<p>FAIR Maid! who comes so oft this way,<lb/> Your fruit of me to buy!<lb/> In guerdon of your kindness, pray!<lb/> Before my fruit you try,-<lb/> Give ear to what I have to say,<lb/> For I would service do<lb/> To such as buy of me to-day,<lb/> Good customers like you!<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac122"/> Full many years have I fold fruit,<lb/> And well its nature know;<lb/> As that of ev'ry herb and root,<lb/> That in the garden grow;-<lb/> And this I've found, and heard it too<lb/> From all who fruit have grown,-<lb/> ''However fine and fresh to view,<lb/> The good, keep best alone.''<lb/> No rotten pear, however flight<lb/> The token of decay,<lb/> But soon as e'er it meets the sight,<lb/> It should be thrown away:<lb/> For be the damage e'er so small,<lb/> In little time, I've known<lb/> THe taint will often spread to all,<lb/> From that one pear alone.<lb/> I've had of Jargonels a lot,<lb/> As found as fruit could be,<lb/> All from one apple take the rot,<lb/> And prove sad loss to me.<lb/> Nor is there fruit that ever grew,<lb/> When spoil'd in any part,<lb/> But soon spoils all that's near it too,<lb/> So take these truths to heart:<lb/> A tainted grape the bunch may spoi;<lb/> A mildew'd ear, the corn in shock;<lb/> A scabby sheep, with rot and boil,<lb/> Infect and kill the finest flock.<lb/> Hence, maiden, I would have you know<lb/> The ill that evil contact brings<lb/> To all the finest fruits that grow,<lb/> And fairest maids, like other things.<lb/> Seek only all that's good to learn;<lb/> Thine ears from evil counsel turn;-<lb/> For all the more the fruit is fair,<lb/> The greater is its need of care.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac123"/> <p>GIUCCIARDINI, in his Book entitled ''Hours of Recreation,'' says that it is a<lb/> singular and sure way to acquire a knowledge of the inner nature and<lb/> character of a person, if one diligently observes the kind of society he most<lb/> frequently keeps:<lb/> For two of a kind, whate'er they be,<lb/> Are forthwith certain to agree,<lb/> as Cicero said formerly when speaking of Cato: because Nature always inclines to its<lb/> like; and hence, specially applicable to the foregoing subject is the Spanish proverb:<lb/> Di me con quien iras<lb/> Dizir te he lo que haras.<lb/> Tell me, with whom thou goest,<lb/> And I'll thee what thou doest.<lb/> To shun evil company is therefore one of the most important things to be<lb/> impressed on the mind of the youth of both sexes; and the extent of mischiet<lb/> which it leads to, may be well inferred from the writings of David, a man after<lb/> God's heart, and of Solomon, the wisest of kings; both of whom gave this subject<lb/> chapter of his Proverbs, coincide with the sense expressed in the Proverbs of all<lb/> nations, as may herein be seen:<lb/> HE that handles pitch shall foul his fingers.<lb/> HANDELT gy't peck,<lb/> Gy krygt een fleck.<lb/> BREBIS rogneuse.<lb/> Fait l'autre tigneuse.<lb/> ONE rotten sheepe wille marre a whole flocke.<lb/> LA mancana podrida<lb/> Pierde a su compannia.<lb/> UNICA prava pecus inficit omne pecus.<lb/> Dum spectant laesos oculi, laeduntur et ipsi. -OVID.<lb/> -GREX totus in agris<lb/> Unius scabie cadit, et porrigine porci:<lb/> Uvaque conspectâ livorum ducit ab uvâ. -JUVENAI, Sat. 2.<lb/> WER unter den Wölfen ist, muss mit ihnen heulen.<lb/> Ein reudig Schaf macht die ganze Heerde reudig.<lb/> EIN schurft schaep maeckt'er veel.<lb/> Die by de kreupelen woont, leert hincken.<lb/> Vuyle gronden bederven de Kabels.<lb/> DIE met den goeden omme gaet,<lb/> En acht ick noyt myn leven quaet.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac124"/> <p>FLAMR goes to heav'n. from whence it once did come,<lb/> Bids earth adue, and what it hath therefrom.<lb/> The snuffe to ashes, smoake turnes into ayre;<lb/> Light beaty's gone, which sometime was so faire;<lb/> When Death hath giv'n his last and fatall blow,<lb/> Our soule to Heaven, our Earth to earth doth goe;<lb/> Riches and honours, which it once did love,<lb/> The Soule now lothes; and seekes to dwell above:<lb/> Learne Mortals, all false pleasures to contemne,<lb/> And treasures, which the soule must once condemne:<lb/> Seeke rather for the graces of the minde,<lb/> Which you your convoy to the Heaven will finde.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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An old woman selling fruit, warns the young girl that "one bad apple will spoil the barrel"

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<p>ONE ROTTEN APPLE INFECTS ALL IN THE BASKET</p>

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