| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Embleme XI | | XVI. Geffrey Whitney |
| | Motto: Nemo potest duobus dominis seruire.
HERE man, who first should heauenlie thinges attaine, | |
| And then to world his sences should incline, | |
| First vndergoes the worlde with might and maine, | |
| And then at foote doth drawe the lawes deuine: | |
| Thus God hee beares and Mammon in his minde, | 5 |
| But Mammon first, and God doth come behinde. | |
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| Oh worldlinges fonde, that ioyne these two so ill, | |
| The league is nought, throwe doune the world with speede: | |
| Take vp the lawe, according to his will; | |
| First seeke for heauen, and then for worldly neede: | 10 |
| But those that first their worldlie wishe doe serue, | |
| Their gaine is losse, and seeke their soules to sterue. | | | | |
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