. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . is counterfeit and bafe,Akho* it bears great C^/ars Face ;Thy Jewels ^re but glitcring Stones,Pebbles not worth Groat an Ounce. Such, when theyre proved, theyre ever foundsAnd thiir whole Values in their Sound ;He who thefe Beauties will carefs,Poifon and Cankers muH poiTefs, The Moral. Wealtli is a Screen that hides unnumberd Ills,And many a heavy Heart and State the Man indeed exalt,Drazzle the Eye, and lefTen evry fhould we judge him by unerring Truth,Negleft hi


. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . is counterfeit and bafe,Akho* it bears great C^/ars Face ;Thy Jewels ^re but glitcring Stones,Pebbles not worth Groat an Ounce. Such, when theyre proved, theyre ever foundsAnd thiir whole Values in their Sound ;He who thefe Beauties will carefs,Poifon and Cankers muH poiTefs, The Moral. Wealtli is a Screen that hides unnumberd Ills,And many a heavy Heart and State the Man indeed exalt,Drazzle the Eye, and lefTen evry fhould we judge him by unerring Truth,Negleft his Pride, nor fhould his Folly flagrant Vices, his corrupted Soul,Than others more deteftable and feen and loathd ; yet ilill the Man we pay our Worlhip to his (hining Dirt,But who his Wealth, v/ith all his Sins wosld h^efEnjoy his Splender, to pofTefs his Grave ?Who would exchange the peaceful Calm of Life,For his corroding Cares and gnawing Grief?• Poor may I be, ff innocent I am ;To Heaven only will I lay my CIai*Ti,E [ 50 ] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOCK EMBLEM :-V,.///l:]y*./-:-^^^^^ •*■■>••• When Vanity holds up the Glafs,Beauty we fee and comely Grace ;But fearch thy Heart, and there thoult fee]More than enou2;h to humble thee. [ 51 J E M B L E M VI. ^he of Vanity. THE Worlds a Mirror which deceives,Aiid falfely Objects reprek-uts jHi^ who her Flatteries fond Credulity repents. The World may tell thee thou art f?Jr,Brave, virtuous, good, and great; Examifie vveW thy Heart and thereTiioalt hnd tis ali a pompous Cheat. A thoufand Things thoult fee amifs. Which have efcaped ethers Eyes :What thou wilt learn, is only This, That thou an neiiier good nor wife. The M ORAL. Big tho we look, and mightily attrad The publick Eye, and many Things may ad. Let ns fedately fcrutinize our Hearts, And tell the very Truth that Search imparts; What Ihall we find whereon a Boait to raife r What goodly Thing deferves our Maker


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