<p>From these well-order'd Arrowes, and the Snake,<lb/> This usefull Observation you may make;<lb/> That, where an able Prudence, doth combine<lb/> Vnited forces, by good Discipline,<lb/> It maketh up a pow'r, exempted from<lb/> The feare, or perill, to be overcome :<lb/> And, if you covet safetie, you will seeke<lb/> To know this Ward, and to acquire the like.<lb/> For, doubtlesse, neither is it in the force,<lb/> Of iron Charets, or of armed Horse,<lb/> In which, the King, securitie may finde,<lb/> Unlesse the Riders bee well Disciplinde.<lb/> Nor, lyes it in the Souldiers common Skill<lb/> In warlike Postures ; nor in theirs, who drill<lb/> The Rankes and Fyles, to order them aright,<lb/> According as Occasion makes the Fight.<lb/> But, men must use a further Prudence too,<lb/> Or else, those vulgar-Arts will all undoe.<lb/> For, these, are onely Sciences injoynd,<lb/> To order well the Body, not the Mind :<lb/> And, men best train'd in these (oft times) we see,<lb/> The Hare-brain'dst-fooles, in all our Armies bee.<lb/> To strength, and skill, unite we must, therefore,<lb/> A manly Prudence, comprehending more,<lb/> Than all these Powr's : ev'n such, as when shee please,<lb/> To all her ends, can use and mannage these;<lb/> And, shew us how to cure, or to prevent<lb/> All Hazards ; or, withall to bee content.<lb/> Hee that's thus arm'd, and trusts in God alone,<lb/> May bee oppos'd, but, conquered of none.<lb/> </p>

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<p>Invincibilitie is there,<lb/> Where Order, Strength, and Vnion are.</p>

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