The Closet of Counsells conteining The aduice of diuers wyse Philosophers, touchinge sundry morall matters, in Poesies, Preceptes, Prouerbes, and Parrables, translated, and collected out of diuers aucthors, into Englishe Verse: by Edmond Eluiden. Wherunto is anexed a pithy and pleasant discription of the abuses: and vanities of the vvorlde |
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Of the wyt.
Lyke as there is no tree, excepteit good attendaunse haue,
That will bee fertyll or resygne
suche fruictes as wee do craue.
No more our wytt wyll proffit vs
or yelde vs anye welth,
Except we fyrste imploye or payne
for to deuyse his helthe.
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