When thou hast _Changes_, good, or bad, Ore-joy’d, thou art, or over-sad; As if it seemed very strange To see the _Winde_ or _Weather_, change: Lo, therefore, to remember thee, How changeable, things Mortall, bee, Thou, art assisted by this _Lot_; Now, let it be, no more, forgot. See, _Emb._ XLV. 46 Of thy just _Aymes_, though meanes be slight, Thou mayst attaine their wished height; Vnlesse, thy Folly shall destroy The Weale, thou seekest to injoy, By thy Despaire, or by neglect Of that, which, may thy _Hopes_ effect: For, by thine _Emblem_, thou mayst know, Great things, from small _Beginnings_, grow. See, _Emb._ XLVI. 47 Thou must have _Crosses_; but they, shall, To _Blessings_, be converted, all; And, _Suffrings_, will become, thy Praise, If, _Wisedome_ order, well, thy wayes: Yea, when thy _Crosses_ ended are, A Crowne of Glory, thou shalt weare. Yet, note, how this to passe is brought: For, in thine _Emblem_, it is taught. See, _Emb._ XLVII. 48 If they, who drew this _Lot_, now be Of great _Estate_, or high _Degree_, They shall ere long, become as poore, As those, that beg from doore to doore. If poore they be; it plaine appeares, They shall become great _Princes_ Peeres: And, in their _Emblem_, they may know, What very day, it will be, so. See, _Emb._ XLVIII. 49 You, have attempted many a thing, Which, you, to passe, could never bring; Not, that, your Worke was hard to doe, But, 'cause, you us’d wrong _Meanes_, thereto. Hereafter, therefore, learne, I pray, The _Times_ of Working, and, the _Way_; And, of thine _Emblem_, take thou heed, If, better, thou desire to speed. See, _Emb._ XLIX. 50 If you, to greater _Wealth_, will rise, You must not, slender _Gaine_, despise; Nay, if, you minde not, to be poore, You must regard slight _Losses_, more: For, _Wealth_, and _Poverty_, doe come, Not all at once, but, some and some. If this, concerne you, any wayes, See, what your _Emblem_, further, sayes. See, _Emb._ L. 51 Your _Fortune_, hath deserved thank, That she, on you, bestowes a _Blank_: For, as you, nothing good, have had; So, you, have nothing, that is bad. Yea, she, in this, hath favour showne, (If, now, your _Freedome_ well be knowne) For, you, by _Lot_, these _Emblems_, mist, That you, may chuse out, which you list. 52 You, by an _Emblem_, seeke to get What Counsel your _Affaires_ may fit; But, in particular, there’s none, Which, you, by _Lot_, can light upon: And, why? because, no _Morall_, there, Doth, worthy of your Heed, appeare? No; but because you rather, need, Of ev’ry _Emblem_, to take heed. 53