126876O opportunity thy guilt is great,
877Tis thou that execut'
st the traytors trea
son:
878Thou
sets the wolfe where he the lambe may get,
879Who euer plots the
sinne thou poin
st the
sea
son.
880Tis thou that
spurn'
st at right, at law, at rea
son,
881 And in thy
shadie Cell where none may
spie him,
882 Sits
sin to ceaze the
soules that wander by him.
127883Thou make
st the ve
stall violate her oath,
884Thou blowe
st the
fire when temperance is thawd,
885Thou
smother
st hone
stie, thou murthre
st troth,
886Thou fowle abbettor, thou notorious bawd,
887Thou plante
st scandall, and di
splace
st lawd.
888 Thou raui
sher, thou traytor, thou fal
se theefe,
889 Thy honie turnes to gall, thy ioy to greefe.
128890Thy
secret plea
sure turnes to open
shame,
891Thy priuate fea
sting to a publicke fa
st,
892Thy
smoothing titles to a ragged name,
893Thy
sugred tongue to bitter wormwood ta
st,
894Thy violent vanities can neuer la
st.
895 How comes it then, vile opportunity
896 Being
so bad,
such numbers
seeke for thee?
129897When wilt thou be the humble
suppliants friend
898And bring him where his
suit may be obtained?
899When wilt thou
sort an howre great
strifes to end?
900Or free that
soule which wretchednes hath chained?
901Giue phi
sicke to the
sicke, ea
se to the pained?
902 The poore, lame, blind, hault, creepe, cry out for (thee,
903 But they nere meet with oportunitie.
130904The patient dies while the Phi
sitian
sleepes,
905The Orphane pines while the oppre
ssor feedes.
906Iu
stice is fea
sting while the widow weepes.
907Adui
se is
sporting while infe
ction breeds.
908Thou graunt'
st no time for charitable deeds.
909 Wrath, enuy, trea
son, rape, and murthers rages,
910 Thy heinous houres wait on them as their Pages.