George Withers' Emblemes

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The Fourth Lotteries.
Though you, perhaps, no prill dread,
A mifchitfc hangs above your head j
By which, you (taking little care;
Mayperifhereyoube aware.
To minde you, therefore, to efchew
Such Miferies as may enfue *
Your Let , this wzraing-Xmblem fent •
Obfcrve ir, and your btrmti prevent.
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Thou fly'ft,
in hope, to fhun thy griefe j
Thou chtngtfl pitce, to feeke releefe j
And,many blameleffe things are fhent
As, caufers ofthy difcontcnt.
But troublc,now,no more thy minde,
The root of thy difeafe to finde •
For, by thine Emblem,thou fhalt fee,
The Femtuitte, whence thy torments bee.
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Sec, Emir.
Thou art, or els thou werr, oflate,
Some great,or petty, Mtgiflrste j
Or, Fertupt thereunto, perchance,
In time to come,will thee advance.
VI.
But, by thine Emblem, thou fhalt fee,
That, when icftrein'd, thy pvtv'r fhali be,
Offenders, thereof will be glad,
And skoffcthe powV which thou haft had ;
Obierveit; andbe Co upright,
That, thou maift laugh at their defpigbt,
Sec.Emb. VII.
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Frmotim thou doft much defire,
And, fpacious Firtunct to acquire 5
As ifthou thought!!, thou mightft artaine,
True BUJJedneJfe,by fuch a gaine
To fhew thee, therefore, what event,
Whit haffintfje, and what content,
Such things, will bring vs, at the laff
An ufefull Objeil, now, thouhaft.
See, Emb. VIII.
Diftieartned be not, though thou fee,
Thy Hopes, quite fruftrarc feeme to be 5
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