The roaring Lions and drad beasts of prey

Rule in the dark with pitious crueltie;

But harmlesse Man is matter of the day,

Which doth his work in pure simplicitie.

God blesse his honest usefull industrie.

But pride and covetize, ambition,

Riot, revenge, self-love, hypocrisie,

Contempt of goodnesse, forc’d opinion;

These and such like do breed the worlds confusion.

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