fo. 2 b . Epitaph in the Chauncery 21 at Sandey in Bedford[shire.]
Cur caro lætatur dum vermibus esca paratur?
Terræ terra datur, caro nascitur ut moriatur;
Terram terra tegat, demon peccata resumat,
Mundus res habeat, spiritus alta petat.
Why growes our fleshe so proud,
Whiles 'tis but made wormes foode?
This earth must turne to earth.
To dye flesh tooke it birth,
The earth our earth must hyde,
Our synnes the deuill betyde,
The world our goodes must haue,
And God our soules will saue.