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43. On a Cypher.
Cyphers to Cyphers added, seeme to come(With those that know not Art) to a great sum:
But such as skill in Numeration, know,
That worlds of Cyphers, are but worlds of show:
We stand those Cyphers, ere since Adams fall;
We are but show; we are no summe at all:
Our bosome-pleasures, and delights, that doe
Appeare so glorious, are but Cyphers too:
High-prized honour; Friends; This house; The tother,
Are but one Cypher added to another:
Reckon by rules of Art, and tell me, than,
How great is thy Estate, Ingenious Man?
Lord, be my Figure, Then it shall be knowne
That I am Somthing: Nothing, if alone:
I care not in what place, in what degree;
I doe not weigh how small my Figure be:
But as I am, I have nor worth, nor vigure:
I am thy Cypher; O, be thou my Figure.
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