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 the force of riches. |
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Of the force of riches.
Euen as a golden brydle setwith perle or precious stone:
Doth serue to garnish euery horse
it is bestowde vpon.
But cannot make the horse to be
of any better kinde:
Or corage, then if no such cost
vppon him were assignde.
So riches giuen vnto a man
do bewtify his fate:
But haue no power to make him good
or better in his state.
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