. 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 . A^a,nt^exceediIn Word, in PaGion, nor in ILLVSTR. XXXV. Bcok MJ^S is the hcad-ftrong Horfe, and blockifh Mtfle,Evn fuch,without the BriMe^zud ihcRule,Our Nature growes; and, is as mifchievous,Till Grace, and Reaferty come to governe Square, and Bndle, therefore let us heed,And, thereby learne to know, what Mpes wee needjLeft, clfe, (they fayling,ti
. 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 . A^a,nt^exceediIn Word, in PaGion, nor in ILLVSTR. XXXV. Bcok MJ^S is the hcad-ftrong Horfe, and blockifh Mtfle,Evn fuch,without the BriMe^zud ihcRule,Our Nature growes; and, is as mifchievous,Till Grace, and Reaferty come to governe Square, and Bndle, therefore let us heed,And, thereby learne to know, what Mpes wee needjLeft, clfe, (they fayling,timcly, to bee had)Quite out of Order, wee, at length, bee made. The ^^«^4r<f,(which is an ufefull Infirument,To fhapc foorch fenfelcflc Formes) may reprcfcntThe Law : Becaufc, Mankind, (which is by Nature,Almoft as dull, as is the Icnfelefje-creature,)Is thereby, from the nattvrrudeneffe, wroughtjAnd, in the Way of honeft-Iiving ^Bridle, (which Invention did rule, and guide the Creature-fenfitwe)May type forth DijctpUtie; which, when the LawHath fchoold the Wit, muft keepe the Wi/I in , hce that can by thefe,his Pafiom Bmblems meaning,ufefuUy,hath found. Lord, let thy facred Z^w, at all times, beeA Rule, a MaHer, and a Glafje to mc
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