An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . ns now ! Corruption of goodnesswill never die ! Enormities, once crept into Kingdoms, sure,are whole-breasted monsters ; and it is long ere their heartswill break ! The sweetest sprigs are nipped in the blossom ;the fairest trees, eaten by caterpillars ; and the noblest landhath her bowels gnawn out by vipers of her own breeding. Who are those vipers ? Men, evil-minded men ! that carenot, so their own turns be served, what laws they subvert !what statutes they infringe! what customs they violate !what Orders they break ! on what
An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . ns now ! Corruption of goodnesswill never die ! Enormities, once crept into Kingdoms, sure,are whole-breasted monsters ; and it is long ere their heartswill break ! The sweetest sprigs are nipped in the blossom ;the fairest trees, eaten by caterpillars ; and the noblest landhath her bowels gnawn out by vipers of her own breeding. Who are those vipers ? Men, evil-minded men ! that carenot, so their own turns be served, what laws they subvert !what statutes they infringe! what customs they violate !what Orders they break ! on what sacred urns of our EnglishKings, they commit sacrilege ! by stealing from them thereverence due to their names for calling honourable Parlia-ments, Councils, and Consultations together, how to preservein health this royal Kingdom ; and if any bi-disorders andmisdemeanours should strike her sick, how to cure leave the main ocean to expert navigators; it is only apoor rivulet, that I crave pardon to row in ; and thus it runs,The general Use of Leather. 213. u^
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