George Withers' Emblemes

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Where Hellen is, there, willbe Warre •
For, Death andLuft, Companions are.*.
ILLVSTR. XXVII.
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[Heir foolifli Guife, I never coold affecY,
Who dare, for any caufe, the Steves frequent:
And, thither, where 1 juftly might fufpeft
A Strumpet liv'd, as yet, I never went.
For, when (as /W« pretend) they goe to feeke
Experience, where more Ji7then Good, they fee j
They venture for their Knowledge, Adam-Vkc^
And, fuch as his, will their Achievements bee.
Let, therefore, thofe that would loofc Trulls deteft,
Convcrfe with none, but thofe that model* are i
For, they that can of Whoredome make a left,
Will entertaine it, ere they be aware.
C baft. Company,and Chaft-Difcoarfe, doth make
The Minde morepleafed with ir,ev'ry day ;
And, Frequent views of Wantonneffe, will take
The Senfe and Hatred, of the Vice away.
Some, I have k»owne, by Harlots Wiles undone,
Who,but/o/?* their Fafhions, firfl: pretended;
And, they that wentfor Company , alone,
By fuddaineQuarrells, there, their Daycs have ended.
For, in the Lodgings of a Lufifuti-JVoman,
Immodeft Impudence hath ftill hrr Being h
There, Furit, Fraud, and Cruelties are common:
Andj there, is Want, and Shame, and Difagreeing.
Ev'n Beauty, of it felfe, ftirres loofe Defircs,
Occafioning both Iealoufics, nridFeares •
It kindleth in the Breft, concealed Fires 9
Which burne the Heart, before the Flame appearcs
And, cv'ry day, experienced arc wee ;
That, there, where Htlien is, Trcycs Fate will bee.
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