. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . grew to heea Treej and, growing, ft$ thofe great Groves, were fclld for firing, once had high efleerae; and fprung that poorc Branch, lay fleightcd in the , I have fcene (uch ttviggs, afford them whom they were the mcanefl fhrippings all ttic Wood-^ And, you may live to fee,(For ought yet knowne) fome fuch
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . grew to heea Treej and, growing, ft$ thofe great Groves, were fclld for firing, once had high efleerae; and fprung that poorc Branch, lay fleightcd in the , I have fcene (uch ttviggs, afford them whom they were the mcanefl fhrippings all ttic Wood-^ And, you may live to fee,(For ought yet knowne) fome fuch event in , what if all who know mee, fee me thofe hopes begin to fpring and fpread iHave therefore they rhat hate me, caufe to boafi,As if mine expcdations I had loil fNo furc; For, I, who by Faiths eyes have Aarons witherd Rodigxow frefli and grecne;And alfo viewed (by the felfe-fame E-jes) that I Hen, in this Emblem, here, you have fliape of a triangled PyramUc,And, havcobfervcd well,tho(e mightie Rcckes,Whofe firmc foundation bides the dreadfiill fliockesOf angry Neptune j you may thereby fee, How firmly fetled. Vermes rcall ,as the raging Seas, although they roare, Can make no breach upon the Rockie fiiorcj And, as a true triangled Pyramide, Stands faftjand (hewes alike,on evry fide; So, howfoever/or/*«e, turncs or wind?, Thofe men, which are indowd with veiruous minds, It is impolTiblc, to drive them from Thofe Formes,or St Aliens,which, thofe minds bccotnc. And, as the raging Set, with foming threats, Againft the Seckk-Jhore, but vainciy beats. So, Envie fhall in vaine, loud bluftrinss make, When vertuous refolutions they would (liAc. For, rfr/«e, which receives an overthrow, Was Venue, not indeed, but in xhc Jlww. So fan e am T, oh Lord! from laying claime To have this Vertue, that, I doe bur ayme At fuch perfe^ion; and, can come no nighcr As yet, th
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