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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)