. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . more than men i I heare fome talke, that Women fickle be :And fo I thinkej and fo I know are (being put together) fay I dare,Thar, they and wee,in equall manner, fliareA giddwefle, and fcklencfje of minde,More wavering, than a Feather, or the Woman., hecre, is placd, to typifieA mindcdiltracted with muchlevitie:Not, that the womans Wavrings are the more;But, for this caufc; Moft Vices, heretofore,And Venues too, our Ancestors di
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . more than men i I heare fome talke, that Women fickle be :And fo I thinkej and fo I know are (being put together) fay I dare,Thar, they and wee,in equall manner, fliareA giddwefle, and fcklencfje of minde,More wavering, than a Feather, or the Woman., hecre, is placd, to typifieA mindcdiltracted with muchlevitie:Not, that the womans Wavrings are the more;But, for this caufc; Moft Vices, heretofore,And Venues too, our Ancestors did render,By words declined in the , f whofe tottering Foundation,Augments the caufes of our variation)McancSjhcre, thofe ufeleflc,and vaine tern frail things,That come and goe, with ncver-ftaying wings $And,which (if. thereupon our hearts we fet)Make Men and Women, the Vertigo get. Hereafter,thcn,let neither SexeaccufcEach other; but,thcir beft endeavours ufe, To cure this Maladie in one another, By living well, and lovingly together. Hit \ Bee that enjoyes a patient Minde,*>¥* Can Pleafurcs in Amiftionsjinde,. ILLVSTR. XXIV. Beoku 3/Hat meanes this Country-peajant^ slij ping here[Thiough prickling 7 hi files wth fuch gamefom cheerc i -And, plucking off their tops, as though for Ptftes, He gatherd Vtolets, or toothleiTe Rofcs * What meaneth it, but onely to cxprefle How great ay y, well-grounded PatientneJJi Retaincs in Stffrings f and, what /port fhe makes, When fhe her Ioutney through Ajfiflm takes iI, eft have fayd (and, have as oft, bcene thought To fpeakc a Paradtx,xbzt favours nought Of likely truth J that, fome Affiitiiom bring A Honey hag, which cureth evry Sting (That wounds rhe FUjh) by giving to the Mini, A pleafing taftc of SweetneJJa refind. Nor can it other be, except in thofe, Whofe Better part, quite ftupifyed growes, By being Cauterized in the Fires Of childifh Ftares, or temporall Defres. For, as the Valiant (when theConWfwound
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