2624More then a Spin
ster, vnle
sse the booki
sh Theorique,
2725Wherein the toged Con
suls can propo
se
2826As ma
sterly as he
: meere prattle without pra
cti
se,
2927Is all his
souldier-
shippe: but he
sir had the ele
ction,
3028And I, of whom his eyes had
seene the proofe,
3129At
Rhodes, at
Cipres, and on other grounds,
3230Chri
stian and Heathen, mu
st be led, and calm'd,
3331By Debitor and Creditor, this Counter-ca
ster:
3432: He in good time, mu
st his Leiutenant be,
3533And I, God ble
sle the marke, his Wor
ships Ancient.
3634Rod. By heauen I rather would haue bin his hangman.
3735Ia. But there's no remedy,
3836Tis the cur
se of
seruice,
3937Preferment goes by letter and a
ffe
ction,
4038Not by the olde gradation, where each
second
4139Stood heire to the
fir
st:
40Now
sir be iudge your
selfe,
4241Whether I, in any iu
st tearme am a
ssign'd
4443Rod. I would not follow him then.
4544Ia. O
sir, content you.
4645I follow him to
serue my turne vpon him,
4746We cannot be all ma
sters, nor all ma
sters
4847Cannot be truely followed, you
shall marke
. 4948Many a dutious and knee-crooking knaue,
5049That doting on his owne ob
sequious bondage,
5150Weares out his time much like his ma
sters A
sse,
5251For noughe but prouender, and when hee's old ca
shierd,
5352Whip mee
such hone
st knaues:
5453Others there are, who trimd in formes,
54And vi
ssages of duty, keepe yet their hearts,
5555Attending on them
selues, and throwing
5656But
shewes of
seruice on their Lords,
5757Doe well thriue by 'em,
5858And when they haue lin'd their coates,
5959Doe them
selues homage,
6060Tho
se fellowes haue
some
soule,
And