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 |
Of ignorance. |
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Of ignorance.
Unskilfulnesse in princes isa poysenous, deadly stroke:
Which causeth many dangers great,
but can them not reuoke.
For it destroyeth diuers men
and doth infect the rest:
And chaseth many frendes away
and concorde doth detest.
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but makes his people faynt,
And therby honoure fled, with shame
hee dothe him selfe acquaynt.
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