<p>When from the harmelesse Turtle, and the Snake,<lb/> Their most commended properties wee take,<lb/> (And, mixe them well) they make a composition,<lb/> Which yeelds a temper of the best condition.<lb/> Yet, wickednesse, or sorrow, doth abound,<lb/> Where, any one of these, alone, is found:<lb/> For, whensoe're the Serpents-braine we find,<lb/> With which, there is no Dove like-meekenesse joyn'd,<lb/> (Without all peradventure) thence proceedes,<lb/> All harmefull fraud, and all injurious deedes.<lb/> And, where such meekenesse as doth seeme to be<lb/> In harmelesse Doves, divided you shall see<lb/> From that discretion, and that policie,<lb/> Which in the Serpents head, is thought to lie;<lb/> They liable to ev'ry wrong become;<lb/> And, to it selfe, make Vertue burthensome.<lb/> But, where these two are ioyned, they procure<lb/> A life so sweet, so rich, and so secure,<lb/> That, all the pow'rs of Malice cannot shake<lb/> Their out-workes, nor within them, terrors make.<lb/> Vouchsafe thou oh my God! vouchsafe, in me,<lb/> That these two Vertues may vnited be.<lb/> Such Prudence give, as never will disdaine<lb/> The Dove-like Innocencie, to retaine.<lb/> That meekenesse, grant me, which aelighteth not,<lb/> It selfe, with indiscretion, to besot:<lb/> But, let these two, each other so defend,<lb/> And, so, in me continue, till my end,<lb/> That, simple-prudence, I may still possesse,<lb/> Although the World shall count it foolishnesse.<lb/> </p>

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A caduceus with a dove on top; in the background "noli me tangere"

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<p>PRUDENTE SIMPLICITATE.</p>

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<p>Man's life, no Temper, more doth blesse,<lb/> Then Simple-prudent-harmelessenesse.</p>

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Prudente simplicitate