Tunc tua res agitur, paries cùm proximus ardet
To M. THOMAS WHETELEY.
Awake from sleepe secure, when perrill doth appeare:
No wisedome then to take our ease, and not the worst to
feare.
Still ARCHIMEDES wroughte, when foes had wonne the towne,
And woulde not leave his worke in hande, till he was beaten
downe.
No suretie is within, when roofe alofte doth flame:
It is a madnes then to staye, till wee have donne our game.
Yea, those that helpe deferre, when neighbours house doth
burne:
Are like with griefe, to see their owne, with speede to cinders
turne.
Then, cut of all delaies when daungers are begonne,
For if beginnings wee withstande, the conquest sooner wonne.