Death with the foure Elements

Two Infant-twinnes a Sister and a Brother,
When out of dores was gone their carefull Sire,
And left his babes in keeping with their mother,
Who merrily sate singing by the fire.
Who hauing fild a with water warme,
She bathd hen girle (O ruthles tale to tell)
The whilst she thought the other safe from harme,
(Vnluckily) into the fire he :
Which she lets her daughter drowne,
And rashly ran to saue her burning sonne.
Which finding dead, she hastily casts downe,
And all agast, doth to the water runne:
Where seeing tother was depriud of breath,
She gainst the earth falls downe and dasnt her braines:
Her Husband comes and sees this worke of death,
And desperate hangs himselfe to ease his paines.
Thus death with all the elements conspire,
To reaue mans life, Earth, Water, Aire, and Fire.