<p>AS with the Web spun by the Spider's care,<lb/> T'entrap the flies and gnats which fill the air,<lb/> So with th' entangling nets by Venus laid<lb/> T' ensnare the hearts of heedless youth and maid:-<lb/> For in the Love net, as the Spider's too,<lb/> THe gnat is taken, but the Bee breaks through.<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac150"/> Hence, young folks, learn thro' Venus' nets to break,<lb/> Nor let their flimsy meshes captive take<lb/> Both heart and mind: Take pattern by the Bee:-<lb/> Like him resist the loss of liberty;<lb/> Break boldly through; but if the strength you lack,<lb/> Take my advice, and cleverly turn back.</p> <p>Qui trop embrasse, peu estreint.<lb/> THE Spider which too widely spreads his net<lb/> Before a door, or window's open space;<lb/> Incurs more risk his livelihood to get<lb/> Than one which chooses a more humble place.<lb/> A Horse-fly now, and now a bird flies through,<lb/> Making vast rents, through which the flies make way;<lb/> And he, poor fool, has little else to do<lb/> Than mend his net, and fast throughout the day.<lb/> He who from failure would secure disgrace,<lb/> Must never all at once too much embrace:<lb/> Who seek to compass least, and least aspire,<lb/> Achieve most oft the things which they desire.</p> <p>Hoc unum moneo, si quid modò creditur arti,<lb/> Aut nunquàm tentes, aut perfice.-OVID. de Art I.<lb/> LE vice est de n'en pas sortir; non pas d'y entrer.<lb/> MICH. MONTAIGNE, Essais, lib. iii. cap. 5.<lb/> IN vulnus majora patent.<lb/> Forti et fideli nihil difficile.<lb/> Possunt, quia posse videntur.-VIRGIL.<lb/> AUDACES fortuna juvat.<lb/> Camemlus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.<lb/> Qui totum vult, totum perdit.-PUBL. SYRUS.<lb/> INTRA fortunam quisque debet manere suam.-OVID.<lb/> MIEUX reculer que mal assaillir.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac151"/> <p>Pervia virtuti, sed vilibus invia.<lb/> AND that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are<lb/> taken captive by him at his will.-2. Timothy ii 26.<lb/> As in the mesh spread by the Spider's skill,<lb/> The weaker flies and gnats alone are caught,<lb/> While insects more robust of wing and will,<lb/> Break boldly through, nor heed his toils in aught:<lb/> What to the virtuous heart shall bar the way,<lb/> Or hold it from the chosen path of good? -<lb/> Since this World's snares are but as frail a stay,<lb/> And as the Spider's easily withstood,<lb/> When heart and mind with one accord unite<lb/> To force through ev'ry stop the road to Right.<lb/> Hold on thy course to Virtue, nor refrain;<lb/> The wind the chaff disperses, not the grain.</p> <p>His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the <lb/> cords of his sins.-Proverbs v.22.<lb/> DIABOLUS non invalesceret contrà nos, nisi viros ex vitiis nostris praeberemus, et<lb/> locum ei dominandi nobis peccato faceremus: undè nolite locum dare diabolo.<lb/> AUGUST. Hom. 3.<lb/> CUORE forte<lb/> Rompe cattiva sorte.<lb/> Vaine peur certaine misère.<lb/> Een moedig hert<lb/> Vermint de smert.<lb/> Beter is't te rug gegaen<lb/> Als een quaden sprong gedaen.</p> <p>HE that begins without reason, hath reason enough to leave off, by perceiving he<lb/> had no reason to begin. -J.TAVLOR, vol. xii.p. 28.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac152"/> <p>I SHINED brightly whilst I stood upright,<lb/> And firmely seated gave a perfect light;<lb/> But after that mischance did me surprise,<lb/> I am cast downe and know not how ro rise.<lb/> Helpe, helpe, who sees my case, now succour me,<lb/> So, as before, my Light shall glorious be.<lb/> A man may fall, this brittle life of ours<lb/> Is subject to more chances than to houres:<lb/> Or fortune false, or errours slippery fall<lb/> Suffers us not, constant to proove at all:<lb/> Happy is he who falling findes a man,<lb/> Much like a God, supporting what he can.<lb/> By hurt he learning gaines, he wiser growes,<lb/> And with the weary Oxe more warily goed.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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