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ALIVD.
[The Forrest Asse vndaunted did beholde]
The Forrest Asse vndaunted did beholde
A tamed Colt, fat, faire, and brauelie drest,
Did eate at ease, secure, and vncontrolde;
Of Asses all hee helde him then the best:
But through the Fieldes as hee by chance did range,
Within short space hee spyes a sudden change.
A tamed Colt, fat, faire, and brauelie drest,
Did eate at ease, secure, and vncontrolde;
Of Asses all hee helde him then the best:
But through the Fieldes as hee by chance did range,
Within short space hee spyes a sudden change.
A loathsome Loade was laide vpon his Backe;
A Cudgell stiffe his Master had in Hand:
And with each step hee strypes, and threates his wracke;
Till time the Beast could neyther stirre, nor stand:
So hee who seem'd the happiest as of late,
His Master beates, and beares him at debate.
A Cudgell stiffe his Master had in Hand:
And with each step hee strypes, and threates his wracke;
Till time the Beast could neyther stirre, nor stand:
So hee who seem'd the happiest as of late,
His Master beates, and beares him at debate.
By this example anie man may see,
As in a Mirrour, or a Looking-Glasse,
How braue so er'e those Beastes appeare to bee,
The greatest Courteour, is the greatest Asse:
Fooles sudden rise, and headlongs fall from Glorie,
Are Wyse-mens Lessons, and their laughing Storie.
As in a Mirrour, or a Looking-Glasse,
How braue so er'e those Beastes appeare to bee,
The greatest Courteour, is the greatest Asse:
Fooles sudden rise, and headlongs fall from Glorie,
Are Wyse-mens Lessons, and their laughing Storie.
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