883 his ordinance, That species of things and progressións Shallen endurë by successións, And not etern, withouten any lie: This mayst thou understand and see at eye. Lo th’ oak, that hath so long a nourishing From the time that it ’ginneth first to spring, And hath so long a life, as ye may see, Yet at the last y-wasted is the tree. Consider eke, how that the hardë stone Under our feet, on which we tread and gon, 884 Yet wasteth, as it lieth by the way. The broadë river some time waxeth drey. 885 The greatë townës see we wane and wend. 886 Then may ye see that all things have an end. Of man and woman see we well also, That needës in one of the termës two⁠— That is to say, in youth or else in age⁠— He must be dead, the king as shall a page; Some in his bed, some in the deepë sea,