For nearst they cleaue to[1428] cause that doth them shoue:
So soonest fall from that theyr high’st[1429] extreame,
To th’other contrary that doth want of meane:
So laught[1430] he erst, who laughed out his breath:
So laught[1430] I, when I laught my selfe to death.
57.
The pleasingst meanes boade not the luckiest ends,
Not aye found treasure to like pleasure tends,
Mirth meanes not mirth all time, thrise happy hyre
Of wit, to shun th’excesse[1431] that all desire: