In divitem, indoctum
On goulden fleece, did Phryxus passe the wave,
And landed safe, within the wished baie:
By which is ment, the fooles that riches have,
Supported are, and borne throughe Lande, and Sea:
And those enrich'de by wife, or servauntes
goodds,
Are borne by them like Phryxus through the
floodds.
An other of the like argument.
To M. I. E.
A Leaden sworde, within a goulden sheathe,
Is like a foole of natures finest moulde:
To whome, shee did her rarest giftes bequethe.
Or like a sheepe, within a fleece of goulde.
Or like a clothe, whome colours brave adorne,
When as the grounde, is patched, rente, and
torne.
For, if the minde the chiefest treasures lacke,
Thoughe nature bothe, and fortune, bee our frende;
Thoughe goulde wee weare, and purple on our backe,
Yet are wee poore, and none will us comende
But onlie fooles; and flatterers, for theire
gaine:
For other men, will ride us with disdaine.