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And, is it even so? must you now lash
Each other, and your earthen Pitchers dash?
Must you, that have so long been Friends, now knock
Untill you into Potsherds quite are broke?
None taking heed or care how to prevent
That mischief which appeareth eminent,
And was presag'd about the ninetieth year
Now past, by this your well known Emblem here?
Have you not one among you, rich or poor,
So wise as he, whose Counsel heretofore
Preserv'd a City, and did then receive
The same reward, which men in this age give
For such-like services? Hath neither, place
A man so prudent as that Woman was
Who rais'd the siege from Abel, by her wit,
When Joab with an hoast beleagur'd it?
But, are you all of wisdom so bereft,
That, no Expedient seemeth to be left
Whereby to act untill the sequels are
Ignoble Peace, or a destructive war?
Each other, and your earthen Pitchers dash?
Must you, that have so long been Friends, now knock
Untill you into Potsherds quite are broke?
None taking heed or care how to prevent
That mischief which appeareth eminent,
And was presag'd about the ninetieth year
Now past, by this your well known Emblem here?
Have you not one among you, rich or poor,
So wise as he, whose Counsel heretofore
Preserv'd a City, and did then receive
The same reward, which men in this age give
For such-like services? Hath neither, place
A man so prudent as that Woman was
Who rais'd the siege from Abel, by her wit,
When Joab with an hoast beleagur'd it?
But, are you all of wisdom so bereft,
That, no Expedient seemeth to be left
Whereby to act untill the sequels are
Ignoble Peace, or a destructive war?
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