. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . hazard of their goods, to hcare 5(>i-, in leflTe bloudy times, at their owne homes,n private, and obfcured loyfnU-tydings, we doe livein < very Village, to perceivej icunds of Gladneffe^ecchomay,;h all our goodly Temples, evry v)h God) thy doing; unto thee,for ^-:er,let allPrayfes this Mcrcie, and, vtuchfafe the fruit,May . 1 r, o« this Vine-yard, fuit: our {,uitkfneffe,thy Light of grace,Thou, from our Golden
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . hazard of their goods, to hcare 5(>i-, in leflTe bloudy times, at their owne homes,n private, and obfcured loyfnU-tydings, we doe livein < very Village, to perceivej icunds of Gladneffe^ecchomay,;h all our goodly Temples, evry v)h God) thy doing; unto thee,for ^-:er,let allPrayfes this Mcrcie, and, vtuchfafe the fruit,May . 1 r, o« this Vine-yard, fuit: our {,uitkfneffe,thy Light of grace,Thou, from our Golden candlelticke, doc, me thinkes, already, Lord, beginneTo \van:onizf\ and let that loathing in,Which nukes thy Manna tafilejje i And, Ifeare,That, of thofe Chriftians, who,more often hearc,7 henpracltfe, what they know, we have too many :And, If tiff eel my fclfc, as much as ! mend mc fo, that, by amending mec,Amends in othrrs, may increafed be: And, let all Graces, which thou haft be flowd,Retarne thee honour,/™*** wbom,Jir(lt they flowd. O 2 The 9° The Bees, ficifl in an Helmet breed;tAnd, Peace, dotb after Wzne,fuccecd,. ILLVSTR. XXVIII. Book. j[Hen you have heeded, by your Eyes offenfe,This Helmet, hiving of a Swarm e of Bees,Confider, what may gatherd be from thence, >And, what your Eye of Fnderjfanding fees. That Helmet, and, thofe other Weapons, there,Betoken Warn 3 the Honey-making, Flyts,An Emblem of a happy Kingdome, are,Injoying Peace, by painfull Induftries:And, when, all thefe together are expreft,As in this Emblem, where the Bees, doe feemeTo make their dwelling, in a Plumed-Crefl,A MoraU is implyed, worth efteeme. For, thefe inferre, myfterioufly, to me,That, Peace,and Art, and Thrift,mod firme abides,In thofe Re-publikes, where, Armts cherifht bee 3A nd, where, true Martiall. difciplwc, , of their Stings, the Bees, difarmd, , who, on others Labours, ufe to prey,Incouragd are, with violence, to come,And, beare their H
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