. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . ong fome troupes-, which pafTc for folkcs of worth,You fliall difcover,quickIy, if you pleafe,A thoufand fights, as mimicall as , you fhall fee a noble Title worne,(That had not mif befcemd one better borne)By him, whofe venues arc of little price,And, whofe eftate, was gotten by his (hall behold another Mujhrome, there,Walke with our Lords, as if hee were their Peere,That was well knowne, to be but tother day,No fit companion
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . ong fome troupes-, which pafTc for folkcs of worth,You fliall difcover,quickIy, if you pleafe,A thoufand fights, as mimicall as , you fhall fee a noble Title worne,(That had not mif befcemd one better borne)By him, whofe venues arc of little price,And, whofe eftate, was gotten by his (hall behold another Mujhrome, there,Walke with our Lords, as if hee were their Peere,That was well knowne, to be but tother day,No fit companion for fuch men as they;And, had no other meanesto climbe this height,But Gaming, or to play the (though he neither hath his 7W(?,Qor Lands,Nor any honefr In-etme, by his bands)Hec,oft confumes at once, in Games or Cheate,More than would kcepe his Better all the , many fuch as thefe, thou fnouldft behold,Which would bee vext, if I defcribe them fhould :For, thus, unworthily, blind Fortune flings,To Crowes, and Geefe, and Swine, her precious things. The The belh good-turnes that Foolcs can doe ut,Trooipe difadvantages unto ILLVSTR Toole, fent forth to fetch the GoJUngs home,™ When they unto a Rivers brinck werecome, (Through which their paiTage lay) conceivd a feareHis Dames beft Brtod, might have been drowned therejWhich, toavoyd, hee thus did (hew his wit,And his good n2ture, in preventing ,underneath his girdle, thtufls their heads,And, then the Coxcombc through the water wades. Here Iearne,that when a Foole his helpe intends,It rather doth a mifchiefe,then befriendsjAnd,thinke,if there be danger in his love,How harmef ull his Malicioufnejfe may prove :For, from his kindtnejje, though no profittifcTo doc thee fpighr, his Malice may could nor from a Prince befeech a booncBy fuing to his Icfler or Buffoone:Nor, any Fooles vainc humor, footh or ferve,To get my bread, though I were like to , to be pore, I mould not blum fo much,A
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