[[204]]

This house is to be let for life or years;

Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears.

Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known,

She must be dearly let, or let alone.

Emblems. Book ii. Emblem 10, Ep. 10.

The slender debt to Nature 's quickly paid,[204:1]

Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made.

Emblems. Book ii. Emblem 13.

The next way home 's the farthest way about.[204:2]