268. PREVISION OR PROVISION.
That prince takes soon enough the victor's room
Who first provides not to be overcome.
269. OBEDIENCE IN SUBJECTS.
The gods to kings the judgment give to sway:
The subjects only glory to obey.
270. MORE POTENT, LESS PECCANT.
He that may sin, sins least: leave to transgress
Enfeebles much the seeds of wickedness.
271. UPON A MAID THAT DIED THE DAY SHE WAS MARRIED.
That morn which saw me made a bride,
The evening witness'd that I died.
Those holy lights, wherewith they guide
Unto the bed the bashful bride,
Serv'd but as tapers for to burn
And light my relics to their urn.
This epitaph, which here you see,
Supplied the epithalamy.
274. TO MEADOWS.
Ye have been fresh and green,
Ye have been fill'd with flowers,
And ye the walks have been
Where maids have spent their hours.
