Rex medicus patria

A DRAGON lo, a Scepter grasping fast
Within his paw: doth shew a King should be
Like AEsculapius, ev'er watchfull plac't;
Amongst his subiects, and with skill to see,
To what ill humors, of th'infectious mind.
The multitude, are most of all inclind.

And when he findes corruption to abound,
In that Huge body, of all vices ill,
To purge betimes, or else to launch the wound,
Least more, and more, it ranckles inward still:
Or when he would, it bring to former state,
Past all recure, his phisick comes to late.