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OF EPIGRAMS. If)
Of fuch things then, as to the difpofition
Of Fortune doe pertaine, let no man wonder,
While the moil wicked gaine the acquifition,
That by their meanes, the good be brought at under ;
For wherefoever vice is moil relpecled,
The greateil vertues are the more rejected.
WHEN A TRUE FRIEND MAY BE BEST KNOWNE.
As the glow-worme ihines brighter! in the darke,
And frankinceni'e i'mells fweeteft in the fire ;
So croffe adventures make us belt reraarke
A fincere friend from a diffembled Iyer ;
For fome, being friends to our profperity,
And not to us, when it fades, they decay.
THE DUTY OF A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE.
Though he be head, he mufl not tyrannize
Over his mate in facred bonds of marriage ;
For in the head the wit, and judgement is :
And therefore he, with a judicious cariage,
Should towards her behave himi'elfe, refpe6l her,
Inftruct. her, love her, and from harme protect- her.
CONCERNING THOSE WHO MARRY FOR BEAUTY AND WEALTH,
WITHOUT REGARD OF VERTUE.
How can fuch wedded people lead their lives,
With a relpect. unfainedly entire,
Where hulbands are not married to their wives,
But money to the covetous defire :
Where men in little eftimation hold
Womens difcretion, wit, and chaflitie ;
But merely aime at handfomneffe, and gold,
To ferve their avarice, and leacherie :
Which fafhion lately is become fo common,
That firil w'efpoufe the money, then the woman.