Thou deal’st, when thee thy _foe_ offends, As if, you never should be _friends_. In _peace_, thou so secure doth grow, As if, thou could’st not have a _foe_. How, therefore, _Peace_ and _Warre_ pursues Each other, this thine _Emblem_ shewes, That, thou mayst learne, in ev’ry tide, For future chances, to provide. See, _Emb._ XXVIII. 29 What e’re thou are in outward shew, Thy Heart is ever very true, And, to those _Knowledges_ aspires, Which every prudent _Soule_ desires: Yet, be not proud that thou hast got This testimonie, by thy _Lot_. But, view thine _Emblem_, and endeaver In search of _Knowledge_ to persever. See, _Emb._ XXIX. 30 If _Glory_, thou desire to get, Thy _Wits_, thou must on working set; And, _labour_ unto _Prudence_ adde, Before true _Honor_ will be had: For, what thy _Friends_, or _Parents_ brought, To make thee _famous_, profits nought; But, rather will procure thy _shame_, Vnlesse, thou shalt improove the same. See, _Emb._ XXX. _M_ 31 The time hath beene, that of the _Rod_, Thou wert more fearefull, then of _God_; But, now unlesse thou prudent grow, More cause thou hast to feare a _shrowe_; For, from the _Rod_, now thou art free, A _Woman_, shall thy torment be. At her, yet doe not thou repine, For, all the fault is onely thine. See, _Emb._ XXXI. 32 It seemes, thy _Time_ thou dost _mispend_: To warne thee, therefore of thine end; To shew, how short thy _Life_ will be; And, with what speed it flyes from thee; This _Lot_ was drawne: and, may advize, That, thou thy time shouldst better prize. Which, if accordingly thou doe, This, will be _sport_, and profit too. See, _Emb._ XXXII. 33 It may be, thou art one of those, Who, dost not all aright suppose, Of _Gods Decrees_; or, of the state Of an inevitable _Fate_. That, therefore, so thou maist beleeve, (And, of these Mysteries conceive) As thou art bound; this _Lot_ befell. Peruse, and minde thine _Embleme_ well. See, _Emb._ XXXIII. 34 Thou, at thy _Fortune_, hast repin’d, And, seem’st imprisond in thy minde, Because thou art not straight releast From those things which have thee opprest. To thee, a _Lot_ is therefore sent, To qualifie thy _discontent_, By shewing, that thy present _Fate_ Preserves thee, from a worse estate. See, _Emb._ XXXIV. 35 Thy _Vertues_ and thy _Worth_ are such, That, many doe envie thee much; And, they that hate thee, take delight To doe thee mischiefe and despight. But, heart assume, and follow on The _course_ that thou hast well begunne; For, all their spight shall doe no more, But, make thee greater then before. See, _Emb._ XXXV. 36