George Withers' Emblemes

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52, The tirft Lottene.
Thou feekeft Honour, to obtaine,
By mcanes, which fruftrate all thy painc.
Thy Predeceflbrs rich were made,
By ufing of the Plough and Spade
Thou, honourable wouldft be thought,
By taking Courfes, that are naught j
But, if, right noble, thou wilt be,
Lookc, what thine Emblem counfells thee.
See,Emb. V.
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This Man, what ever he may feeme,
Is worthy of a high efteeme
Though Fortune may, his perfon, grinde
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She, cannot harme him, in his Minde,
Right bleft, this Company would be,
If all of them, were fuch, as He.
Reade that Imprefa, which he drew
For, that, in part, the fame will mew.
Sec, Emb. VI.
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If fome, now prefent, this had got,
They, would have blufhed, at their Lot 5
Since, very fir, the fame doth prove
For one, that's either light of Love,
Or, troubled with a fickle Mate
If you enjoy a better Fate,
Yet, hearken, what your Lot doth fay 5
Left, you, hereafter, need it may,
Sce,Emk VII.
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For ought, that, plainely, doth appeare,
You may out-live the longeft, here 3
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Yet, feeing, now, of all this crew,
The Lot oi Death, you, onely, drew,
Sec what, your Emblem hath injoyn'd
And, ftill, that MoraIl,beare in minde : *
So, Deaths defonn'd and ghaftly Shade
Shall, Meanes of Life, to thee, be made.
See, Emb. VIII.
Though you have Wit, and, know it well
That, rafli you are, your Friends can tell j
Yea, Sleepe, and Safe, poflefle you fo,
That, fome doe feare,you'l fottifh grow
But, lo, your hindrance, to prevent,
This Lot, was, peradventure, fent ;
For, in the Moralls, that, infuc,
Aretf**^ifr,fit,forfuchas you.
Sce,Emb. IX.
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