If any covet knowledge of that _Path_, Which thither tends, where _Peace_ her dwelling hath, This _Emblem_ (being well observ’d) will show On whether side, it will be best to goe. The _Left-hand-way_, seemes to be walk’d, at ease, Through Lawnes, and Downes, and green-swath’d Passages; And, much allures the _Traveller_, to trie The many Pleasures, which doe that _Way_ lye. The _Right-hand-course_, is through a _Pathlesse-mound_ Of newly ploughed, and deep-furrow’d Ground; Which, as uneasie seemeth, to be gone, As, in appearance, rough to looke upon. Yet, this is _Vertue’s Path_: This _Way_ uneven, Is that, which unto ev’ry man is given, To travaile in; and, hath a safer ending, Then those, whereon more _Pleasures_ are attending: And (though it leades us thither, where we see Few promises of outward _Glories_ bee) It brings (us when we passe the common sight) Through easy _Tracts_, to gaine our _Hearts delight_. The other _Way_ (though seeming streight, it lyes, To _Pleasure’s_ Pallaces, before our eyes) Hath many rubs, and perills, which betweene Our _Hopes_, and _Vs_, will alwayes lurke unseene; Till we are drawne so farre, that 'twill be vaine, To seeke, with safety, to returne againe. This, let us heed; and, still be carefull, too, Which _Course_ it most concerneth us to goe. And, though the _Left-hand-way_, more smoothnesse hath, Let us goe forward, in the _Right-hand-path_. _=I= was erected for a =Bound=, And I resolve to =stand my ground=._ [Illustration: CONCEDO NULLI. ILLVSTR. XXVII. _Book. 3_]