The Hljlor1 of ~;en · E STER Then (as afaithful Steward) t9 receive The Fi~e .a?d . quir;-rent 'ofd1~.liv;s ~e live) Muft fu1t hJ.S dear endeayour to hp; aught ; Each one' mun lifrto m~ke the bl.\rthen lighr, Proving the power ~hat his ~fcs affofd . " . To raife the·beft advantage for his,l!ord., Whofe fubftitu~e he is~ and for whore'fake We ~ive and brea(h, eachhis account muft make; ., • Or more or lefs; and ·he who(e power lacks The means to gather ho~ey, !tuft bring wax: . Five talems double five ; two render four.; , l \Vhe.-e'slitde, little'scrav,d; :where's much,. there's mOl! ,~ Kings.l?J t~e~~ R~y.al pr!viledg~ ~y do, . . - • . w:har unbefi.rs~ ~md to fearchintcr. · • · ,' .•' ' But by the:~prce~~beir: prerogative.s,, ' They cannot free t11e cutlem of their·lives : The filly Widow ( fr'otn"\.vhofe wrinkled brow~ Faint drops. d.i{Hf,"'thrpugh lab.OUj cnaffhe o'W! • Her needy life ) 11\uft ma}ie her '1\trditc too, · 'j' • • As wdl as Kings- and r.nighty' M.oharchs do :. Theworld'·s~- S~ge', each mor~af~s thereon, As well th(K!ing :rl\ae g}itters o'ri'-tli(\ throne; . As needy',Begga:rs fJ':I,e-av-'n Speffa:t6ds, '4- ,.., ,l 1 A,nd marks wlto aeteFh well, and whq aQJifs.·~ - - . What parr.belir'sme beft, I ~~nnor tell : · ·, •· •· · ·.. ~ It matters not:1low m~an, fo~et~d well. ; ·" ! :r c .;, - . .• j . '- -~ ,} ; ! ( '
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