. Emblemes . pent moft^when moft (he feetnes a Dove. 7Thnce happy He,whofe nobler thoughts defpifeTo make an Object of fo eafie Gaines 5Thrice happy Hc,whofcorncsfo poore a PrizeShould fee the Crowne of his heroick paines :Thrice happy He,that nevr was borne to or3being borne^id lis . iIn his fad Nurfes Armes an houre or two,and die* j&; 5MBIEMES, tp S A v g v s t. you that dote upon thu world, for what viftory doye fight ?hopes can be crowed with no greater reward than the warliive; andwhat is the world but a brittle tfongjuUofdangers,tin we travel*from k
. Emblemes . pent moft^when moft (he feetnes a Dove. 7Thnce happy He,whofe nobler thoughts defpifeTo make an Object of fo eafie Gaines 5Thrice happy Hc,whofcorncsfo poore a PrizeShould fee the Crowne of his heroick paines :Thrice happy He,that nevr was borne to or3being borne^id lis . iIn his fad Nurfes Armes an houre or two,and die* j&; 5MBIEMES, tp S A v g v s t. you that dote upon thu world, for what viftory doye fight ?hopes can be crowed with no greater reward than the warliive; andwhat is the world but a brittle tfongjuUofdangers,tin we travel*from kjfer to greater peri/is I O let aU heridight, and momenta^ glityperijb Withherfelje, analetuswerfant with more etemail things : Alas, thu world u mi-le i Uje ujbwtiMX death isfure. Epis. 4. foule 5 Whats, lighter than a feather ? Wind :m wind ? The fire : And what than fire ? The mind:at*s lighter than the mind I A thought: Than Thought?s bubbkrwwl-d: What;, than this Bubble ? Nought. 2© EMBLBMES, Boo kt; EMBLEMS S, « v. 1 COR. VII. XXXI. Tbefajbion of this -worldpajfethaway. JOne are thofe golden dayes,whereini Confcience ftarted not at ugly fin $ len good old Saturnes vzzcttvM Throne rauairped by his beardlefFe Sonne: len jealous Ops nevr feard thabufe :r cbaft breach* of nuptiall Truce; len juft Afttta poysd her Scaf e$ >rtall heartSjWhoieabfence earthbewailesi: ten froth-borne Venusy and her Brat, all that fpurious brood young lave begat, horrid fhapes, were yet unknowne 5 e Halcyon dayes,that golden Age is gone % icre was no Clyent then,to Wait feifure of his long-tayid Advocate J ic Talion Law was in requeft, 2haunc9ry Qourts were kept in evry breft j ufed Statutes had no Tenters, nen could deale fecure,without Indentures $ ere was no peeping hole,to efeare Vittols eye from his iacavuasefeare | There si ^MB LIMES. Boc There were no luftfuli Onders^then,To broyle the Carbonado*! hearts of men 5 The rofie Cheekedid^then^proclaimeA fhame of Guilt,but not a gu
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