Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

[All human kind on earth]

ALL human kind on earth     From like beginning comes: One father is of all,     One only all doth guide. He gave to sun the beams     And horns on moon bestowed; He men to earth did give     And signs to heaven. He closed in limbs our soul     Fetched from the highest seat. A noble seed therefore     Brought forth all mortal folk. What crake you of your stock     Or forefathers old? If your first spring and author     God you view, No man bastard be,     Unless with vice the worst he feed And leaveth so his birth. Wr. 1593; pub. 1899)