THE DUCHESS.
De lectulo super quem ascendisti non descendes, sed morte morieris.
iiii. Reg. i.
Du lict sus lequel as monté
Ne descendras a ton plaisir.
Car Mort t'aura tantost dompté,
Et en brief te uiendra saisir.
Death seizes the Duchess in her bed, while his fellow plays the fiddle.
Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces. -- Horace.