<p>Despaire not Man, in what thou oughtst to doe,<lb/> Although thou faile when one Attempt is made;<lb/> But, adde a New-Endeavour thereunto,<lb/> And, then another, and another, adde:<lb/> Yea, till thy Pow'r and Life shall quite be spent,<lb/> Persist in seeking what thou shouldst desire;<lb/> For, he that falleth from a good Intent,<lb/> Deserves not that, to which he did aspire.<lb/> Rich Treasures, are by Nature, placed deepe;<lb/> And, ere we gaine them, we must pierce the Rockes:<lb/> Such Perills, also, them, as Guardians keepe,<lb/> That, none can winne them without wounds and knockes.<lb/> Moreover, Glories, Thrones are so sublime,<lb/> That, whosoever thinkes their Top to gaine,<lb/> Till many thousand weary steps he clime,<lb/> Doth foole himselfe, by Musings which are vaine.<lb/> And, yet, there is a Path-way, which doth leade<lb/> Above the highest things that Man can see;<lb/> And (though it be not knowne to all who tread<lb/> The Common-Tract) it may ascended be.<lb/> As, therefore, none should greater things presume<lb/> Then well becomes their strength; So, none should feare<lb/> (Through Folly, Sloth, or Basenesse) to assume<lb/> Those things upon them, which beseeming are.<lb/> In Time, and by Degrees may things be wrought,<lb/> That seem'd impossible to have beene done,<lb/> When they were first conceived in the thought;<lb/> And, such as these, we may adventure on.<lb/> Mine Arme, I know, in time will fell an Oke;<lb/> But, I will nev'r attempt it, at a Stroke.<lb/> </p>

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A woodcutter raising his axe to hit an oak-tree; a deer(?) lying at the foot of the tree

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<p>NON UNO STERNITUR ICTU.</p>

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25F24(DEER)(+536)

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86(NON UNO STERNITUR ICTU)

<p>By many Strokes, that Worke is done,<lb/> Which cannot be perform'd at One.</p>

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Non uno sternitur ictu