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)^ot Firongi yet they fye^inre ihetr meat in the Sttni- 
mer j the Coney i are but a feeole folksy yet mal^e 
they their hoafes in the Rocks \ the Locufis have no 
Kingyyet go they forth all of them by Bands ^ the 
Spider taketh hold tvtth her handty and ts tn Kings 
Palaces ‘ by all which this wife King lignifyeth to 
iis, the great inadvertency and perverienefs of 
mankind, who of ail creatures is only able to con- 
fider his waies, and knovveth his own greatnefs and 
ftrength, and yet daily runneth into dangers : thele 
four forts of little creatures that Solomon fpake of 
in the forecited place, though fmall, yet know 
their own weaknefs, and therefore chafe alwaies 
thole places where they may be molf fecure ; and 
will not go into any place where there may be a 
polfibility of danger: the Ants begin betimes to 
lay up food for Winter : the Hare being timerous, 
doth not love to be in thofe places w/here any one 
Cometh: the being weak, liveth quietly, 
and doth not go where any one is in the place* 
knowing that it cannot fo well avoid dangers ; the 
Spider is al waies exercifing her curious art •, there- 
fore this is to be wifer than the wifett. i. To know 
our own llrengtn, and our own weaknefs. 2. To 
undertake nothing above our Ifrength, but on the 
contrary, not to indulge our felves in floth and 
idlenefs j and becaufe there is fome fmall difficul- 
ty in it wholly to let it alone ; we knoW there are 
many mifchiefs and diifempers accompany drun- 
kennefs, and that idlenefs and wars, is not without 
its inconveniences, yet few do endeavour to fhun 
the one or the otl^er ; the Hare htmg weak, goeth 
not 
