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Similies on the same subiect.
AS poyson sweetly mixt is sooner ta'ne,
So fancie close conceal'd, is soonest fier'd.
As Chrysolites are prooued in the fire,
So is affection in enforc'd restraint.
As cities wanting Magistrates, decay:
Euen so desire vngouern'd, hurts it selfe.
As all the world were darke but for the Sunne,
So life, but for affection, were vnsure.
As steele brings fire from the hardest flint,
So fancie mollisies the stearnest mind.
As Almond trees in age doe beare most fruit,
So yeares doth best approoue affections.