. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . hopes to winne an honeft Namt,Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoc,A*id hazard, off, theblaft of Evili Fame,Beforea Cood-Reftrt her Trumpc will blow, A thoufjnd Worthies had unworthilyBeen raked up in Afhes and in Clay,Vtiknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malice had not fild their Ruft , lo ■ their lading prayies now arc fpread,And raisd, by Adverfe Chance, to fuch a height,That they mod glorious are, now they arc dead $And live in Injurie
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . hopes to winne an honeft Namt,Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoc,A*id hazard, off, theblaft of Evili Fame,Beforea Cood-Reftrt her Trumpc will blow, A thoufjnd Worthies had unworthilyBeen raked up in Afhes and in Clay,Vtiknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malice had not fild their Ruft , lo ■ their lading prayies now arc fpread,And raisd, by Adverfe Chance, to fuch a height,That they mod glorious are, now they arc dead $And live in Injuries, and Deaths, , by Afflifiions, man refined growes,And, (as the Co>d prepared in the Ftrt)Receivet h fuch a Forme by wrongs and blowes,Thar hee becomes the Ittoett we defire. To thee therefore, oh God! My Prayers areNot to be freed from Grkfcs and Troubles quite:But,that they may be fuch as I can beare jAnd,ferve to make me precious in thy Sight. This pleafe me (hall, though all my Lite time, I Betweenc thine Anvt/larvi the Hammer, lie. D From i8 From tbence^bere Nets and Snares are lqyd>Make-haft j left els you , [He nimble Sfider from his Entrailes drawesA futtle Thread, and curious art doth fliowIn weaving Nets, not much unlike thofe LamsWhich catch SmaB-Thitves, and letthe<7r&«/-«, as the Cob-web takes the lefler Flyes,When thofe of larger fize breake through their Snares 5So, Twrt-mtnfmart for little Injuries,When Rich men fcape, whofe Guilt is more then theirs. The Spider, alfo re prefenterh fuchWho very curious are in Trifling things,And neither Coft, nor Time, nor Labour grutch,In that which neither Gaine nor Pleajure thofe whom here that Creature doth implyeAre chiefely fuch, who under cunning fticwesOf fimple-Meanings (or of Curtefie)Doe filly Men unwarily elfe, it meanes thofe greedy-CormorantsWho without touch,of Confcience or Compaflion,Seeke how to be enricht by others wants,And
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