely death be come,butif by other cafualte his dayes be abridged, then one of them, that is Atropos,is{ayd to have cut. the thred in twaine.Hercot Commeth acommon veife.

Clotko coluns baiulat, LachefistrabityAtroj:os occat. .

Orrustleffe, a gallant exclamation moralized with great wifedeme and paffionate with great affection. .

Beare, atrame,whereonthey vie to lay the dead corfe,_. a

Furies, of Poets bee faynedto bee three, Perlephone, Ale&o and Megera,which are faid tobe the Authors of'allewll and mifchiefe.

Ezernall mght, is death or darkneiie of hell, Betight 5 wappened,

I fee, Aliucly Icon,or teprefentation asit-hee fawe her in heaucn prefent,’

Ehjian feldes, be deuifed of Poets tobea place ot pleasure like Pasadiie,where the hap- pie {oules doe reft in peace and erernall happineffc,

‘Dye would, the very exprefiefaying of Plato in Phedone.

Ajtart, befall ynwares, t

Netiar and Ambrofia, bee fayned.to bee chedrinke and foode of the Gods: Ambrofia they liken co Manna in [cripture, and Ne@ar to be white like creme, whereef is a proper tale of Hebe;that{pileacupef at,and ftaynedthe heauens,as yet appeareth, But I baue al- yeady difcourfed chat at largeiinmy Commentari ypon the dreames ef the fame Authors

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Whichisas much to fay,as death byteth not. Foralthough by courfe of nature wee bee * borne to dye,and being ripened with age,as with a timely haruelt, wee muft bee gathered in time,or els of our felues wee tall like rorred rype fruite fro the tree syetdeathisnot tobee counted for euill, nor (as the Poet fayd alittle before, as doome of illdefert.) For though the trefpaffe of the firit man brought death imto the world, as the guerdon of finne,yer be- ing onercome by the death of one that died forall, ic is now made (as Chaucerfayth) the ~ greene path way of lyfe. So tharicagreeth well with thacwas fay, that Death byteth noc

(iat is)hurycch notatall,

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