Thielman Kerver: Canon

The canon with French subtitles published by Thielman Kerver.

Le chanoine.(1)
Plus nay dignite ne prebende puis que mort contre moy se bende	I no longer have dignity, no prebends,(2) since Death make himself hard against me.

(1) Canon . . .: a priest attached to a cathedral. The canons are so called because they lead a rule bound life, "vita canonica". (2) Prebend . . .: A stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or a member of the chapter. There's a larger version here: Canon.