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EMBLEME 7.
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EMBLEME 7.
The carefull States-man, who the Key doth carieOf a a Kings Treasury, must not (partiall) varie:
But to iust causes compasse still be ti'de:
For Iustice (vniust shutting) opens wide,
And lets in hard Opinion, to disgrace
His Soueraignes selfe, his Person, and his place.
Nor must he carelesse slumber: but thus keepe
His lids vnshut-vp by soft-fingred Sleepe:
And hold a Counsell with the saddest howres
Of silent Night: and spend his purest powers
In care, to render to whom dues belong,
That Subiects may haue right, and Kings no wrong.
But you (Great Lord) beare vp this waight of Trust.
With a most easie Care, because most iust.
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