Emblema. 32. Mercenarius fugit àgrege.
Ad Pastores otiosos & somnolentos.
The same in English.
The shepheard good doth watch his sheepe,
And from the wolfe them safe doth keepe:
The hireling from flocke doth goe,
And is the first that flieth from foe:
The Pastour which the soules doth feede,
And alwayes teacheth heauenly reede,
And doth not any daunger feare,
Is like the shepheard set foorth here.
But he that onely gaine doth minde,
Leaving his flocke and all behinde,
Running away so he safe be,
An idle shepheard sure is he.
