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 idlenes. |
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Of idlenes.
Idlenes is, the syncke of synnewhiche gapes and styll receaues,
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that vyce to him bequeaues:
And when brym full it can not then
sustayne to carrye more,
It brasteth out his poysoned ayre
the whiche it helde before.
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