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[verse 19] Bread strēgthens hart, wine cheers the mind, but siluer al doth by,
[verse 20] Curse not thy king or Peeres in thought, lest birds the same descry.
19.
They prepare bread for laugh¦ter, and wine comforteth the liuing, but sil∣uer answereth to all.
They giue the safetie, for to vse thy owne,
And peace, of plentie that thou mayest feed,
Thou feedst by them, of best on earth hath growne,
Of fatlings, which thy flocks and heards do breed,
To recreate thy soule at time of need.
And for by gold and siluer wealth is showne,
They do inrich the land with purest quine,
By which thy trafficke farre and neere is knowne,
And Indian gems, and Arabian drugs are thine,
Gold gayneth all, and Ophire gold thou hast,
Then happie thou, if hap in wealth be plast.
20.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought, neither curse the rich in thy bed chamber: for the heauen shall carry thy voice, and that which hath wings, shall de∣clare the mat∣ter.
Then slander not such Prince, that counsell graue,
By whom so many benefits we find,
Their many merits, many thankes do craue,
Each honest hart to reuerent loue they bind,
And base backbiters only are vnkind.
The lawes of God, and nature willed haue,
The Magistrate should reuerenced bee,
The lawes of man the bounds vnto thee gaue
Of words and deeds, but God the thought doth see,
In deed then, word, and thought them honor aye,
Least flying fowles of ayre, thy guilt bewray.