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An Ignoble-Man. 9.
Th'ignoble are, that bee in Noble Roomes,
Putrid within, without faire painted Toombes,
Lyke th'Apple of Sodome, that is ash within,
Altho it haue a gold-lyke glancing Skin.
It is to Reason an exceeding Griefe,
When Glories Styles, and Honours Tytles chiefe,
Birth, Fortune, Fate or Chance, doth put or place,
In, and vpon the Subjects of Disgrace.
Base, naughtlesse, and th'ignoble Mynds of them,
Nobilitie, doth falsif', and defame,
When the Follie of Will, and want of wit,
For Vert' advancing, frames Nature vnfit.
Th'Ignoble are Bulks and Bodies of Basenesse,
The verie Mynde, and Spirit of Grossnesse.
Into his Indevours and Disposition
Of right Generation, hee's in Suspition.
Wisdome never knew, and Vertue nev'r bred him,
Learning nev'r taught, nor Honour nev'r led him.
To waste and consume, his course and inclination,
Without respect, to his place, or Reputation.
Vanitie and Wrong, are the whytes of the But,
Where-at the Ignoble doe ayme, and doe shoot.
Wastrie and Avarice, tho both b'extreame,
Are dearest, desir'de, delightsome to Them.
Th'ignoble are the Sorrow and the Shame
Of Kinsmen, Parents, Pedegree, and Name.
The staine of their Title, the Plague of their Place,
Wracke of their House, and Ruine of their Race.
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