George Withers' Emblemes

Though he endeavour all he can,
jin Ape, Tt>iB never be a Man.
LLVSTR. XIII I.
S»k,i,
Hat though an Api(h-Pigmie, in attire,
His Dwarfifh Body Gyant-like, array ?
TutneBrdve,znd get himSfc/tttofeem the higher?
What would fo doing, handfome him I pray t
Now, furely, fuch a Mimicke fight as that,
Would with exceffive Laughter move yourSpIeene,
Till you had made the little Dandiprat,
To lye within fomc Auger-hole, unfeene.
I mull confefle I cannot chufc but fmile,
When I perceive, how Men that worthlcffe are,
Piece out their Imperfections, to beguile,
By making fhowes, of what they never were.
For,in their hncw'd Shapes, I know thofe Men,
And (through their Maskes) fuch infight of them have 3
That I can oftentimes difclofe(ev'n then)
How much they favour of the Feole or Knave.
A Pigmey-ftirit, and an Earthly- Minde,
Whofe looke is onely fTxt on Objects vaine ;
In my eftecme, fo roeane a place doth finde,
That ev'ry fuch a one, I much refraine.
But, when in honoured Robes I fee it put,
Bctrimm'd, as if fome thing of Worth it were,
Looke big, and on the Suits ofGreatneffe, (tru't 5
From [corning it, I cannot then foibeare.
For, when to groiYeFrworthineJJc, M^nadde
Tho/cDues, which to theTrucJI- worth pertaine 5
Tis like an Ape, in Humartt-Vcfitncitschd,
Which, when mod fine, deferveth moftdifdaine :
And, moicabfurd, thofeMcnappearetomc,
Then this Fantajlicke-Monkey feemes to thee.
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