. 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 . aUntanefer in the Fir€yMay, therefore, not unfitly, fignifieThofe, who in Fierj Charnots, doeafpircEltjdfh\i\iCj to ImmoruUty :Or, thofe Heroicke-ffiritSy who unharrodHave through the fires of Troubles y and AffiSlm^( Fertue^and with Innoceticie armd)Walkt OQwaid, in the PAib wajy o{ PcrfeQion. The ryal/, wliich like JVeod and Hay^Confumcs the Wui ke


. 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 . aUntanefer in the Fir€yMay, therefore, not unfitly, fignifieThofe, who in Fierj Charnots, doeafpircEltjdfh\i\iCj to ImmoruUty :Or, thofe Heroicke-ffiritSy who unharrodHave through the fires of Troubles y and AffiSlm^( Fertue^and with Innoceticie armd)Walkt OQwaid, in the PAib wajy o{ PcrfeQion. The ryal/, wliich like JVeod and Hay^Confumcs the Wui kes oJ ev*ry 3(And maketh all their Hofes to fame away)Doth purific what Faithfuii-men have y triumph in ihcFhrnts^ and (hall obraineThe glorious Crowne of EnMeJf . all that fliow of Biiffe appcaieth WorlMy mtn have feemed to , though fome Sinnes and FoHies, gilded fliinc like pureft Goldy and Pretms-Stones jThis Tefl, will findc of what AOaj they , make them knowne but Counterfeited Ones :For, in this Formccy all fuch Worme^ expire; •And, none bu: Vtrtue livcth in this Fire. Hce, Hee^ olper all the Starrcs doth rai^ne^That unto Wifdomc can ILLVSTR. XXXI. ,


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