Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T37: wealth, riches, money, god, rich, poverty, men, learning, poor, ic.
o, My good and gracious Lord; but poverty, Is able to oppress maturity Of diligence, of judgement, of designs, Each liberal Art and Science doth submit Their ends and occupations to obtain The true terrestrial Saint, the sacred gloss, Of all-effecting riches; every man Will hazard his damnation to adore A thing so blessed, so licentious: The weak-brained gallant in extremity, Will change Religion, will aequivocate With mental reservation, rack the joints Of his benumbed conscience, will provoke A lethargy of sharp distinction: will out-puff The Cardinal four winds, when they oppose Each other all at once (and procreate A whirlwind) these will he out-puff alone, With some insufferable oath, which far exceeds The three dimensions, dares proclaim himself A perjured villain, to appropriate Sixpence, upon trivial mistake. Art-master's will transgress the rule of Art; Nay our precisest schoolmen will forsake The principles which they have authorized, In cases that concern self-avarice, And greedy lucre: knowledge is enforced To follow by constraint, abuse of time, Wit misemployed gapes at improper ends: Strong men are impotent without rich friends. What cloudy passion, wrapped in ample phrase May such a railing vehemence portend? What means thy sharp invective? what's involved? He doth (my Lord) inveigh at poverty, And shows how forceable a Saint Wealth is, How potent the command of money is, The dreadful awe of dame Pecunia. And whilst I do revolve the misery Which happens by constraint of beggary, Than I remember what my plague must be. Unshell thy riddle: most miraculous! Your gaming fool is most ridiculous: O Fortune, Fortune hath infringed the web Which I with painful diligence did weave, Whereto the pillar of my state was pinned: Some little store I had (not looking higher) A household smoke outwarms my neighbour's fire. Have you lost all? Some fifty hundred crowns. O the uncertain lot of idle game! I long have known thee. And have known me honest. Honest is now a metamorphized name: He that can swear, blaspheme, be riotous, Roar till the midnight echo, or begin' Some unappeased fray, who dares commence A drunken skirmish in a bawdy-house, Fight for his hackney whore, and hazard all, In honour of his damned associates: Dares combat with a public officer, Be (out of gun-shot) most irregular, Drunk in good earnest, beat five Constables, Cozen a flock of geese compendiously: Yet after all put a smooth visage on, Seem sober, be indulgent of his fame, Though a most practised knave, remembering still, To make the midnights all participate Of such enormous acts: o he's the man Reputed sociable in our age: ò he Is reckoned for the honest gentleman: Who plays the spendthrift, the voluptuous fool, Exceeds the Turk in sensuality, Is a true midnight Epicure, can hide His lewd impostures from discovery, He shall be most untouched with obloquy; He (amongst youthful bloods) shall win the wreath Purchase the name of Loyal honest friend; But (as our adage says) observe his end. But (Gracchus) I am rather confident Than scrupulous of thy square honesty, Gracchus, I love thee, therefore will bestow An annual pension of six hundred pounds, And must withal employ thee.
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ô, My good and gracious Lord; but pouerty, Is able to oppresse maturity Of diligence, of iudgement, of designes, Each liberall Art and Science doth submit Their ends and occupations to obtaine The true terrestriall Saint, the sacred glosse, Of all-effecting riches; euery man Will hazard his damnation to adore A thing so blessed, so licentious: The weake-brain'd gallant in extremity, Will change Religion, will aequivocate With mentall reseruation, racke the ioynts Of his benummed conscience, will provoke A lethargy of sharpe distinction: will out-puffe The Cardinall foure winds, when they oppose Each other all at once (and procreae A whirle-winde) these will hee out-puffe alone, With some insuffe'rable oath, which farre exceeds The three dimensions, dares ploclaime himselfe A periur'd villaine, to appropriate Six-pence, vpon triuiall mistake. Arts-maisters will transgresse the rule of Art; Nay our precisest schoole-men will forsake The principles which they haue authoris'd, In cases that concerne selfe-avarice, And greedy lucre: knowledge is inforc'd To follow by constraint, abuse of time, Wit mis-imploy'd gapes at improper ends: Strong men are impotent without rich friends. What cloudy passion, wrapt in ample phrase May such a railing vehemence portend? What meanes thy sharpe invectie? what's involu'd? Hee doth (my Lord) inveigh at poverty, And shewes how force-able a Saint Wealth is, How potent the command of money is, The dreadfull awe of dame . And whilst I do re-volue the misery Which happens by constraint of beggery, Then I remember what my plague must bee. Vn-shell thy riddle: most miraculous! Your gaming foole is most ridiculous: O Fortune, Fortune hath infring'd the web Which I with painfull diligence did weaue, Whereto the pillar of my state was pinn'd: Some little store I had (not looking higher) A houshold smoake our-warmes my neighbours fire. Haue you lost all? Some fifty hundred crownes. O the vncertaine lot of idle game! I long haue knowne thee. And haue known me honest. Honest is now a metamorphis'd name: He that can sweare, blaspheme, be riotous, Roare till the mid-night eccho, or beginne' Some vn-appeased fray, who dares commence A drunken skirmish in a bawdy-house, Fight for his hackney whore, and hazard all, In honour of his damn'd associates: Dares combate with a publicke officer, Be (out of gun-shot) most irregular, Drunke in good earnest, bete fiue Constables, Couzen a flocke of geese compendiously: Yet after all put a smooth visage on, Seeme sober, be indulgent of his same, Though a most practis'd knaue, remembring still, To make the mid-nights all participate Of such enormous acts: ô ees the man Reputed sociable in our age: ò hee Is reckon'd for the honest gentleman: Who playes the spend-thrift, the voluptuous foole, Exceeds the Turke in sensualty, Is a true mid-night Epice, can hide His leud impostures from discouery, Hee shall be most vn-touch'd with ; Hee (amongst youthful bloods) shall win wreath Purchase the name of Loyall honest friend; But (as our adage sayes) obserue his end. But (Gracchus) I am rather confident Then scrupulous of thy square honesty, Gracchus, I loue thee, therefore will bestow An annuall pension of fixe hundred pounds, And must withall imploy thee.