Diligence.
Sedulitas.
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_Diligence_, 1. loveth labours,
avoideth _Sloth_,
is always at work,
like the _Pismire_, 2.
_Sedulitas_, 1. amat labores,
fugit _Ignaviam_,
semper est in _opere_,
ut _Formica_, 2.
and carrieth together,
as she doth, for herself,
_Store_ of all things, 3.
& comportat,
ut illa, sibi,
omnium rerum _Copiam_, 3.
She doth not always
sleep, or make holidays,
as the _Sluggard_, 4.
and the _Grashopper_, 5. do,
whom _Want_, 6.
at the last overtaketh.
Non semper
dormit, ferias agit,
aut ut _Ignavus_, 4.
& _Cicada_, 5.
quos _Inopia_, 6.
tandem premit.
She pursueth what things she hath undertaken
chearfully,
even to the end;
she putteth nothing off
till the morrow,
Urget incepta
alacriter
ad finem usque;
procrastinat nihil,
nor doth she sing
the _Crow’s_ song, 7.
which saith over and over,
_Cras, Cras_.
nec cantat
cantilenam _Corvi_, 7.
qui ingeminat
_Cras, Cras_.
After _labours_
_undergone_, and ended,
being even wearied,
she resteth her self;
Post _labores_
_exantlatos_,
& lassata,
quiescit;
but being refreshed with _Rest_,
that she may not use her self
to _Idleness_, she falleth again
to her _Business_,
sed recreata _Quiete_,
ne adsuescat
_Otio_, redit
ad _Negotia_.
A diligent _Scholar_
is like _Bees_, 8.
which carry honey
from divers _Flowers_, 9.
into their _Hive_, 10.
Diligens _Discipulus_,
similis est _Apibus_, 8.
qui congerunt mel
ex variis _Floribus_, 9.
in _Alveare_ suum, 10.