God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
age god war
As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery
peace war
All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.
age chance war
Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell; And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke.
chance fate men sleep war