The _Sword_, to bee an _Emblem_, here, we draw, Of that Authoritie, which keeps in awe Our _Countries_ Enemies; and, those that are The Foes of _Peace_, as well as those of _Warre_; That, _Peace_ may give the _Law of Armes_ her due, And, _Warre_, to _Civill-pow’rs_, respect may shew. For, _Kingdomes_, nor in _Warre_ nor _Peace_, can stand, Except the _Sword_ have alway some command: Yea, that, for which our forraine _Spoylers_ come, _Domesticke Foes_, will else devoure at home; And, _stranger-drones_ the peacefull _Bees_ will harme, Vnlesse with warlike stings, themselves they arme. Considering this, let none bee so unwise, The _Swords_ well-us’d protection to despise: Or, thinke the practice of this _double-guard_, In any place, or age, may well bee spar’d. Let not the _Sword-man_ sleight the pow’rfull _Gowne_; Nor _Gowne-men_ cast the _Sword_ out of their Towne, Because it terrifies, or draweth Blood; For, otherwhile Phlebotomy is good: And, though to kill a Lowse, the _Banians_ feare; (Though _Anabaptists_ love no _Sword_ to weare) Yet, being drawne, to fright, or cut off _Sinne_, It may bee brandish’d by a Cherubin. However, from the _Sword_ divide not you (In any case) the peacefull _Olive-bough_: That is, let _Peace_, at all times, be that _End_, For which, to draw the _Sword_ you doe intend; And, for _well-doing_, bee as ready, still, To give _rewards_, as _blowes_, for _doing-ill_. _A =Fortune= is ordain’d for thee, According as thy =Labours= bee._ [Illustration: PAR SIT FORTUNA LABORI. ILLVSTR. XXXI. _Book. 4_]