. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . BELIEVE NOT ALL THOU HEAREST. UlTTLE CHIPS KINDLE A LARQE FIRE. Culex fodit oculum DUJ(0 THE GNAT STINGS THE EYES OF THE LION. FRIENDS ! come here and lift to me !Something ftrange I would relate ;Should it prove of ufe to thee,That will me well fo ftrong the Lion be,Though fo full of Majcfty, LITTLE BROOKS MAKE OREAT RIVERS. LITTLE BODIES HAVE GREAT SOULS. Though his eyes fo fierc
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . BELIEVE NOT ALL THOU HEAREST. UlTTLE CHIPS KINDLE A LARQE FIRE. Culex fodit oculum DUJ(0 THE GNAT STINGS THE EYES OF THE LION. FRIENDS ! come here and lift to me !Something ftrange I would relate ;Should it prove of ufe to thee,That will me well fo ftrong the Lion be,Though fo full of Majcfty, LITTLE BROOKS MAKE OREAT RIVERS. LITTLE BODIES HAVE GREAT SOULS. Though his eyes fo fiercely gleam. And fo terrible he feem ; That no man, whoeer he be, Can unmovd his anger fee ; Yet the gnat, though hes fo fmall. j And fo flight of limb withal. Is fo wondrous brave and keen. 1 That the Lion oft is feen Filld with dread as foon as he q: Gnats perceives but two or three ! \ 111 hlil(D Yet the gnat doth not attack Slyly, or behind his back; i 0 But, firft, like a genrous foe. D J Ul Scorning all advantage low. < When the Lion comes in fight. 03 Ui Sounds his challenge to the fight; Q Z And forthwith bids him prepare < h IL All his fiercest wrath to bear. 0) hu. 0 Nor doth he affault his foe Q Where he leaft defence can fhow ; 0q:1 1 Though fo fmall, yet
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