Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

The OLD WOMAN.

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Death is better than a bitter Life or continual Sickness.

Ecclesiasticus xxx. 17.

Illustration from Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

Long has my Life most irksome been, Oppress’d with Care and Pain; No anxious Wish my Bosom fires Here longer to remain. My certain Judgment does pronounce, Better to die than live; For Death to Minds worn out with Care Glad Peace and Rest will give.