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Flamma sine Fumo

or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns]

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Charity.

Quid charitas sine fide?
Quid fides sine charitate?

The glorious Sun bestows his light, and heat,
To cherish us, and make all things compleat.
The swelling clouds with water do abound,
To succour, and refresh the thirsty ground.
The earth yields her increase: the fruitful vine
Out of her treasure yields the pleasant wine.
All creatures in their kind by nature give.
And with their precious store our wants releive;
These creatures by example us should move
To help each other with a mutual love.
To feed the poor who sells his own estate,
Doth purchase heaven at an easie rate.
God loves a broken heart, an humble knee,
An open hand from all vain glory free.