<p>They are not Houses builded large and high,<lb/> Seel'd all with Gold, and pav'd with Porphyrie,<lb/> Hung round with Arras, glaz'd with Christall-glasse,<lb/> And cover'd o're with plates of shining Brasse,<lb/> Which are the best; but, rather, those where wee<lb/> In safetie, health, and best content, may bee;<lb/> And, where wee finde, though in a meane Estate,<lb/> That portion, which maintaines a quiet Fate.<lb/> Here, in a homely Cottage, thatcht with reed,<lb/> The Peasant seemes as pleasedly to feed,<lb/> As hee, that in his Hall or Parlour dines,<lb/> Which Fret-worke Roofes, or costly Cedar Lines:<lb/> And, with the very same affections too,<lb/> Both to, and from it, hee doth come and goe.<lb/> The Tortois, doubtlesse, doth no house-roome lack,<lb/> Although his House will cover but his back;<lb/> And, of his Tub, the Cynicke seem'd as glad,<lb/> As Alexander was of all hee had.<lb/> When I am setled in a place I love,<lb/> A shrubby hedge-row, seemes a goodly Grove.<lb/> My liking maketh Palaces of Sheds,<lb/> And, of plaine Couches, carved Ivory Beds :<lb/> Yea, ev'ry path, and pathlesse walke, which lies<lb/> Contemn'd, as rude, or wilde, in others eyes,<lb/> To mee is pleasant; not alone in show,<lb/> But, truly such: For, liking makes them so.<lb/> As pleas'd in theirs, the Snailes, and Cocles dwell,<lb/> As doth a Scallop in his pearly shell:<lb/> For, that commends the House, which makes it fit,<lb/> To serve their turnes, who should have use of it.<lb/> </p>

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A tortoise watches a mother and father and three children gathered around a laid table

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ILL_BOOK

25F44(+5211)

25I3

34B11(+9535)

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47I15(SPADE)

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85(ZEUS AND THE TORTOISE)

85(JUPITER AND THE ANIMALS)

86(DOMUS AMICA DOMUS OPTIMA)

86(ΟΙΚΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ)

<p>The best, and fairest House, to mee,<lb/> Is that, where best I love to bee.</p>

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