Observe this _Wheele_, and you shall see how _Fate_ Doth limit out to each man, that Estate Which hee obtaines; Then, how hee doth aspire To such a height; and, why hee mounts no higher: For, whatsoere their _Authors_ understood, These _Emblems_, now, shall speake as I thinke good. The _Cornucopias_ fastned to a _Round_, Thus fixt, may shew, that Riches have their _bound_; And, can be raised, by mans pow’r or wits, No higher than _Gods_ Providence permits. The placing of them on that _Wheele_, doth show, That, some waxe _Poore_, as others _Wealthy_ grow: For, looke how much the higher, one doth rise, So much the lower, still, the other lies; And, when the height of one is at an end, Hee sinkes againe, that others may ascend. The many stops, which on this _Wheele_ you spie, Those many _obstacles_ may typifie, Which barre all those that unto _Wealth_ aspire, From compassing the _Round_ of their desire. The want of _Wit_, from _Riches_, barreth some; Some, cannot rich, because of _Sloth_, become. Some, that are _wise_, and _painefull_, are deny’d Encrease of wealth, through _Pleasure_, or through _Pride_. Some, lose much profit, which they else might make, Because of _Conscience_, or for _Credit_ sake. If none of these did hinder, wee have store, That might bee _Rich_, who, yet, are very _Poore_. And, these, indeed, doe come to be those _Fates_, Which keepe most men, from getting large _Estates_. _In all thine =Actions=, have a care, That no =unseemlinesse appeare=._ [Illustration: VT NE QUID DEDECEAT. ILLVSTR. XLI. _Book. 4_]