Might wanting measure, prooueth surquedrie.
Nothing ••o ••••l•• as w••ong, being arm'd with right.
Might is reputed absolute alone,
When of two powers there's true coniunction.
Some lea••••e to rule, while others learne to liue.
They th•••• stand high, haue many blasts to shake them
Vain•• is the vaunt, and vi••••orie vmust,
Th••t more to might, than ••ightfull cause doth trust.
When great leaues ••all, then winter is at hand.
Needs must we doe, what might will force vs doe.
The ••••er-spreading pompe of greatest might,
Will darken weaknesse, and debase his sight.
What mightie men misdoe, they cannot mend.
Deepe are the blowes made with a mightie Ax••.
More than enough he finds, that finds his might,
Hath force to make all that he will haue, right.
The more, the migh••ier, if they gree in one.
Arme not vnskilfulnes with mightie power.
He, who his ow••e cause makes, doth still deuise,
To make too ••••••ch▪ to haue is more than sure.
Great is the daunger of vnmastred might.
Too many great, one kingdome cannot hold.
Where power hath decreed ••o find offence,
Th•• cause is better still, than the defence.
Might makes a title, where he hath no right.
M••n count that wrong, is compassed by might.
He onely tr••••ds the sure and perfect path
To greatnesse, who loue and opinion hath.
Vncertaine power, cannot it selfe retaine.
Custome hath power to kill with weakest might.
Who falls bu•• ••ow, may quickely rise againe:
Who falls ••rom h••ight, is mercilessely slaine.
Loue is not alwa••es dign••••ies companion.
The tallest trees are shaken most with winds.