Wee to the _Sea_, this _World_ may well compare; For, ev’ry Man which liveth in the same, Is as a _Pilot_, to some _Vessell_ there, Of little size, or else of larger frame. Some, have the _Boats_ of their owne _Life_ to guide, Some, of whole _Families_ doe row the _Barge_, Some, governe _petty Towneships_ too, beside, (To those compar’d, which of small _Barkes_ have charge) Some others, rule great _Provinces_; and, they Resemble _Captaines_ of huge _Argoses_: But, when of _Kingdomes_, any gayne the Sway, To _Generalls of Fleets_, we liken these. Each hath his proper _Course_ to him assign’d, His _Card_, his _Compasse_, his due _Tacklings_, too; And, if their Businesse, as they ought, they mind, They may accomplish all they have to doe. But, most Men leave the Care of their owne _Course_, To judge or follow others, in their wayes; And, when their Follies make their Fortunes worse, They curse the _Destiny_, which they should prayse. For, _Waves_, and _Windes_, and that oft-changing _Weather_ Which many blame, as cause of all their _Losses_, (Though they observe it not) helpes bring together Those _Hopes_, which their owne _Wisedome_, often crosses. Regard not, therefore much, what those things be, Which come, without thy fault, to thwart thy _Way_; Nor, how, _Rash-Lookers-on_ will censure thee; But, faithfully, to doe thy part, assay: For, if thou shalt not from this _Counsell_ vary, Let my _Hopes_ faile me, if thy _Hopes_ miscarry. _A sudden =Death=, with =Shame=, is due To him, that, sweares =What is untrue=._ [Illustration: SI SCIENS FALLO. ILLVSTR. XXXVIII. _Book. 1._]