<p>This Figure warnes us, that wee meddle not<lb/> With matters, whereby nothing may bee got,<lb/> Save harme or losse ; and, such as once begun,<lb/> Wee may, nor safely doe, nor leave undone.<lb/> I should bee loath to meddle in the strife<lb/> Arising 'twixt a Husband, and his Wife ;<lb/> For, Truth conceal'd, or spoke, on either side,<lb/> May one or th'other grieve, or both divide.<lb/> I would not with my most familiar Mate,<lb/> Be Partner in the whole of my estate;<lb/> Lest I, by others errors, might offend,<lb/> Or, wrong my Family, or, lose my Friend.<lb/> I would not, willingly, in my distresse,<lb/> From an unworthy hand, receive redresse;<lb/> Nor, when I need a Suretie, would I call<lb/> An Vnthrist, or a roaring Prodigall :<lb/> For, either these I thanklesly must shun,<lb/> Or, humour them, and be perhaps undone.<lb/> I would not heare my Friend unwisely prate<lb/> Those things, of which I must informe the State :<lb/> And, seeme unfriendly; or, else leave to doe,<lb/> That, which a stronger Band obligeth to.<lb/> Nor would I, for the world, my heart should bee<lb/> Enthrald by one, that might not marry mee;<lb/> Or, such like passions, bee perplexed in,<lb/> As hang betwixt a Vertue, and a Stune ;<lb/> Or, such, as whether way soe're I went,<lb/> Occasion'd guilt, or shame, or discontent:<lb/> For, howsoe're wee mannage such like things,<lb/> Wee handle winding Vipers, that have stings.<lb/> </p>

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<p>How ever thou the Viper take.<lb/> A dang'rous hazzard thou dost make.</p>

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