. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . r Summers worke, to thofeWho take no care, though all the fwarme be ftarved,If weake,and quite paft labour once it with fuch Bees, it fares with many a one,Thar, fpends his youthfull time in honeft thrift;And,by the Wafpe, the Hornet, or the Drone,Of all their labours, they are foone , the bordring/7<«,much wrong this brood,Through idle viftings • or, them defpoyle,By making friendly fhewes of neighbourhood;When, all t
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . r Summers worke, to thofeWho take no care, though all the fwarme be ftarved,If weake,and quite paft labour once it with fuch Bees, it fares with many a one,Thar, fpends his youthfull time in honeft thrift;And,by the Wafpe, the Hornet, or the Drone,Of all their labours, they are foone , the bordring/7<«,much wrong this brood,Through idle viftings • or, them defpoyle,By making friendly fhewes of neighbourhood;When, all their Complements, are nought but , their powerfull Foes doe rob them quite5Sometime,their Lords,or Landlords,with pretence,Of claiming only what is juft and right,OpprefTe them without mcrcie,or , by one courfe or other, daily, fome(That aie laborious in an honeft way)The prey of Pride, or Idleneffe become:And, fuch as thefe,may therefore truely fay,That, wharfoever they to pafle have brought,Not for themfilves, but ethers,they have wrought. God, God, by their Names, the Stars doth call;Andibes is Ruler of them all. ILLVSTR. XL HI. Book. 4
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