. 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 . the Serpms-brAine we which, there is no Dove joynd,(Without all pcrad venture) thence proceedcs,AH harmefuU fraud, and all injurious , where fuch mctkenefje as doth feemc to bcIn harmelcfTc Doves, divided you fhall feeFrom that difcretton, and that foUcie,Which in the Serpents head, is thought to lie ;They liable to evry wrong
. 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 . the Serpms-brAine we which, there is no Dove joynd,(Without all pcrad venture) thence proceedcs,AH harmefuU fraud, and all injurious , where fuch mctkenefje as doth feemc to bcIn harmelcfTc Doves, divided you fhall feeFrom that difcretton, and that foUcie,Which in the Serpents head, is thought to lie ;They liable to evry wrong become •And, to it rife, make Vertue , ovhcre thefe two are ioyned, they procureA life fo fweet, fo rich, and fo , all the powrs of MAlice cannot fhakeTheir eut-mrkes, nor witfjtn them, terrors make. Vouchfafe thou oh m^j God! vouchfafg, tn thefe two Venues Prudenceas never wiUdifdaineThe Dove-like Innocencic, t* meckene{Ie,gM«/ me, which delighteth felfe, with indifcrerion, to befot:Buty let thefe i wo, each other fo defend,K^/td, fo, in me continue, tiU my end^That, fimple-prudencc, / may fliSpoJfe(fe,Although the World fhaS count it fooliSineffc. Y When. Illvstr. XVIII. Stok.^ Hy, With a trcmbliflg faintne(Te,fhould wc fcarcThe face of Dedth ? and, fondly linger if we thought the Voja^e to be gt)ncLay through the (hades of Styx or Achtnn fOr, that we either were to travell downeTo uncouth Dtdftins^oi\x^ fome heights nvVno^TiCiOr, ro fome place remote, whofeneircft endIs farther then Earths limits doe txtend i It is not by one halfe that diftance, thitherWhere Death lets in, as it is any whither ;No not by halfe fo ferrc, as to your bed;Or^to that place, where you fliould reft your on the giound you layd your felfe (evn there)Where at this moment you abiding Emblem fliewes (if Well you looke thereon)Thar, from your GlAjje pf life, which is to shut oneftep to DtAth and,
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