George Withers' Emblemes

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J feare, about tnee*aU my ftorc^
*And*yet-> a King enjoyes not mors.
[His Emblem is a Torteife, whofe ownc (hell
Becomes that houfe,vthetc he doth rent-free dwellj
And, in what place foever hce refides,
His Arched- Lodging, on his backe abides.
There is, moreover, found a kind of thefe,
That live both on the fhore, and in the Seas;
For which refpects,the7>f«/« reprefents
That man, who in himfelfe, hath full contents j
And (by the Vertues lodging in his mindej
Can all things ncedfull, in all places, finde.
To fuch a Man, what ever doth betide
From him, his Treasures, nothing can divide.
If of his eutward-meanes ^Thceves make aprife }
Hee, more occafion hath to exercifc
His inward. Riches: and, they prove a Wealth,
More ufcfull, and lefle lyable to ftealth. '
If, any at his harmelefle perfon ftrike;
Himfelfe heeftreight contra/