. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . , heihachope- to winne an honeft Name,Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoe,And hazard, ofr, the blaft of EvillFame^Before a Good- Report her Trumpe will blow. A thoufand Worthies had unworthilyBeen rakf d up in AOies and in Clay,Vnknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malict had not fild their Ruft , lo; their lafting prayfes now nrefpread,And raisd,
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . , heihachope- to winne an honeft Name,Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoe,And hazard, ofr, the blaft of EvillFame^Before a Good- Report her Trumpe will blow. A thoufand Worthies had unworthilyBeen rakf d up in AOies and in Clay,Vnknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malict had not fild their Ruft , lo; their lafting prayfes now nrefpread,And raisd, by Adverfe-Chame, ro fuch a they moft glorious are, now rhcy are dead 5And live in Injuries,ind Deaths, , by Affidms^ m^n refined growes,And, (as the Gold prepared in the Firt)Receivcth fuch a Forme by wrongs and blowes,Thar hce becomes the leweU we ce/ire. To thee therefore, 0^ God I My Prayers areNot to be freed from Griefes and Troubles quite;Eut,that they may be fuch as I can beare;And,ferve to make me precious in thy Sight, This pleafe mc flull, though all my Life time, I Betwecne thine Anviiland the Hammer, lie. D From i8 From thenccyphereNets 4»^Snares are l^d%Make-haft • Up els you be Sock.!,
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