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 freendes duetyes. |
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Of freendes duetyes.
Freendes ought to be like horses goodand haue a little head:
By humble conuersation
for scorne must cleane be fled.
And quicke of hearing to the ende
they may obey the call:
And soft of mouth bicause their tongs
should neuer slippe nor fall.
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great trauayle to sustayne:
And sure of foote they may not start
for labor nor for payne.
And of a colour bay that they
may winne renowne and fame:
And so should friends imploy thē selues
their loue and liues to frame.
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