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1006. ANTHEA'S RETRACTATION.

Anthea laugh'd, and fearing lest excess
Might stretch the cords of civil comeliness,
She with a dainty blush rebuk'd her face,
And call'd each line back to his rule and space.


1007. COMFORTS IN CROSSES.

Be not dismayed though crosses cast thee down;
Thy fall is but the rising to a crown.


1008. SEEK AND FIND.

_Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. _


1009. REST.

On with thy work, though thou be'st hardly press'd:
_Labour is held up by the hope of rest_.


1010. LEPROSY IN CLOTHES.

When flowing garments I behold
Inspir'd with purple, pearl and gold,
I think no other, but I see
In them a glorious leprosy
That does infect and make the rent
More mortal in the vestiment.
_As flowery vestures do descry
The wearer's rich immodesty:
So plain and simple clothes do show
Where virtue walks, not those that flow. _


1012. GREAT MALADIES, LONG MEDICINES.

_To an old sore a long cure must go on:
Great faults require great satisfaction. _


1013. HIS ANSWER TO A FRIEND.

You ask me what I do, and how I live?
And, noble friend, this answer I must give:
Drooping, I draw on to the vaults of death,
O'er which you'll walk, when I am laid beneath.


1014. THE BEGGAR.

Shall I a daily beggar be,
For love's sake asking alms of thee?
Still shall I crave, and never get
A hope of my desired bit?
Ah, cruel maids! I'll go my way,
Whereas, perchance, my fortunes may
Find out a threshold or a door
That may far sooner speed the poor:
Where thrice we knock, and none will hear,
Cold comfort still I'm sure lives there.


1015. BASTARDS.