. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . s could haveicduced them to expeifl. EXAMPLES like thefe of fortitude andperfeveran
. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . s could haveicduced them to expeifl. EXAMPLES like thefe of fortitude andperfeverance in all laudable undertakings forthe beneiit of ourfelves, our friends, or ourcountry, carry their, application with them,which can never be too much inculcated orattended to. F 4 If ( 104 ) If, like Jafon, we would bear away dieprize, like him we muA learn to deferve it ?we mult hazard ourfelves againft the fierce,we mufl not be afraid to oppofe the ftrong,when virtue and the duty we owe to Heavenand to our country demand it. Above allthings, we muft learn to curb our immoderatepaiTions; thefe are the fiery bulls which wemuft break to the yoke. We mull conquerthe hoft of temptations, and charm to fleepthe Evil Principle which is always ready tomolefl us. Finally we mufl never hope to vanquifh theftubborn temper of others, till we have firftlearned to fubdue our own, nor mufl we everexpeft to atchieve any great adions unlefs weare endowed with an unconquerable perfeverance. EMBLEM ( IC5 ). EMBLEM XXVII. Of ^^ a I n- Pursuits. FROM fultry noon till nights dullihades defcend,Behold the boy his fruitlefs chace gain the infecls painted wings he fliesAnd pleasd at lall: obtains the gaudy prize jBut whilll: its beauties he lun-eys with joy,Thofe hands which feize them fatally deltroy. Evn To thofe pleafures which we figh togain,And facrifice our quiet to obtain,VTith. gaudy fluttrings, tempt us to purfue,But while we grafp them, yanilh from our , gaind
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