George Withers' Emblemes

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Beiedryiiphofoe'ntbQufo*
For*from Loves arrofo esaene are free.
jOodFolkes,takeheede ; for, here's a wanton Waggt
Who,having Beans and t^4rroMs t
mzVcs his bragg
That, he hath fome unhappy trick to play
And, vowes to moot at all he meets to day.
Pray be not carelefle ; for, the Boy is blinde,
And, fometimes ftrikes, where moft he ieemeth kindc.
This rambling Archer fparcs nor one,nor other
Yea, otherwhiie,the tMnkey moots his Mother.
Though you be little Cbildre»,comc not necrc j
For, I remember (though't be many a yeare
Now gone and paftj that, when I was a Lsd,
My Heart,a pricke,by this young Wanton had,
That, pain'd me (even yeares after : nor had I
The grace (thus warn'd) tofcapehis waggery
But many times, cv'n fincc I was a man,
He fliot me, oftner then I tell you can :
And, if I had not bene the ftronger-heartcd,
I, for my over-daring, might have fmarted-
You laugh now, as if this were nothing fo j
But, ifyou meet this Blinktrd with his Bow,
You may, unlcffc you take the better care,
Receive a wound, before you be aware.
for, I have learned how
I feare him not }
To keepe my hcart-ftrings from his Arrowes now i
And, fo might you, and fo might ev'ry one
That vaine Oc