And as I near approach[ed] the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care While I did for a better state prepare.

Well, I am glad to hear this bold prepare For this encounter.

This thy present happy lot, This, in time, will be forgot; Other pleasures, other cares, Ever-busy Time prepares; And thou shalt in thy daughter see This picture once resembled thee.

Within the circle step, ye fiends of hell, Be present at the welcome spectacle, The last, most horrible that ye prepare!

And now the scorching sun was mounted high, In all its lustre, to the noonday sky; When, anxious for his friends, and filled with cares, To search the woods the impatient chief prepares.

Yourself with studious zeal prepare, And closely in your manual look, Hereby may you be quite aware