. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . hich our forraine S/oylers come,Dfimepcke FoeSj wiUelfe devoure at home;And^ firanger-drows the peacefull Bees will harmc,Vnlefle with warUke ftings,thcmfclvcs they arme. Confidering this, let none bee fo Swords well usd protedion to defpifc;Or, thinke the pradice of this any place, or age, may well bee not the Swerd-man flei
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . hich our forraine S/oylers come,Dfimepcke FoeSj wiUelfe devoure at home;And^ firanger-drows the peacefull Bees will harmc,Vnlefle with warUke ftings,thcmfclvcs they arme. Confidering this, let none bee fo Swords well usd protedion to defpifc;Or, thinke the pradice of this any place, or age, may well bee not the Swerd-man fleight the powrfull Gowne-^Nor caft the Stverdom of their Towne,Becaufe it terrifies, or draweth Blood;For, othcrwhilc Phlebotomy is good ;And, though to kill a Lowfe,thc Banians fearc;^Though CAnahaptiJls love no Swerd to weare)Yet, being drawne, to fright, or cut off Sirtnt,It may bee brandifhd by a Cherubin. However, from the Srverddivide not you(In any cafe) the peacefull Qlive. bough:That is, let Peace, at all times, be that End,For which, to draw the Smrd you doe intend;And, for well-doings bee as ready, ft give rewtrdSfZS blewes, for deingiS, A For- A Fortune it ordMi for thce%According as thy Labours ILLVSTR. XXXI. n^Hc Sfadf^fot Labour ftands. The SaH with mift^t,Bii^ Intcndcth flitiing-row/wg-wordij tbmgs. This Altar. fioM, may fervc in fciting firmer, follid, and of greater worth :In which,and by thttvords inclofing thcfe,You, the e may read, your Fortune, if you you, your lahour, on thofe things rmU, and flutter, al waies,to and fro 5It cannot be, but, that which you obtaine,Muft prove a wavering, and unconftanr gaiac ;For, he that foweth Fanitie, (hall findc,hirtApngtime, no better fruit then Winde^ Your houres, in fcrions matters, if you , fuch, as to a lafting purpofe tend,The purchafe of your paineswill everlaft;And, bring you ?lea[nre, when the Labours , though in tearcs, your , y
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