Epigram 38: Reason

Knowest thou a Traitor, plotting damned Treason,
Reueale him, tis both loialty and Reason.
Knowest thou a thiefe will steale at any season,
To shunne his company thou hast good reason,
Seest thou a villaine hang vp by the weason,
He hangs by reason, that he wanted reason.
Good men are scarse, and honest men are geason,
To loue them therefore tis both right and reason,
Mere I could say, but all's not worth two peason,
And therefore to conclude I hold it reason.