When, many, for the chiefest _Garland_ runne, That height of _Glory_, can befall but one; Yet, _Wreaths_ there are, for ev’ry man prepar’d, According as he meriteth _reward_: And, though the _Worke_ deserveth little meed, _Grace_, prints a worth, on ev’ry _willing-deed_, Which formes it currant; and, doth gratious make Man’s weake endeavors, for GOD’S _promise_ sake. All seeke the selfe-same _prize_; but, doe not seeke, With _mindes_, and, with _endeavors_, all alike. Most, wish the _Wreath_; but, few those things will doe, That may be helpfull to attaine thereto: And, some (that _will be doing_) more delight In _doing their owne will_, then _doing right_. One, thinkes by airie _titles_, to atchieve The _Palme_ he seekes; Another, doth believe Tis gain’d, by giving to his _Appetite_, The fulnesse of his _Bodies_ vaine delight: To reach their _aime_, some others nourish hopes, By scrambling up unto the dunghill-tops Of temp’rall _Riches_: and, of all the wayes, Most thinke this _course_ deserves the greatest _praise_. But, this our _Emblem’s_ Motto, doth implie, That, nothing Man possesseth outwardly Can purchase him the _Crowne_, that should be sought, Like _rightly-doing_, what is _rightly-taught_. And, that _God_ never passed any _doome_, To barre their _blisse_, who righteous would become: For, ev’n to _Cain_ he said (of sinne detected) _If well thou dost, thou shalt be well respected_. _A little =Wit=, may stand in stead, When =Strength= doth faile, in time of need._ [Illustration: SUPERAT SOLERTIA VIRES. ILLVSTR. II. _Book. 3_]