<p>Although wee know not a more patient creature,<lb/> Than is the Lambe, (or, of lesse harmfull nature)<lb/> Yet, as this Emblem shewes, when childish wrong,<lb/> Hath troubled, and provok'd him overlong,<lb/> Hee growes enrag'd; and makes the wanton Boyes,<lb/> Bee glad to leave their sports, and run their wayes.<lb/> Thus have I seene it with some Children fare,<lb/> Who, when their Parents too indulgent were,<lb/> Have urg'd them, till their Doting grew to Rage,<lb/> And shot them wholly from their Heritage.<lb/> Thus, many times, a foolish man doth lose<lb/> His faithfull Friends, and justly makes them foes.<lb/> Thus, froward Husbands ; and, thus, peevish Wives,<lb/> Doe foole away the comfort of their lives;<lb/> And, by abusing of a patient-Mate,<lb/> Turne dearest Love, into the deadliest Hate :<lb/> For, any wrong may better bee excused,<lb/> Than, Kindnesse, long and wilfully abused.<lb/> Put, as an injur'd Lambe, provoked, thus,<lb/> Well typifies how much it moveth us,<lb/> To finde our Patience wrong'd: So, let us make<lb/> An Emblem of our selves, thereby to take<lb/> More heed, how God is moved towards them,<lb/> That, his long suffring, and his Love contemne.<lb/> For, as wee some what have of every Creature,<lb/> So, wee in us, have somewhat of his Nature :<lb/> Or, if it bee not sayd the same to bee,<lb/> His Pictures, and his Images are wee.<lb/> Let, therefore, his long-suffering, well be weigh'd,<lb/> And, keepe us, to provoke him, still afraid.<lb/> </p>

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<p>FUROR FIT LAESA SAPIUS PATIENTIA.</p>

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<p>Who, Patience tempts, beyond her strength,<lb/> Will make it Fury, at the length.</p>

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Furor fit laesa sapius patientia