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What God hath said, that cannot but ensue, Though all the world would haue it ouerthrowne: When men suppose by fetches of their owne To flie their Fate, they further on the same, Like blasts of winde, which oft reuiue the flame. M. of M.
The heauens do rule in their continuall course, That yeelds to Fate, that doth not yeeld to force. M. Drayton.
Chaunce is vncertaine, fortune double faced. Ed. Fairfax. Transl.
—Demogorgon ruler of the Fates. R. Greene.
—The Fates can make
Waie for themselues, their purpose to pertake. Ed. Spencer.
—What the Fates do once decree, Not all the gods can chaunge, nor Ioue himself can free. Idem.
—The lawes of Fate Being grau'n in steele, must stand inuiolate. Th. Dekkar.
Who can escape what his owne Fate hath wrought, The work of heauens wil, surpasse all humane thought. Ed. Spencer.
—Who can deceiue his destenie? Or weene by warning to auoid his Fate? That when he sleepes in more securitie And safest seemes, him soonest doth amate, And findeth due effect, or soone or late So feeble is the power of fleshly arme. Idem.
—Indeed the Fates are firme, And may not shrinke though all the word do shake: Yet ought mens good endeuours them confirme, And guide the heauenly causes to their cōstant terme. Idem.
Each man they say his Fate hath in his hands, And what he makes or marres to leese or saue, Of good or euil, is euen selfe do, selfe haue. I. H. M. of M.
The Fates farre off, foreseene come gently neare. M. Drayton.
Our Fate is not preuented though fore-knowne, For that must hap decreed by heauenly powers, Who worke our fall, yet make the fault still ours. S. Daniell.
—Fate Keeps in eternall darke our fortunes hidden, And ere they come to know them, tis forbidden. Idem.
All men are men in ignorance of Fate, To alter chance, exceedeth humane state. I. Markham.
The heauens do rule in their continuall course, That yeelds to Fate, that doth not yeeld to force. M. Drayton.