. 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 . that, each hourc, till we our life lay , fomcthing, touching life^ is to be he was old, wife C^^c learned Grceke:But, we have aged-folkes, that arc to fcckcOf that, which they have much more caufeto Icarnc ;Yer,no fuchminde in them, wee (hall , that, which they fliould ftudie in their , ofr, deferred, till their latter-
. 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 . that, each hourc, till we our life lay , fomcthing, touching life^ is to be he was old, wife C^^c learned Grceke:But, we have aged-folkes, that arc to fcckcOf that, which they have much more caufeto Icarnc ;Yer,no fuchminde in them, wee (hall , that, which they fliould ftudie in their , ofr, deferred, till their latter-time :And, then, olddgt, unfit for learning, makes them,Or, clfe, that common dulnejje overtakes afliamcd, that it fliouId be thought,They need, like liitle-children, to be , fo, out of this world, they doc rcturneAs wife, as in that wcekc, when they were borne. God, grant me grace, to fpendmy life-time I my duety flill may (eeke to know;And, that, 1 never, may jo far re proceed,To thinke, that I, more Knowledge, doe not need:But, in Experience, may continue growingsTill [ amfild with fruits of O Good Good-fortune, iPiH by thcfe ahide%In -»>/;t7w>True-vcrtue ioth ILLVSTR. XXVTT Book,! g^^Arke, how the Cornucopias,hQrc^ ^PP^y 1 m Their PkntUSf to the Rod of Mercury j ^^i^ And (if it feemc notneedlefle) Icarne, to know This Hietoglyf hicks meaning, ere you goe. The Sages old,by this MercurUn-tvand (CaducAtu namd) were wont to underftand Art J Wtjedomey Fertue, and whatclfe we findf^ Reputed for endowments of the Mwde, The CfirmcvpiaSf well-knovvne Emblems, are, By which, great tvealtby and f Unties, figurd were; And (if you joyne together, what they fpell; It will, to evry Vndcrrtanding, tcU, That, where Internall-Graces may be found, Eternall-bltfings, ever, will abound. For, this is truth, and (though fome thoughts in youSuggeft, that this is, often times, untrue)This, ever is the truth. and, they have gotFew ri
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