<p>A foole, sent forth to fetch the Goslings home,<lb/> When they unto a Rivers brinck were come,<lb/> (Through which their passage lay) conceiv'd a feare<lb/> His Dames best Brood, might have been drowned there;<lb/> Which, to avoyd, hee thus did shew his wit,<lb/> And his good nature, in preventing it.<lb/> Hee, underneath his girdle, thrusts their heads,<lb/> And, then the Coxcombe through the water wades.<lb/> Here learne, that when a Foole his helpe intends,<lb/> It rather doth a mischiefe, then befriends;<lb/> And, thinke, if there be danger in his love,<lb/> How harmefull his Maliciousnesse may prove:<lb/> For, from his kindenesse, though no profit rise<lb/> To doe thee spight, his Malice may suffise.<lb/> I could not from a Prince beseech a boone<lb/> By suing to his Iester or Buffoone :<lb/> Nor, any Fooles vaine humor, sooth or serve,<lb/> To get my bread, though I were like to starve.<lb/> For, to be poore, I should not blush so much,<lb/> As if a Foole should raise me to be rich.<lb/> Lord, though of such a kinde my faults may be,<lb/> That sharpe Affliction still must tutor mee,<lb/> (And give me due Correction in her Schooles)<lb/> Yet, oh preserve me from the scorne of Fooles.<lb/> Those wicked Fooles, that in their hearts have sed<lb/> There is no God; and, rather give me Bread<lb/> By Ravens, Lord, or in a Lions Den,<lb/> Then by the Favours of such foolish men:<lb/> Lest, if their dainties I should swallow downe,<lb/> Their smile might more undoe, me, then their frowne.<lb/> </p>

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