If we behold the substance of a man

If we behold the substance of a man, How he is made of elements by kind, Of earth, of water, aire, and fire, than We would full often call unto our mind, That all our earthly joys we leave behind.

Massinger (Renegado iii, 2) says:—

——I've heard Schoolmen affirm, man's body is compos'd Of the four elements.