inscribed "Lorde thow haste a poynted owte my life / In lenghe lyke as a span / Myne age is nothyng unto thee / So vayne a thyng is Man" "This myrrour meete for all mankynde, / To viewe & still to beare m mynde, / And do not mys" (upper left) "Man walketh lyke a shade and dothe / In vayne hym selffe annoy / To viewe & still to beare m mynde" "For tyme brynges youthfull youthes to age. / And age brmgs Deathe our herytage, / when Gods wil ys." (upper right) "Consyder man howe tyme doth passe, / And lykewyes knowe all fleshe is grasse, / For tyme consumes the strongeste oke, / So deathe at laste shll stryke the stroke / Thoughe lustye youthe dothe bewtye beare / Yet youthe to age m tyme doth weare, / And age at length a death will brynge, To Rytche, to poore Emprour, & Kynge / Therfore still lyue as thow sholdst Dye, / Thy Soule to saue from leopardye / And as thow woldst be done vnto / So to th neyghbour alwayes doo / The heauenlye foyes at lenghe to see / Lett fayth m Chryste thyne Ancor bee." (lower centre)