Of Things as good) as rich^ as profitable^
■For Toungy for Old, for Stag’ring, and for Stabled
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§ . 3. OBJECT,
But fome there be that fay, He laughs too loud, *
And fome" do fay, His Head is in a Cloud.
Some fay, His Words and Stories are fo darkP
They know not how by them to End his Mark,
ANSWER,
One may ( I think.') fay, Both his Laughs and Crie$7
May well be guefs'd as by his watry Eyes,
Some Things are of that Ifature, as to make
One's Fancy checle, while his Heart doth ake ;
When Jacob faw his Rachel with the Sheep,
Us did at the fame time both kifs an^ weep*
Whereas fome fay, A Cloud is in his He ad^ >.
That doth but (hew his Wisdom's covered
With his own Mantle, and to ftir the Mind?
To fearch well after what it fain would find.
Things that feem to be hid in Words obfeure',
| Do but the Godly Mind the more allure,
I To ftudy what thofe Sayings (hould contain3 *
That fpeak, to us in fuch a cloudy Strain.
I alfo know a dark. Similitude,
Will on the curious Fancy more intrude,'
And will flicks fafter in the Heart and Heady
Than things from Similies not borrowed.
Wherefore, my Book., let no Difcouragement
Hinder thy Travels, Behold, thou art fent
To Friends, not Foes, to Friends that will give place r
To thee, thy Pilgrims, and thy Word embrace,
Beftdes, what my fir ft Pilgrim left conceal'd« .
Thou, my brave Second Pilgrim haft reveal'd $
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