According to the common course of things, 'tis long since that thou hast lived by extraordinary favour; thou hast already outlived the ordinary term of life.

And that it is so, reckon up thy acquaintance, how many more have died before they arrived at thy age than have attained unto it; and of those who have ennobled their lives by their renown, take but an account, and I dare lay a wager thou wilt find more who have died before than after five-and-thirty years of age.

It is full both of reason and piety, too, to take example by the humanity of Jesus Christ Himself; now, He ended His life at three-and-thirty years.

The greatest man, that was no more than a man, Alexander, died also at the same age.

How many several ways has death to surprise us?
"Quid quisque, vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas." ["Be as cautious as he may, man can never foresee the danger that may at any hour befal him."-- Hor.