<p>This Tree, which here doth largely seeme to grow,<lb/> (And spreads above, though streightned in below )<lb/> Through adverse Winds, and many a Winters blast,<lb/> Hath gain'd a faire proportion at the last;<lb/> And, from a lowly shrub, is growne to bee<lb/> A well-esteemed, and a goodly Tree.<lb/> Thus, hath it chanced unto many a man:<lb/> And, he that first in misery began,<lb/> (So poore and meane, that very few or none<lb/> Have judg'd him to be worth the looking on)<lb/> Ev'n he, through scornes, through wrongs, and povertie,<lb/> Hath crept, and screw'd, and rais'd himselfe so high,<lb/> That, he hath placed been among the prime,<lb/> Of those, who seem'd the Worthies of the time;<lb/> Yea, overtopt and aw'd, the best of those,<lb/> Who sought to curbe him, when he first arose.<lb/> This, I have seene; And, as wee seldome find<lb/> A Tree grow faire, that cannot brooke the Wind,<lb/> Or, must be hous'd at Winter; or, on whom<lb/> The Gardners pruning-knife, did never come:<lb/> So, I have rarely knowne those men to rise<lb/> To any good, or noble qualities,<lb/> Who feele not, first some hardship, or some storme,<lb/> To prune, to discipline, and to reforme<lb/> Their wits and manners. For, prosperitie,<lb/> Ease, plentie, and too large a libertie,<lb/> Doth often blast them; and, somtime bereave them,<lb/> Of what their Predecessors worth's, did leave them.<lb/> Let, therefore, no man, feare when this he knowes,<lb/> Although in tempests, and through streights he goes.<lb/> </p>

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A tree growing straight upwards, in spite of winds blowing against its sides

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<p>They passe through many stormes, and streights,<lb/> Who rise to any glorious heights.</p>

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Per angusta ad augusta