A gorgious Gallery, of gallant Inuentions Garnished and decked with diuers dayntie deuises, right delicate and delightfull, to recreate eche modest minde withall. First framed and fashioned in sundrie formes, by diuers worthy workemen of late dayes: and now, ioyned together and builded up: By T. P. [i.e. Thomas Procter] |
A gloze of fawning freendship.
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A gorgious Gallery, of gallant Inuentions | ||
A gloze of fawning freendship.
Now cease to sing your Syren songes, I leaue ech braue delightAttempt no more the wounded corps, which late felt fortunes spight:
But rather helpe to rue, with sorowing sobs come mone,
My lucklesse losse from wealth to woe, by fickle fortune throwne.
I once had freends good store, for loue, (no drosse I tryde)
For hauing lost my goods on Seas, my freends would not abide,
Yet hauing neede I went to one, of all I trusted moste:
To get releefe, hee answerd thus, go packe thou peuish poste.
His wordes did pearce my tender brest, and I as mazde did stand
Requesting him with pitteous plaints, to giue his helping hand:
Content thy selfe (quoth hee) to serue my owne estate,
I haue not I, yet am I greeu'd to see thy lucklesse fate.
Ah fie of fawning freends, whose eyes attentiue bee,
To watch and warde for lukers sake, with cap and bended knee:
Would God I had not knowne, their sweet and sugered speach,
Then had my greefe the lesser bin, experience mee doth teach.
FINIS.
A gorgious Gallery, of gallant Inuentions | ||