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. 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 . mtn-Name jFor, then, thofe Lands would fpread the widcft Fame,From whence we fetch the (JoWand Silver-ore jAnd, where we gather Pear Us upon the fliore :Nor, have thofe Countries higheft exaltations,Which breed the ftrongcft, and the Warlikft Nations 5For, proud of their ownc powrc, they fometiraes grow,And quarrell, till themfelvts they , doe the c\{\tic{\glories, of a Land,In many Cities, or much Peefle, ftand:For, then, thofe Kingdomes, mod renowned which Fnchrijlian Kings, and, Tyrantsare. It is the King by whom a Realmes renowne,Is either builded up, or Solomon^ more famd was ludah made,Then, by the Multitude of men it had ;Great Alexander, glorified Greece,Throughout the World, which, elfc had bene a piecePerhaps obfcure; And^ Cajar added moreTo Rome, then all her greatneffe did ^ Lord, thefe lies, for ever may be what, in thu ottt Emblem u exprefjed. ^y By Studic, andhj WatchfuincfTc,Thejemme of Knowltdoc^-^g poff^ ILLVSTR. XVII. Bfiok. 2 ,
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