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OF EPIGRAMS. 45
HOW MAGNANIMOUS A THING IT IS IN ADVERSITY PATIENTLY
TO ENDURE WHAT CANNOT BEE EVITED.
What grievous weight fo ever be allowed
By mifadvent'rous fate wherewith to load ye,
Shrinke not thereat, but yeeld your flioulder to it,
And with a ftedfaft mind f'upport your body ;
For valiant fpirits can not be o'rcome,
Though Fortune force their bodies to fuccumbe.
THAT NOTHING MORE OPPOSETH THE TRANQUILLITY OF LIFE, WHICH
IS PROPER AND PECULIAR TO WISE MEN, THEN TO BE TYED TO A
GENERALITY OF PUBL1CKE EXAMPLE IN ALL OUR ACTIONS.
Amongst the caufes of our evils, this
Is one of the rnoft ordinary, that
We live b' example ; things which are amuTe
Supplying oftentimes the place of what
Is righteft and moft vertuous ; for there's no man
Scarce holds that error which is done in common.
A TEMPERATE DYET IS THE BEST PHYSICKE.
To keepe a moderation in our dyet,
Is the chiefe meane to be of health affined ;
For nothing fickens fo as too much ryot,
And feasts kill more then Galen ever cured ;
Nor is ther phyficke mould fo fully pleafe us,
Others expell, but this preveens difeafes.
THAT ALL OUR LIFE IS BUT A CONTINUALL COURSE AND VICISSI-
TUDE OF SINNING, AND BRING SORRY FOR SINNE.
We linne with joy ; and having fin'd, we mourn ;
Then kindle, after teares, new linfull fires ;
There being a turne perpetuall, and returne
'Twixt our repentance and profane defires ;
For f'enfes to delights are wedded wholly,
Which purchaf'd, reafon doth bewaile their folly.
HOW MAGNANIMOUS A THING IT IS IN ADVERSITY PATIENTLY
TO ENDURE WHAT CANNOT BEE EVITED.
What grievous weight fo ever be allowed
By mifadvent'rous fate wherewith to load ye,
Shrinke not thereat, but yeeld your flioulder to it,
And with a ftedfaft mind f'upport your body ;
For valiant fpirits can not be o'rcome,
Though Fortune force their bodies to fuccumbe.
THAT NOTHING MORE OPPOSETH THE TRANQUILLITY OF LIFE, WHICH
IS PROPER AND PECULIAR TO WISE MEN, THEN TO BE TYED TO A
GENERALITY OF PUBL1CKE EXAMPLE IN ALL OUR ACTIONS.
Amongst the caufes of our evils, this
Is one of the rnoft ordinary, that
We live b' example ; things which are amuTe
Supplying oftentimes the place of what
Is righteft and moft vertuous ; for there's no man
Scarce holds that error which is done in common.
A TEMPERATE DYET IS THE BEST PHYSICKE.
To keepe a moderation in our dyet,
Is the chiefe meane to be of health affined ;
For nothing fickens fo as too much ryot,
And feasts kill more then Galen ever cured ;
Nor is ther phyficke mould fo fully pleafe us,
Others expell, but this preveens difeafes.
THAT ALL OUR LIFE IS BUT A CONTINUALL COURSE AND VICISSI-
TUDE OF SINNING, AND BRING SORRY FOR SINNE.
We linne with joy ; and having fin'd, we mourn ;
Then kindle, after teares, new linfull fires ;
There being a turne perpetuall, and returne
'Twixt our repentance and profane defires ;
For f'enfes to delights are wedded wholly,
Which purchaf'd, reafon doth bewaile their folly.
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