V.
THE TRUE FRIEND.

He is a friend who, treated as a foe,

Now even more friendly than before doth show:

Who to his brother still remains a shield,

Although a sword for him his brother wield;

Who of the very stones against him cast,

Builds friendship’s altar higher and more fast.

VI.
PRIDE.

With needle’s point more easily you will

Uproot and quite unfasten a huge hill,