...Potentates the lie, •. IV. Tell Men of high Condition, That rule Affairs of ftate, Their Purpofe is Ambition ; Their Practice only hate. And if they do reply, Then give them all the lie, * This Poem is fuppofed to be Sir Walter Raleigh's, end appears to have been written fomejhort Time...

...If chinch and court reply, Then give them both the lie, Tell potentates, they live Acting by others actions, Not lov'd unless they give, Tell men of high...affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practise only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most,...

...give ! Not strong, but by their factions. If potentates replye, Give potentates the lye. Tell me not of high condition, That rule affairs of state, Their...ambition, Their practice only hate. And if they do replye, Then give them all the lye. Tell those that brave it moste, They begge more by spendinge ;...

...by their factions: If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. • Tell men of high condition, Who rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate : And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. TeH them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending,...

...lov'd unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state,...is ambition, Their practice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most* They beg for more by spending,...

...lov'd unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state,...is ambition, Their practice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending,...

...lov'd unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition That rule affairs of state,...is ambition, Their practice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending,...

...mistakes have been rectified. The passages corrected are left distinguished by ' commas.' Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost, Like nothing but commending : And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal, it wants...

...Fortune of her blindness ; Tell Nature of decay ; Tell Friendship of unkindness ; Tell Justice of delay: And, if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell Arts, they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell Schools, they lack profoundness, And stand...

...Fortune of her blindness ; Tell Nature of decay ; Tell Friendship of unkindness ; Tell Justice of delay : And, if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell Arts, they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell Schools, they lack profoundness, And stand...