Minerva Britanna Or A Garden of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures, Newly devised, moralized, and published, By Henry Peacham |
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To the Honorable, Sir Thomas Ridgewaie, Knight, and Baronet: Treasurer at warres in Ireland, and one of his Maiesties Privie Counsell there &c.
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To the Honorable, Sir Thomas Ridgewaie, Knight, and Baronet: Treasurer at warres in Ireland, and one of his Maiesties Privie Counsell there &c.
The
Camell strong, with burthen great opprest,
Is forc'd to yeeld vnto his loade at last,
And while he toiles, himselfe enioies the least,
Of all the wealth, that on his back is cast:
For why? he must the same, to those impart,
Whose due it is, by Fortune, or desert.
Is forc'd to yeeld vnto his loade at last,
And while he toiles, himselfe enioies the least,
Of all the wealth, that on his back is cast:
For why? he must the same, to those impart,
Whose due it is, by Fortune, or desert.
So honor'd Sir, you, as your Camell, beare
A Treasures charge, that pulls you on your knee,
And though that thousandes, aske it here, and there,
To those that ought, and best deseruing be,
You only giue, their wages, and their due,
The while the care, and perill lies on you.
A Treasures charge, that pulls you on your knee,
And though that thousandes, aske it here, and there,
To those that ought, and best deseruing be,
You only giue, their wages, and their due,
The while the care, and perill lies on you.
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