Strutt, Joseph; Planché, James R. [Oth.]: The regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England: containing the representations of all the English monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth (London, 1842)

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REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL

0 universal! fadre of science !

Alass ! that thou thine excellent prudence

In thy bed mortal mightest not bequeath.

What eyld Death ? Alass ! why would she the tie ?

0 Death, that didest not harme singler in slaughter of him

But all the land srnerteth !

But nathelesse, yet hast thou no power his name fie;

His hie vertue asserteth

Unslaine fro thee, which ay us lifely herteth,

With bookes of his own ornat enditing,

That is to all this land enlumining.

The figure is in a dark lead coloured garment, and the hack ground is green.