But who may gold from counterfayts defend?
Trust not too[1400] soone, ne all too light mistrust:[1401]
With th’one thy selfe with th’other thy frend thou hurtst:
Who twyn’th betwixt, and stear’th[1402] the golden meane,
Nor rashly lou’th,[1403] nor mistrusteth in vayne:
For frendship poyson, for safety mithridate
It is, thy frend to loue as thou wouldst hate.[1404]
45.
Of tickle credit ne had ben the mischiefe,
What needed Virbius miracle doubled life?