{"id":949,"date":"2017-06-12T02:20:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T02:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=949"},"modified":"2019-05-05T02:07:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T02:07:52","slug":"the-circle-of-honesty-squared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"The Circle of Honesty Squared"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Within the head of man\u2019s a circle round
\n<\/span>Of Honesty, in which no end<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> is found.
\n<\/span>Some think it fit this circle should be squared,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Though to make Honesty take sides is hard.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Prudence and Temperance as two lines<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> take; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>5
\n<\/span>With Fortitude and Justice, four will<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> make.
\n<\/span>If Temperance do prove too short a line,<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Then do the figure of Discretion join;<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Let<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Wisdom\u2019s point draw up Discretion\u2019s figure,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>That make two equal lines joined both together.<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10
\n<\/span>Betwixt the line Temperance and Justice,<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Truth must point;
\n<\/span>Justice\u2019s line draw down to Fortitude,<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> that corner joint.
\n<\/span>Of Fortitude, which line do make agree<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>With Prudence; Temperance must also be<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Of equal length with Justice; both must stand<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a015
\n<\/span>\u2019Twixt Fortitude and Prudence on each hand.<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>At every corner must a point be laid,
\n<\/span>Where every line that meets, an angle\u2019s made.<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>And when those<\/span>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> points too high or low do fall,
\n<\/span>Then must the lines be stretched, to make them<\/span>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> all \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020
\n<\/span>Even. And<\/span>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> thus the circle round, you\u2019ll find,
\n<\/span>Is squared with the four virtues of the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within the head of man\u2019s a circle round Of Honesty, in which no end is found. Some think it fit this circle should be squared, Though to make Honesty take sides is hard. Prudence and Temperance as two lines take; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a05 With Fortitude and Justice, four will make. … Continue reading The Circle of Honesty Squared<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clasp-1-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}