. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . tWerld, was left (as all alone;Our miferable Nature to bemone 5And, in whofe eyes,the teares of pitry flood,When he beheld his owne unthankful! BroodHis Favours, and his Mercies, then, conttmne,When with his wings he would have brooded them:And, fought their cndlcfle peace to have confirtnd,Though, to procure his ruine,they were aimd. To be their Food, himfelfe he freely gave;His Heart was piercd,that he their Souks might , they difob
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . tWerld, was left (as all alone;Our miferable Nature to bemone 5And, in whofe eyes,the teares of pitry flood,When he beheld his owne unthankful! BroodHis Favours, and his Mercies, then, conttmne,When with his wings he would have brooded them:And, fought their cndlcfle peace to have confirtnd,Though, to procure his ruine,they were aimd. To be their Food, himfelfe he freely gave;His Heart was piercd,that he their Souks might , they difobeyd the Sacred-will,He, did the Law ofRighttoufnejje MRU .And, to that end (though guiltleiTe he had bin)Was off red, for our VmverfaH-finne. Let mee Oh Goal forever, fixe mine eyesVpon the Merit of that Sacr-fze:Let me retaineadue commemorationOf thofe deare Mercies, and that bloudy Papon,Which here is meant; and, by true Faith, ftill, feedVpon the drops, this Pelican did bleed j Yea, let me firme unto thy Law abide, And, ever love that Fltcke, for which he dyd. Bee Bee iuft; for, neither Sea nor Land,Shall hide thee from the Royall-hand. I?5. ILLVSTR. XXI. Book. [Hat, which wee call the Sea-horfe, is a Creature,k Whereby the Priefls of *^gyph wonted were,To an itl-dtftofed nature -yAnd, fuch, as to their Parents, cruell are:Becaufe, this Menjler (as their Authors write,)When (trong he grovves,bccommeth foingrate,That he purfues, with violent defpight,His old and weakly Sire, which him begate. Conrrariwifc, the Storke, they figurd, then,When they occafi >n had, to fignifieThe good condition, of tliofe honeft men,Who pleafure take, in woikes of, Piety :Becaufe, the S tor hs, not onely harmed none,But, holpe their aged Parents in their need jAnd, thofe oflfcnlive Serpents, preyd upon,Which, in the Fennes of ^gfpt, yearely, Roysli Crovne, therefore, fupporting thusThat pious Fowle, and overtopping, here,The wicked, and the fierce Hyppttamtu,May ferve to comfor
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