The Politicall Ape.
ALas, fond Apes; how shallow doe these show,
Thus to discover whatso'ere they know?
They have no Project be it nere so slight
But must be publish'd to the open light:
Their hearts are in their mouths, which they disclose
Not onely to their friends, but to their foes.
Which lightnes I abhorre; for nere shall hee
Be scholed in the grounds of policie,
Who by experience has not got the art
To make his Tongue a stranger to his heart.
He onely to the hight of wisdome growes
Who seemes as if he knew not what he knows.
His Projects must be neatly shadowed,
His drifts with secret Curtains covered;