. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . high,She windes men oft5 before they be aware jAnd, when they dreame of raoft Projperitie,Downe, headlong, throwes them lower thca they were. You, then, that feeke a moreaflurd eftate,On good, and honeft Objecls, fixe your Minde,And follow Venue, that you may a FateExempt from feareof Change, or Dangers,£, he thats Virtuous, whether high or lowHis Fortune feemes (or whether foule or faireHis Path he findcs)or whether friend, or foe,The Wer
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . high,She windes men oft5 before they be aware jAnd, when they dreame of raoft Projperitie,Downe, headlong, throwes them lower thca they were. You, then, that feeke a moreaflurd eftate,On good, and honeft Objecls, fixe your Minde,And follow Venue, that you may a FateExempt from feareof Change, or Dangers,£, he thats Virtuous, whether high or lowHis Fortune feemes (or whether foule or faireHis Path he findcs)or whether friend, or foe,The Werlddoth prove; regards it not a Lofle is Gaine; his Poverty is Wealth $The Worlds Contempt, he makes his Diadem jIn SickneJJe, he rejoyceth, as in Health:Yea, Death it felf e, becommeth Lifc^ to fcaresno difrefpect, no bitter fcorne,Nor fubtile plottings, nor Opprcflions force;Nay,though the World fliould topfie-turvie turne,It cannot fright hirr, nor divert his all Earthly powreshis Virtue reares him 5And, up with Eglets wings, to Heavn itbeareshim. A fickle Woman wanton growne*Preferres a Crowd, before a Crowne,. Illvstr. VII. Book, i„ >Oole. Doft thou hope,thine Honours, or thy Gold,>hall gainethec Love ? Or,thatthou haft her heartWhole hand upon thy tempting Baytfoyes hold iALb! fond Lover, thou deceived that with Wealth, and Titles,can be wonnc,Or wood with Canities, will wav ring bee;And, when her Love, thou moft depended on,A Ftddle-fiicke (hall winne her heart from thee,To Toutb and Muficke, Venut leaneth moft ;And (though her hand (lie on the Scepter lay)Let Greatne]fc,oi her Favours never boaft:Tor^Heart and Eye, are bent another lo, no glorious Purchacethat Man get1;,Who ha;h with fuch poore Trifles, wood,and wonne:Her footing, on a Bali, his Mtftnfle fets,Which in a moment (lips, and (he is Woman, meerely with an Out fide caught,Or tempted with a GaUtard, or a Song,Will him forfake (whom (lie moft lovely t
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