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[Lyke as the mightie Oke whose rootes]

Lyke as the mightie Oke whose rootes,
In thearth are fixed fast:
Is hable to withstande eache winde,
That blowes most boystrous blast.
Euen so eache frowarde Fortunes happe
That euer maie betyde:
The constant minde with vertue fraught
is hable to abyde.