. Quarles' Emblems . r?—7^b0^\ Let not Jiim that is deceived trust in vanity; for vanityshall be his recontpence.— Job xv. 31. Believe her not, her glass diffusesFalse portraitures : thou canst espy No true reflection ; she abusesHer misinformd beholders eye ; Her crystals falsely steeld ; it scatters Deceitful beams; believe her not, she flatters. This flaring mirror represents No right proportion, view or feature : Her very looks are compliments ; They make thee fairer, goodlier, greater;The skilful gloss of her reflection But paints the context of thy coarse complexion. Were thy dimensions

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. Quarles' Emblems . r?—7^b0^\ Let not Jiim that is deceived trust in vanity; for vanityshall be his recontpence.— Job xv. 31. Believe her not, her glass diffusesFalse portraitures : thou canst espy No true reflection ; she abusesHer misinformd beholders eye ; Her crystals falsely steeld ; it scatters Deceitful beams; believe her not, she flatters. This flaring mirror represents No right proportion, view or feature : Her very looks are compliments ; They make thee fairer, goodlier, greater;The skilful gloss of her reflection But paints the context of thy coarse complexion. Were thy dimensions but a stride,Nay, wert thou staturd but a span, Such as the long-billd troops defyd,A very fragment of a man ! Shell make thee, Mimas, which you will, The Jove-slain tyrant, or th Ionic hill. 90 Quarles Emblems. Had surfeits, or th ungracious star,Conspird to make one common place Of all deformities that are Within the volume of thy face, Shell lend the favour should outmove The Troy-bane Helen, or the queen of l

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