George Withers' Emblemes

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The Birfi Lottene.
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Take heed, thou love not their deccip*,
Who Number give, in fteed of Weight •
Nor, let their Fanfies, thee abufe,
Who, fuch-like foolifhC*/?fl««r^ ufe.
Perhaps, it may concernc thecjmuch,
To know the Vanities of fuch s
And,who they are: Marke, therfore,what
Thine Emblem, will, to thee relate.
Sec, Emb. XXV,
Thou, to Impatience, art indin'd
And, haft a difcontented Minde
That,therfore,thou mayft Patience learne,
And, thine owne Over-figbts difcerne,
Thy Lot (as to a Schoole to day)
Hath fent thee to the Sqmrrells Dray j
For, (he inftru&s thee, to indure,
Till, thou, a betterfiate, procure.
See, Ew£. XXVI.
Your Z-tf, is very much to blame,
Or elfe, your perfon, or, your Name
Hathinjur'd beene, or, may have wrong
By fome loofe wanton, erc't be long
Therfqre, e're, hence, you