. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . muft walkc with fuch Inferiour thingsAs in this Common-Region, have their place. Such Fotvles as thefe, are that Gay .plumedCren^,Which (to high place and Fortunes being borne)Arc men of goodly worth, in outward , in themfelves,deferve nought els but , tho-jgh their Trappings, their btghJiftedEjes^Their Lofty Words, and their Much-feared Pernor
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . muft walkc with fuch Inferiour thingsAs in this Common-Region, have their place. Such Fotvles as thefe, are that Gay .plumedCren^,Which (to high place and Fortunes being borne)Arc men of goodly worth, in outward , in themfelves,deferve nought els but , tho-jgh their Trappings, their btghJiftedEjes^Their Lofty Words, and their Much-feared Pernors,Doe make them fecme Heroicke, Stout^ and Wife,The/r Hearts are oft as/W, znd faint as Animals as thefe, are alfo thofeThat Wtje, and Grave, and Learned Men doc fecmeIn Title, Habit, and all Formal!fhoms •Yet, have nor Wit, nor Knowledge, worth cftecme. And, laflly, fuch are they; that, having gotWealthy Knou I dge, and thofe other Gifts, which mayAdvancethciA^/;^(r.(;W, yet, ufethcmnot;Lut Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time , may be but a Gorfe^ which weares the OuiS •But, him we praifc, that ufeth it with Skill. ~ Hee Hcy that his Courfe dire ft ly Stecres-, Nor StormeSj nor Windy-Cenfures feares. 57. ILLVSTR. XXXVII. Book. I.
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