George Withers' Emblemes

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Of Litde-Gaines, let Care be had
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Ftr9 offmaU Ewes, great Mowes are made.
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^Mong the many Faylings of the lime,
This Emblem givcth Caufe to mention one,
Which, unto me, doth feeme the gteater Crime,
Beciufe, to many, itappeareth none.
I finde, that petty things are fo negledh d
(Well nigh of all) in Lofmgs and in Winnings,
As if, what ere they thought to have effected,
Subfifted without Members, or Beginnings.
The Man, that lofeth every Month a Penny,
May falve-up Twelve-months Loffes, with a Shilling.
But, if of other Loffes he hath many,
To fave a Pin, at leneth, he (hall be willing.
For, he that fees his Wine-fill'd FeJfeU diop y
(Although a Drop, in value,bebut fmall)
Should, thence, Occafion take, the Leake to flop,
Left many Droppings draine him drye of all.
Moreover, th;-y, that will to Greatntfje rife,
A Courfe, not much unlike to this, muft keepe
They ought not Small-Beginnings to difpifc •
Nor, ftrive to runne, before they learne to crcepe.
By many fingle Eares, together brought,
The Hand is fill'd ;
by Handfulls,vts way gaine
A Sheaf with many Sheaves a Barne is fraught :
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Thus, oft, by Little, we doe much obrainc.
Confidcr this ;
And, though I wifli not thee
To take, of Trifling-things, too great a care •
Yet, know thus much (for truth) it befl will bee,
Ifall things may be weighed as they arc
By Jlender Lofles, grw/-ones arc begunne ;
By many trifling Gaines, much Wealth is wonne.
Finis Libriprimi.