George Withers' Emblemes

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LOTTERIE.
^((£§|Ome friends,and foes, ofthine, there be,
|»>|jyj| That make a wondring-ftecke ofthee j
*^ — * Some other over-much, of late,
To thy diflionour boldly prate,
And, peradventure, to thy face,
E'rc lone, they'l doc thee fome di/grace
Thine Emblem, therefore, doth advifc
That thou (hould'ft make them no replies j
And ihowcs that filent-fatience, than
Shall ftead ihee more then Anfvers can.
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See, Emblem. I.
By fuch as know you, it is thought,
That, you are better fedthcmaught
And, that, it might augment youriwf,
If you were fometimes hmgtr-bit.
That Emblem, which by Lot you drew,
To this efbd doth fomewhat mew :
But 'twill goc hard, when you are fainc,
To feed your Bowells,by your Braine,
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See, Emb. 1 1.
Perhaps you may be one of thofe,
W!uim,from the Churchy Org-wblowesj
Or, perad venture, one of them,
Who doth all melody contemner
Or, one, whofe life is yet untaught,
How into tune it mould be brought.
If Co, your lot, to you hath fent
An Emblem, not impertinent.
Sce.Emb. III.
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God blefTe thee, whofoere thou art,
And, give thee ftill an honclf. heart :
Foe, by the fortune of thy Lot,
That Sword, and HAlter, thou haft got,
Winch threatens. dedth,\v\th much difgracc i
Or, promifes the Hang- mans's place.
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