George Withers' Emblemes

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When thou art Jbipwrackt in €ftate,
Submitmth patience>mto Fate. 221
ILLVSTR.
XIII.
jHen I beheld rhisPi&ure of a B«at,
(Which on the raging Waves doth fceme to float)
Forc'd onward, by the current of the Tide,
Without the helpe of Anchor, Oare or Guide s
And, faw the Motto there, which doth imply,
Thar fliee commits her Rife ro Dejiime-
Me hinkes , this Emblem fcts out their eftate,
Who have afcribed ev'ry thing to Fate •
And dreame. that howfoe're the bufinefje goe,
Their Wirke, nor hinders, neither helpes thereto.
The leaking ship, they value as the found
lice that's ro hinging borne, (hall ne're bee drown'd$
And, men to hjppinefle ordain'd (fay rhefe)
May fet their Ship to float, as Fate (hall pleafe.
This Fanctc, fpringing trom a mif-beleeving
Of God's Decrees • and, many men deceiving,
Withfhewes of Truth, both caufeth much offence
Againft God's Mercies, and his frevideace^
And brings to paflc, that fome to mine runne,
P»y their neglcd of what they might have done.
For, Meanes is ro bee us'd,(if wee defire,
The blcfling of our fafctie to acquire,)
Whofe naturall cffc&s, if God deny,
Vpon his Providence wee muft relye,
Still practifing what naturall aydes may bee,
Vntill no likely ayd untride wee fee.
And, when this Non plat wee are forc'd unto,
Stand (lilt, wee may, and wayt what God will do.
Hce that (hall thus to Fate, his fortunes leave,
Let mee bee ruin J, it Slice him deceive.
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