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I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me.

William Dunbar
Fear, Trouble, Fear Of Death
c.1505 'Lament for the Makaris', stanza 1. The Latin is from the Office for the Dead:'The fear of death disturbs me'.
I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me.