George Withers' Emblemes

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The Fir ft Lotterie.
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You, have becne wronged, many waves,
Yet, patient arc • and, that's your praife :
Your Anions, alfo, feem'd upright ;
Yet, fome there are, that,beare you fpite:
Left, therefore, you difcourag'd grow,
An Emblem, you have drawne, to {how
What other Innocents have borne,
And, howjthe worlds defpites,to fcorne.
See., Emb. X.
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Do'ubtlefle, you are either wooing,
O r, fome other Bus'neJJe, doing s
Which, you (hall attempt, invaine,
Or, much hazzard all your paine
Ycr, ifgood, your meanings are,
Doc* not honeft meanes forbeare ;
For, where things are, well, begunne,
God, ofr, workcs, when Man hath done.
See, Emb. XI.
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Ec not angry, if I tell
Thar, you love the World, too well
For, this Lot, perhaps, you drew,
That, fuch Faults, you might efchew.
Marke, to what their Soules afpire,
Who, true Blejfednejfe, dcfire:
For, if you can doe, like thofe,
Heav'n you gaine, when Earth you lofe.
See, Emb. X 1 1.
You love the Rich . and, honour them j
The necdy-pcrfon, you contemne :
Yet, Wealthy nor want of Wealth, is thar,
Which, wretched makes, or fortunate
From other Caufes, thofe things flow
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Which, fince, you either doe not know,
Or, hecde not much, this Emblem came,
Thar, you might learne to minde the fame.
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Emb. XIII.
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Thy Chance is doubtfull
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and, as yet,
I know not, what to fay of it
But, this I know, a foe rhou art
To what thine Emblem hath, in parr,
Exprcflcd by a Mimickc Shaft
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Or, thou, thy fclfc, ait fuch an Ape.
Now, which of thefc, pcrraines to thee,
Let them, that know thee, Iudgcs bee.
See, Emb. X I V.
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