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But pittyes such a golden slaverie,:<br />

With no meane fawnings can the people court.<br />

Nor wholly slights a popular report, 80<br />

Whose house no orphan groanes do shake or blast.<br />

Nor any ryot helpe to serue his tast,<br />

Who from the top of his prosperities<br />

Can take a fall, and yet without surprize,<br />

Who with the same august and euen state 85<br />

Can entertaine the best and worst of fate.<br />

Whose suffering's sweet if honour once adorne it.<br />

And slights reuenge, not that he feares but scornes it.<br />

Whose happynesse in euery fortune Hues<br />

For that no fortune either takes or giues, 90<br />

Who no unhandsome wayes can bribe his fate<br />

Nay out of prison marches through the gate.<br />

Who loosing all his titles and his pelfe<br />

Nay all the world, can neuer loose himselfe.<br />

This person shines indeed and he that can 95<br />

Be vertuous, is the great immortal1 man.<br />

86 fate,] "'.<br />

94 himselfe:]<br />

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