George Withers' Emblemes

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Tbe/econd^Lotteries.
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To (hew thee, therefore, rhv d f 3
O, that thy tolly may b : c lecV ,
Aid, fit thy mindeforb. , e hings,
Thine Emblem, fome good costnje/loiings.
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What thing foere thou undfrtak'ft,
Thou feldome good tOiKluiion mak'ft ;
ught to doe,
For, ftiJl,when thou haft i
Thou at t too huffy, or too flow ;
And, from that equall temper fti ay'ft,
By which, thy worke effeft thau mayft.
To mend this fault thou counfdl'd artj
Be wifer, therefore, then thou wert.
See, Emb. X.
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Thou haft in publicke lived long,
And, over freely us'd thy tongue 3
But, if thy fafety thou defire,
Be (ile*t,and, thy (fife retire.
And, if thou wilt not be undone,
PoiTeftethy joyes , and hopes, alone :
For, they, that will from harmes be free.
Mult filent, and tbfeared, bee.
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Thy Fortune, thou doft long to heare,
And, what thy Conjleltations are :
But. why ftiould'ft thou defire to know,
What things, the Planets due fortfli )w 3
Secke, rather, Wtfedome to procure,
And, how,all Fortunes to indure
So, thou ftialt gaine a bleft eftate,
And, be the Majler of thy Fate.
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See, Emb. XI I.
Thou,feem'ft to have great ftore of friends
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But, they affeft thee, for their ends.
There is, in thofe, but little truft,
Who love, for profit, mirth, or tuft.
Lcarne,cherf )ie,when, thou mayft be fure,
Thy Friend's affection will indure ;
And, that this Knowledge may be got,
Good notice take thou of thy Lot.
See, Emb. XIII.
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It is conceiv d, that meanes thou haft,
Or, might'ft have had good meancs,at leaft,
To bring thofe matters to cff.cl,
Which thou doft carekfly neglect s
And,