Date: 1693
"Base vulgar drossie minds, with more alloy / Then is that captive wealth they might enjoy; / Which Thieves may steal, which Rust or Fire destroy;"
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, The Elder (bap. 1662, d. 1735)
Date: 1708
"Gold is the Magnet whose Attraction / Commands his Heart in ev'ry Action: / To that his Avaricious Soul / Points like the Needle to the Pole:"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)