. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . xCori 11. 31, * Bona confeicn-tia quocidic viretcic, ficic gaudio vi-ventem, jeter~numquc duratBernard: in lib:cie confeien tia. OriJ: 1. Fafloj A t T H OVGH the ftaffe, within the river cleere ,**■ Be ftraight as Arrow. in thePerjian bow:Yet to the view, it crooked doth appeare,And one would fweare, that it indeede were fo:So foone the Sence deceiud 3 doth iudge amifle ,And fooles will blame, whereas none error This ftaflfe doth-fhew 3 ho
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . xCori 11. 31, * Bona confeicn-tia quocidic viretcic, ficic gaudio vi-ventem, jeter~numquc duratBernard: in lib:cie confeien tia. OriJ: 1. Fafloj A t T H OVGH the ftaffe, within the river cleere ,**■ Be ftraight as Arrow. in thePerjian bow:Yet to the view, it crooked doth appeare,And one would fweare, that it indeede were fo:So foone the Sence deceiud 3 doth iudge amifle ,And fooles will blame, whereas none error This ftaflfe doth-fhew 3 how oft the honeft mind ,That meaneth well, and is of Jife vpright,Is rai*hly cenfurd ,by the vulgar blind,Through vaine Qpinicm or vile envious ipite: But if thouknowft, thy * confeience cleere within yWhat others lay, it matters not a pinne. Confciamens vt cuiqiic fua eft, ita concipit intraPe&ora, pro fadto fpemque metumque fuo. Fit Fit purhr hanli*. 58. T F that the Well we draw, and cmp tie oft;■*■ The water there remaineth fweete and good:But (landing long, it growes corrupt and naught,And femes no more, by reafbn of the ,In Summer hot, to cdole our inward heate yTo wafh y to water, or to drefTe our meate. So, if we doe not excercife our wit, By dayly labour, and invention (till: In little time , our floth corrupteth it, With in bred vices, foule and ftincking ill:That both the glories of our life deface,And ftoppe the fource y and head of heavenly grace
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