George Withers' Emblemes

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Her faipours) Fortune, oft imparts.
To thofc that are of no dejerts.
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Ould you not laugh, and thinke itbeaftly fine,
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To fee a duttie , and ill- favour'd Smne,
Weare on her fnour, a Diamond, or a Pearle,
That might become the Ladie of an EarU?
And hold it head, as if it meant to fliow
It were the Pigg of fome well-mutur'd s«f» ?
Perhaps, you thinke there be not any where
Such Antickes, but in this our Emblem here.
But, if you take thefe charmes, and then gee forth
Among fome troupes-, which pafTc for folkcs of worth,
You fliall difcover,quickIy, if you pleafe,
A thoufand fights, as mimicall as thefe.
Here, you fhall fee a noble Title worne,
(That had not mif befcem'd one better borne)
By him, whofe venues arc of little price,
And, whofe eftate, was gotten by his Vice.
You (hall behold another Mujhrome, there,
Walke with our Lords, as if hee were their Peere,
That was well knowne, to be but tother day,
No fit companion for fuch men as they;
And, had no other meanesto climbe this height,
But Gaming, or to play the Parafite.
Yet (though he neither hath his 7W(?,Qor Lands,
Nor any honefr In-etme, by his bands)
Hec,oft confumes at once, in Games or Cheat e,
More than would kcepe his Better all the yeare.
Yea, many fuch as thefe, thou fnouldft behold,
Which would bee vext, if I defcribe them fhould :
For, thus , unworthily, blind Fortune flings,
To Crowes, and Geefe, and Swine, her precious things.
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