To thy dishonour boldly prate,

And, peradventure, to thy face,

E're long, they'l doe thee some disgrace:

Thine Emblem, therefore, doth advise

That thou should'st make them no replies;

And showes that silent-patience, than

Shall stead thee more then Answers can.

See, [Emblem. I.]

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By such as know you, it is thought,