xviU THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF 



V. 



Titles and viealth are fortune's toils 



Wherewith the vain themselves ensnare ; 



The great are proud of borrowed spoils ; 

 The inisers plenty breeds his care. 



VI. 



The one supinely yawns to rest, 



Th" other eternally doth toil ; 

 Each of them equally a beast, 



A pamper d horse, or laboring moil. 



VII. 



The titulado'5 oft disgraced 



By public hate, or private frown : 



And he whose hand the creature rais'd. 

 Has yet afoot to kick him doivn. 



VIII, 



The drudge who would all get, all save. 

 Like a brute beast both feeds and lies : 



Prone to the earth he digs his grave. 

 And in the very labor dies. 



IX. 



Excess of ill got, ill kept pelf , 



Does only death and danger breed ; 



Whilst one rich worldling starves himself. 

 With what would thousatid others feed. 



X. 



By which we see that wealth and power. 

 Although they make men rich and great. 



The sweets of life do often sour. 

 And gull ambition with a cheat. 



XI. 



JVor is he happier than those. 

 Who in a moderate estate. 

 Where he might safely live at ease. 

 Has lusts that are immoderate. 



XJl. 



For he by those desires misled, 



Quits his own vine's securing shade, 



