The only repeal we have from God's undefinite chastisement is to
chastise ourselves in this world, and I will; naught but death be my
penance, gracious and acceptable may it be; my hand and my knife
shall manumit me out of the horror of mind I endure. Farewell, life,
thou hast lent me nothing but sorrow. Farewell, sin-sowed flesh,
that hast more weeds than flowers, more woes than joys. Point,
pierce; edge, enwiden; I patiently afford thee a sheath; spur forth
my soul to mount post to heaven. Jesu, forgive me; Jesu, receive me.