. 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 . h,She windes men oft, before they be aware jAnd, when they dreame of mod ProJperitiCfDowne, headlong, throwes them lower then they were. You, then, that feeke a morealTurd good, and honeft Oljelis, fixe your MiNac,And follow r^^/«^, that you may a FaieExempt from feareof Change, or Dangcrs,, he thats Vertuous^ whether high or lowHis Ftrtufu fe
. 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 . h,She windes men oft, before they be aware jAnd, when they dreame of mod ProJperitiCfDowne, headlong, throwes them lower then they were. You, then, that feeke a morealTurd good, and honeft Oljelis, fixe your MiNac,And follow r^^/«^, that you may a FaieExempt from feareof Change, or Dangcrs,, he thats Vertuous^ whether high or lowHis Ftrtufu feemcs (or whether foule or fiircHis Path he findes) or whether friend, or World doth prove; regards it not a Lofje is Gaim j his Poverty is WealthyThe Worlds Cmmpt, he makes his Diadem 3In Sicknefje, he rejoyceth, as in Healt/j: ■Yea, Death it felfe, becommeth Life, to fcarpsno difrefpedt, no bitter fcornc,Nor fubrile plottines,nor OpprtflTions force;Nay,though the World fhould topfie-turvie cannot fright him, nor divert his all Earthly powreshis rertue reares him;And, up with Eglets wings, to Heavn it bcarcs him. A fickle Woman ypanton growncyPrefer res a Crowd, before a Crownc,. ILLVSTR. VII. Oole \ Doft thou hope,chine Hoaoursyox thy Gola,Shall gainc thcc Lovt f Or,thar thou haft her heartWhole hand upon thy tempting BAft layes hold iAlas 1 tond Lovtr^ thou deceived chat with Wtdthy and be wonnc^Or wood with Vanities^ will wav ring bee;And, when her Love, thou moft depended on,A FiMe-fltcke fliall winnc her heart from Touth and Muficke, Fenm leaneth moft jAnd (though her band flic on iht Scepter lay)Lec Cre4tftejle,o{ ^ler Favours never boaft:ToY^Heart and Eye, arc bent another lo, no glorious Parchaccthat Man get*?.Who hath withfuch poore 7rtfles,-woo d^and wonne;Her fooling, on a Bail^ his Miftrtfje fets,Which in a moment flips, and fnc is ^^i?wjt»,mcerclv with an Out
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