Kathern pears, i.e., Catharine pears.
812. THE MEAN.
Imparity doth ever discord bring;
The mean the music makes in everything.
813. HASTE HURTFUL.
Haste is unhappy; what we rashly do
Is both unlucky, aye, and foolish, too.
Where war with rashness is attempted, there
The soldiers leave the field with equal fear.
814. PURGATORY.
Readers, we entreat ye pray
For the soul of Lucia;
That in little time she be
From her purgatory free:
In the interim she desires
That your tears may cool her fires.
815. THE CLOUD.
Seest thou that cloud that rides in state,
Part ruby-like, part candidate?
It is no other than the bed
Where Venus sleeps half-smothered.