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time and chance affect them all

AT: "what happens and when it happens affect them all" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

affect them all

Here the words "them all" refer to race, battle, bread, riches, and favor.

like fish...like birds...Like animals, human beings

Death catches human beings when they do not expect it, just like people catch animals when they do not expect it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

in evil times that suddenly fall on them

Possible meanings are 1) "in bad circumstances that suddenly happen to them" or 2) "by death that suddenly overtakes them." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)