Lo these days of lakkyng governaunce,
Mankynde himself his soul emcombraunce,
But yonde this age of unlykly rot,
Remember now what shullen be forgot;
Al Terestre koude brenneth a-morwe,
And for al Earth’s peyne Mars hath no sorwe.
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Lo these days of lakkyng governaunce,
Mankynde himself his soul emcombraunce,
But yonde this age of unlykly rot,
Remember now what shullen be forgot;
Al Terestre koude brenneth a-morwe,
And for al Earth’s peyne Mars hath no sorwe.