
Interdum requiescendum.
Sometimes all must rest.
Ad Petrum Ligorium.
Non, il n’est pas besoing de tousjours travailler,
L’esprit veut reposer, & le corps sommeiller.
Ainsi les oliviers d’an en an se reposent.
La terre est en gachere, afin de mieux porter,
Et rien ne peut icy sans repos persister
Car ainsi de tous temps les astres nous disposent.
Si tu gardes un arc tendu trop longuement,
Ou bien si tu le veux tendre subitement, Link to an image of this page [I6r p139]Sur l’heure il rompera: & n’en pourras rien faire
Si tu le laches trop: il faut donc regarder
Que l’homme doibt sur tout soigneusement garder
La mediocrité qui sçait bien tout parfaire.
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