Fortuna maior

HEERE Povertie, doth conquered Fortune bind,
And vnder keepes, like HERCVLES in aw,
The meaning is, the wise and valiant mind,
In Povertie esteemes not Fate a straw:
And though a while this angry Goddesse frowne,
She vtterlie shall never cast him downe.

If Wisdome haue but what the corpes doth craue,
Convenient foode and raiment for the back:
And libertie to liue, not like a slaue
Here in this world, she little else doth lack:
But can contented in her cottage sing,
In greater safetie, then the greatest King.