<p>Observe the nature of that Fiery-flame,<lb/> Which on the Mountaines top so brightly showes;<lb/> The Windes from every quarter, blow the same,<lb/> Yea, and to blow it out, their fury blowes;<lb/> But, lo; the more they storme, the more it shineth ;<lb/> At every Blast, the Flame ascendeth higher;<lb/> And, till the Fuells want, that rage confineth,<lb/> It, will be, still, a great, and glorious Fire.<lb/> Thus fares the man, whom Vertue, Beacon-like,<lb/> Hath fixt upon the Hills of Eminence,<lb/> At him, the Tempests of mad Envie strike,<lb/> And, rage against his Piles of Innocence;<lb/> But, still, the more they wrong him, and the more<lb/> They seeke to keepe his worth from being knowne,<lb/> They, daily, make it greater, then before;<lb/> And, cause his Fame, the farther to be blowne.<lb/> When, therefore, no selfe-doting Arrogance,<lb/> But, Vertues cover'd with a modest vaile,<lb/> Breake through obscurity, and, thee advance<lb/> To place, where Envie shall thy worth assaile;<lb/> Discourage not thy selfe: but, stand the shockes<lb/> Of wrath, and fury. Let them snarle and bite;<lb/> Pursue thee, with Detraction, Slanders, Mockes,<lb/> And, all the venom'd Engines of Despight,<lb/> Thou art above their malice; and, the blaze<lb/> Of thy Caelestiall-fire, shall shine so cleare,<lb/> That, their besotted soules, thou shalt amaze;<lb/> And, make thy Splendours, to their shame, appeare.<lb/> If this be all, that Envies rage can doe,<lb/> Lord, give me Vertues, though I suffer too. </p>

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<p>The more contrary Windes doe blow,<lb/> The greater Vertues praise will grow.</p>

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