{"id":1392,"date":"2019-04-28T20:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2019-05-04T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:02:13","slug":"a-discourse-of-a-knave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"A Discourse of a Knave"},"content":{"rendered":"

A prosperous knave, that mischief<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> still doth plot,
\nSwells big with pride since he hath<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> power got,
\nWhose<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> conscience, like a purse drawn open<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> wide,
\nFalse hands do cast in bribes on every side.
\nAnd as his<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> guts are stuffed with excrement, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nSo is his head with thoughts of ill intent.
\nNo pity shows to men oppressed<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> with grief,
\nBut yet is apt to pity much a thief.
\nHe thinks them fools that wickedness do shun,
\nEsteems them wise that<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> evil ways do run. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 10
\nThe noble he doth scorn if<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> they be poor;
\nThe rich, though ne\u2019er so base, he doth adore.
\nHe always smiles as if he peace still meant,
\nWhen all the while his heart to evil\u2019s<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bent,
\nA seeming friendship,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> large professions make, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nWhere he doth think advantages to take.
\nThus doth a glossing knave the world abuse;
\nTo work his end, the Devil his<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> friend will<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A prosperous knave, that mischief still doth plot, Swells big with pride since he hath power got, Whose conscience, like a purse drawn open wide, False hands do cast in bribes on every side. And as his guts are stuffed with excrement, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 So is his head with thoughts of ill intent. No pity … Continue reading A Discourse of a Knave<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral-discourses","category-part2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}