. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . es, feu tribuit Jupiter ultimam. Quid fit futurum eras, fuge quarere : &Quern fors dierum cumque dabit, lucroAppone. -Quid aternis minorem Confiliis animum fatigas ? God in his Wifdom has thought fit In dark Obfcurity to hide What is to come, and doth derideAll thofe who think by human WitHis fecret Decrees to know,And farther thans permitted go
. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . es, feu tribuit Jupiter ultimam. Quid fit futurum eras, fuge quarere : &Quern fors dierum cumque dabit, lucroAppone. -Quid aternis minorem Confiliis animum fatigas ? God in his Wifdom has thought fit In dark Obfcurity to hide What is to come, and doth derideAll thofe who think by human WitHis fecret Decrees to know,And farther thans permitted go :Leave all to him that all does move,Do you the prefent Hour improve. Take care, Leuconoe, nor beLed by a foolifh Curiofity,To know the Day and Hour when weShall die ; it is a Search forbidden thee :Confult not Men, or Stars, but let us ftriveTo make the beft of all that fhall arrive,Whether our Lives to many Years extend,Or Jove decrees this Winter be their End. Seek not to know what will to-morrow be,But like as if you were this Day to die ; Think Fortune with this Day hath favourd me,This Day Ill live, bid Care and Sorrow fly. Then why do you your Thoughts fondly employOn things above your Reach, and Peace deftroy. A View of Human Scrutateurs des chofes futures^ Ennemis det fecrets divins ; Ne confultez, plus lés DevinsjPour apprendre vos avantures. LArt eft faux & pernicieux, Qui dans les grands chiffres des Cieux§Croit découvrir nos deftinè The Dottrine of MORALITY; or, The Explanation of the Thirty-Third Piéture. La Mort eft inevitable. T)eath is unavoidable.
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