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Foure Paradoxes

Of Arte, Of Lawe, Of Warre, Of Seruice, By T. S. [i.e. Thomas Scott]
Scot, Tho

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[dedication]
 
[Nor base intrusion, nor the hope of Gaine]
 
Artes irritamenta malorum.
 
Juris iniuria.
 
Bellum perniciosissimum
 
Omnis est misera seruitus.
 
The resolution.

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The resolution.

Then this my resolution is; I knowe,
All worldly things displease and vex the mind,
Yet something I must do, for here belowe
Our time to some imployment Fate doth binde.
Ile be a foole (for knowledge is accurst)
Chaunce makes that best, which Nature framed worst.
I am resolued to be a foole; to hate
All learning, all things else that do not please,
Great men of clouts; whose fortune raised state,
For some ill parte she crownes with wealth & ease.
So I (like Fortune) ignorant and blinde,
Some good fooles Fortune by desert may finde.

Art, Lawe, Warre, Seruice, Ile imbrace for neede,
To serue my wants, or to defend my right:
For otherwayes I purpose not to bleede,
Or waste my life by day, my wit by night.
But since my soule can nothing certaine finde,
I am resolued to haue a wauering minde.
Finis.
Errando disco.
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