Thou seek’st for _Fame_; and, now art showne, For what, her _Trumpet_ shall be blowne. Thine _Emblem_, also, doth declare, What _Fame_ they get, who _vertuous_ are, For _Praise_ alone; and, what _Reward_, For such like _Studies_, is prepar’d. Peruse it; And, this _Counsell_ take; _Bee vertuous, for meere Vertues sake_. See, _Emb._ XII 13 This _Lot_, those persons, alwayes finds, That have high _thoughts_, and loftie _minds_; Or, such as have an itch to learne, That, which doth nothing them concerne; Or, love to peepe, with daring eyes, Into forbidden _Mysteries_. If any one of these thou bee, Thine _Emblem_, lessons hath for thee. See, _Emb._ XIII. 14 If all be true, these _Lots_ doe tell us, Thou shouldst be of those _Fidling-fellowes_, Who, better practised are growne, In _others_ matters, than their _owne_: Or, one, that covets to be thought, A man, that’s ignorant of nought. If it be so, thy _Morall_ showes Thy _Folly_, and what from it flowes. See, _Emb._ XIV. 15 Thou hast some _Charge_, (who e’re thou be) Which, _Tendance_ may expect from thee. And, well, perhaps, it may be fear’d, Tis often left, without regard: Or, that, thou dost securely sleep, When, thou should’st watch, more strictly, keep. Thou knowest best, if it be so: Take therefore heed, what is to doe. See, _Emb._ XV. 16 In secret, thou dost oft complaine, That, thou hast _hop’d_, and _wrought_ in vaine; And, think’st thy _Lot_, is farre more hard, Than what for others is prepar’d. An _Emblem_, therefore, thou hast got, To shew, it is our _common-Lot_, To _worke_ and _hope_; and, that, thou hast A _Blessing_ by it, at the last. See, _Emb._ XVI. 17 That thou hast _Honestie_, we grant; But, _Prudence_, thou dost often want: And, therefore, some have injur’d thee, Who farre more _Wise_, than _honest_ bee. That, now, _Discretion_ thou mayst add, To those _good-meanings_ thou hast had; The _Morall_ of thine _Emblem_, view; And, what it counsels, that, pursue. See, _Emb._ XVII. 18 To your _Long-home_, you nearer are, Than you (it may bee) are aware: Yea, and more easie is the _Way_, Than you, perchance, conceive it may. Lest, therefore, _Death_, should grim appeare, And, put you in a causelesse feare; (Or out of minding wholly passe) This _Chance_, to you allotted was. See, _Emb._ XVIII. 19 In slippery _Paths_, you are to goe; Yea, they are full of danger too: And, if you heedfull should not grow, They’l hazzard much, your overthrow. But, you the mischiefe may eschew, If wholsome Counsell, you pursue. Looke, therefore, what you may be taught, By that, which this your _chance_ hath brought. See, _Emb._ XIX. 20