Philomythie or Philomythologie wherein Outlandish Birds, Beasts, and Fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely. By Tho: Scot ... The second edition much inlarged |
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The Dial then with indignation moued
By this inuectiue speech their fault reproued.
Poore silly Clock (quoth he) reioyce thy fill,
Time will reforme thy ignorant zeale with skill,
Stay thy distempered course, which hurried now,
By mad-braind humor, goes it knowes not how.
Time that's my pupill, shall thy Tutor be,
And teach a diff'rence twixt thy selfe and me;
Then thou wilt know thy error, and recant
That euer thou wert proud of so much want.
But as for thee (thou iudge corrupt and base,
Who bindst all knowledge Prentise to thy place)
Know this, th'all-seeing Sunne thy folly knowes,
And to each vulgar eye thy shaddow showes,
That they may plainly see how poore thou art
Thy head deform'd, defectiue euery part.
And that those high prerogatiues of state
You challenge proper to your selfe, are late
Vpstart intrusions, vsurpations new;
Forg'd by the force or flattery of some few.
The promise which you boast, to haue the winde
Blow where you list, and alter when you minde,
Is false, and foolish; but 'twas promisde still
To blow and guide you right, if that you will.
And so it doth, so it doth others too,
If they consent, not whether they will or no.
For when they would the point and quarter know
Where it doth breath, on me they looke; I show
The truth to them and thee, if you looke right,
If not, you are misled by your owne sight.
But how can'st thou others from error keepe
When as thy selfe foulded in error deepe,
Shun'st reformation, and wilt neither minde,
My graue directions, nor the powerfull wind?
By this inuectiue speech their fault reproued.
Poore silly Clock (quoth he) reioyce thy fill,
Time will reforme thy ignorant zeale with skill,
Stay thy distempered course, which hurried now,
By mad-braind humor, goes it knowes not how.
Time that's my pupill, shall thy Tutor be,
And teach a diff'rence twixt thy selfe and me;
Then thou wilt know thy error, and recant
That euer thou wert proud of so much want.
But as for thee (thou iudge corrupt and base,
Who bindst all knowledge Prentise to thy place)
Know this, th'all-seeing Sunne thy folly knowes,
And to each vulgar eye thy shaddow showes,
That they may plainly see how poore thou art
Thy head deform'd, defectiue euery part.
And that those high prerogatiues of state
You challenge proper to your selfe, are late
Vpstart intrusions, vsurpations new;
Forg'd by the force or flattery of some few.
The promise which you boast, to haue the winde
Blow where you list, and alter when you minde,
Is false, and foolish; but 'twas promisde still
To blow and guide you right, if that you will.
And so it doth, so it doth others too,
If they consent, not whether they will or no.
Where it doth breath, on me they looke; I show
The truth to them and thee, if you looke right,
If not, you are misled by your owne sight.
But how can'st thou others from error keepe
When as thy selfe foulded in error deepe,
Shun'st reformation, and wilt neither minde,
My graue directions, nor the powerfull wind?
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