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Rh doth o occupie and trouble their heades that God knoweth they are full of paions, and can yee blame them? Therefore ometimes, will they nill they, they looue and hate againe. And when thou perwadet thy elfe (by reaon of a fewe myling lookes they haue ouerwhile giuen thee) that thou art in high fauour, then they eeme not to knowe thee. And thou mute alo looke after recompence of thy eruice, though vnhappily thou hat perhaps betowed fiue and twentie yeares time, and thy youth withall, and yet notwithtanding hat not beene the better a ruh for al this: and another in foure daies is made riche. For thus thou houldet but wrappe thy elfe in care to thy vndoinge and yet the thing nothing remedied. And what? they will not ticke to playe thee many of thee pranckes. Therefore he that cannot beare it patiently, lifteth vp his head, and a flie lighteth on his noe, and byteth him with thee and uch like Courtly graces, & o goeth his way: o he that looeth his time and yeres. Pacience therefore that oft goeth to leepe with Hope, bringeth thee at leat to uche ende as thou art not ware of, and ome time it carieth meate in mouth & getteth thee omewhat. Feare generally mut be thy right eie to guide thee with. Thou mut feare the enuie of Courtiers, for they will make thee