George Withers' Emblemes

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c l bejecond Lotteries.
Ard, ofr, thy labour, and thy coft,
For want of hpefulr.ejj'e, is loft.
This indifcretion to prevent,
Thou, therefore, by thy Lot, art tent,
The Plough mans hopcfulncfle to fee
Obierve it ; a .d, reformed bee.
See, Smb. XL IV.
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As foor.e as e're thy Seeds are f wne,
Thou fruits cxpe&eft, fully g owne.
And, if they ripe not in a day.
Thou, fooleft all thy hopes away
That wifer, therefore, thou mayft. grow,
Thy Lot, an Emblem doth beftow,
To teach, that workes both faire and great,
By/mill degrees, are made compleat.
See,£^.XLV.
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Thou hadft, cr haft, or thou (halt have
Much trouble, ere thou fill thy Grat)t ;
And, may 'ft, when thcu expected reft,
With paine, or forrowes, be oppreft.
But, be content, and waile not much
For, Poverty (hall make thee rich.
The paine will foone be overpaft,
And, thou (halt happy be at laft.
See, Emb. XL VI.
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Thy Fortune, be it good or bad,
May, by thy mt, be better made j
Yea, whatfoere mijehances fall,
By prudence, thou may'ft helpe them all.
Thar, hopcfull, therf ore, thou mayft bide,
What change foever, fliall betide,
Thou, by thy Lot, informed art,
What fuccours, Wifedome doth impart.
See #
H*4.XLVII.
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A man at Armes, thou wouldft bethought.
And, haft the Crowne of Honour fought
But, thou haft much miftooke the wtjes,
Which tend to well-deferved fraife.
How, Honour, therefore, may be got s
Thou art informed by thy Let •
And, with what-Fow, and, for what end,
Thou (houldft be ready to contend.
See, Emb. XL VI 1 1.
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Perhaps, thou mayft be one of thofe,
Who doth God's holy Church oppofe ȳ
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