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<p>Unhappy men are they, whose Ignorance<lb/> So slaves them to the Fortunes of the Time,<lb/> That they (attending on the Lot of Chance)<lb/> Neglect by Vertue, and Deserts, to clime.<lb/> Poore Heights they be which Fortune reares unto;<lb/> And, fickle is the Favour she bestowes:<lb/> To-day, she makes; to-morrow, doth undoe;<lb/> Builds up, and in an instant overthrowes.<lb/> On easie Wheeles, to Wealth, and Honours high,<lb/> She windes men oft, before they be aware;<lb/> And, when they dreame of most Prosperitie,<lb/> Downe, headlong, throwes them lower then they were.<lb/> You, then, that seeke a more assur'd estate,<lb/> On good, and honest Objects, fixe your Minde,<lb/> And follow Vertue, that you may a Fate<lb/> Exempt from feare of Change, or Dangers, finde.<lb/> For, he that's Vertuous, whether high or low<lb/> His Fortune seemes (or whether foule or faire<lb/> His Path he findes) or whether friend, or foe,<lb/> The World doth prove; regards it not a haire.<lb/> His Losse is Gaine; his Poverty is Wealth;<lb/> The Worlds Contempt, he makes his Diadem;<lb/> In Sicknesse, he rejoyceth, as in Health:<lb/> Yea, Death it selfe, becommeth Life, to him.<lb/> He feares no disrespect, no bitter scorne,<lb/> Nor subtile plottings, nor Oppressions force;<lb/> Nay, though the World should topsie-turvie turne,<lb/> It cannot fright him, nor divert his Course.<lb/> Above all Earthly powres his Vertue reares him;<lb/> And, up with Eglets wings, to Heav'n it beares him.<lb/> </p> |
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A man is falling headlong off the wheel that is turned by Fortune; an old man is carried away to heaven by an eagle |
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<p>NON OBEST VIRTUTI SORS.</p> |
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11D12(+0) 25F33(EAGLE)(+13) 25F33(EAGLE)(+5246) 25H114 25I12 26A 31A25231 31A2731 31AA2352 31D14(+89) 31D15(+9331) 31D16 46C19 53A22(+4) 54F12(+111) 54F121(+4) 57A6(+4) 86(NON OBEST VIRTUTI SORS) |
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<p>Though Fortune prove true Vertues Foe,<lb/> It cannot worke her Overthrowe.</p> |
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Non obest virtuti sors |