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OF EPIGRAMS. 11
WHO IS NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS OWNE FORTUNE, HOW GREAT
SOEVER IT BE, IS MISERABLE.
Though the Septemvirat of Dutch Electors
Jnaugurat him Caesar ; and each one
Extoll his valour above that of Hectors ;
In wit, and wealth furpaffing Salomon ;
Yet if he proudly foare a higher pitch,
He's neither mighty, valiant, wife, nor rich.
A CERTAIN OLD MAN'S EXPRESSION BEFORE HIS DEATH
TO HIS SON.
That I am at the period of mine age,
Nor you, nor I, have any caul'e to mourne,
For life is nothing, but a pilgrimage ;
When we have travel'd long, we muft returne :
Let us be glad then, that my fpirit goes,
After fo many toiles, to his repofe.
TO ONE OF A GREAT MEMORY, BUT DEPRAVED LIFE.
Though many things your memory containe,
If by your mind, to matters it be led,
Which are leffe profitable to retaine,
Then to commit t' oblivion, it is bad :
And whatfoever arts it comprehend,
If it remember not on piety,
Repentance for enormous fins, the end
Of life, God's judgments, and his clemencie ;
Thofe neceffary precepts while you lake,
You but forget your felfe, and it is weake.