| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Embleme IV | | XVI. Geffrey Whitney |
| | Motto: Qua dij vocant, eundum.
THE TRAUAYLINGE man vncertain where to goe | |
| When diuers waves before his face did lie, | |
| Mercurius then the perfect pathe did showe; | |
| Which when he tooke, hee neuer went awrie, | |
| But to his wishe his iorney’s ende did gaine, | 5 |
| In happie howre, by his direction plaine. | |
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| This trauailinge man doth tell our wandringe state, | |
| Before whose face and eeke on euerye side, | |
| By-pathes and wayes appeare amidd our gate, | |
| That if the Lorde be not our onlie guide, | 10 |
| We stumble, fall, and dailie goe astraye: | |
| Then happie those whome God doth shew the waye. | | | | |
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