. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . T HIS Ample Foole, that here befrrides the bow,And knowing well\ the daunger vnderneath ,Yetbufiiie doth faw the fame in two,Like idle Ape , though to his prefent death:Which if he had forborne, and let k grow,He free from harme, had fcap t thqpikes beloW» To this fame Idiot 3 fuch we liken may,Of truftie Frendes as doe not know the vfe,But while theyare their props 3 and cnely ftay,Will cut them off, by this, or that abufe yOr loofe their favor, by behaviour ill,Who other
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . T HIS Ample Foole, that here befrrides the bow,And knowing well\ the daunger vnderneath ,Yetbufiiie doth faw the fame in two,Like idle Ape , though to his prefent death:Which if he had forborne, and let k grow,He free from harme, had fcap t thqpikes beloW» To this fame Idiot 3 fuch we liken may,Of truftie Frendes as doe not know the vfe,But while theyare their props 3 and cnely ftay,Will cut them off, by this, or that abufe yOr loofe their favor, by behaviour ill,Who otherwife, might hauc vpheld them ftill # ii3 Sic nosT)ij,. Caroli VrfiniSymbolum Gn -*- With Racket, or the gentle Schoolc-boies hand 5With greater force, doth back againe rebound ,His Fate 3 (though fenceles ) leaning to withftand: Yea, at the inftant of his forced fail, With might redoubled, moiintes the higheft of all. So when the * Gods aboue 3 haue (truck vs low ^( For men as balls, within their handes are faid 3)We cheifly then, fhpuld manly courage iTiow,And not for every trifle be afraid: For when of Fortune, moft we (land in feare yThen Tyrant-like, (he mo ft will domineere.
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