In outward pompe, thy pleasures are; Thy hope of blisse is placed there; And, thou this _folly_ wilt not leave, Till, all _content_, it shall bereave, Vnlesse, thou timely come to see How vaine, all earthly _Glories_ bee. An _Emblem_, therefore, thou hast gain’d, By which, this _Knowledge_ is obtain’d. See, _Emb._ XXXVI. 37 It may be feared, that thou hast In publicke, or in private, past Some _promise_, or else made some _vow_, That’s broke, or else indanger’d, now. If so; this _Lot_ is come, in time, To mend, or to prevent this crime; And, shew what should by them be done, 'Twixt whom _Affection_ is begunne. See, _Emb._ XXXVII. 38 Thou art reproved of _deceipt_, In faulty _Measures_, and in _Weight_; And, overbackward hast been knowne, In giving ev’ry one his owne. Thine _Emblem_, therefore, counsells thee, That, thou more just, hereafter be. For, that, which is by _falsehood_ got, Makes likely showes, but prospers not. See, _Emb._ XXXVII. 39 So highly, thou dost _Vertue_ prize, That, thou dost _Fortunes_ helpe despise, As if, where _Vertues_ present are, Her favours alwayes needlesse were: But, sometimes there’s enough to doe, For _Fortune_, and for _Vertue_ too, The pow’r of envious tongues to charme, And, keepe an _Innocent_ from harme. Therfore, make both of _these_, thy friends; For, thereunto thine _Emblem_ tends. See, _Emb._ XXXIX. 40 Thou mayst be one of those, perchance, Who _Schisme_, and _Heresies_ advance, Because they _Times_ and _Termes_ mistake; And, _diff’rence_ know not how to make 'Twixt that, which _temp’rall_ doth appeare, And, those things which _eternall_ are. Thou, by thy _Lot_, art therefore warn’d, To search what should of these be learn’d. See, _Emb._ XL. 41 Great workes to doe, thou hast a _minde_; But, _pow’r_ thereto thou canst not finde. Sometime, thy _pow’r_ is not unfit; But, then thou failest in thy _wit_. Such _Vndertakings_, therefore, chuse (If thou wilt not thy time abuse) As to thy _pow’rs_, and _wits_ agree; And, let them both imployed bee. See, _Emb._ XLI. 42 When any _Blessing_ thou hast gain’d, Thou mind’st not whence it was obtain’d; But, bear’st thy selfe, as if the same By thine owne _pow’r_, or _merit_, came: That, therefore, thou _mayst_ better heed From whence, all _Graces_ doe proceed, Thou, hast an _Emblem_, by this _Lot_, From which, good _Cautions_ may be got. See, _Emb._ XLII. 43 By this thy _Lot_, it should appeare, The _Muses_ thy acquaintance are; Or, that thou art (at least) of those, Who, of their _Steed_ ambitious growes. If thou hast _wit_, his _Reynes_ to guide, Vpon his backe, mount up and ride; But, if thou finde thy selfe to weake, Forbeare him, lest thy necke he breake.