Present Government Grievous.

Preposterous is that government, and rude,
When kings obey the wilder multitude.

He that will live of all cares dispossess'd,
Must shun the bad, aye, and suspect the best.

Discreet and prudent we that discord call
That either profits, or not hurts at all.

Two of a thousand things are disallow'd:
A lying rich man, and a poor man proud.

Man's disposition is for to requite
An injury, before a benefit:
Thanksgiving is a burden and a pain;
Revenge is pleasing to us, as our gain.

Evil no nature hath; the loss of good
Is that which gives to sin a livelihood.