. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . blem (worthy veneration)Doth figure out, that winged-cmtempUtion,On which the Learned mount their beft Invention,And, climbe the Hills of higheft Apprehenfion,This is the nimble Gennet, which doth carry,Their -F4»«*,thorow Worlds imaginary 3And, by ld<tas feigned, (hewes them there*The nature of thole Truths, that reall meanes of this, our Soules doe come to knowA thoufand fecrcts, in the Deeps below;Things, here on £xr/£,and, things ab
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . blem (worthy veneration)Doth figure out, that winged-cmtempUtion,On which the Learned mount their beft Invention,And, climbe the Hills of higheft Apprehenfion,This is the nimble Gennet, which doth carry,Their -F4»«*,thorow Worlds imaginary 3And, by ld<tas feigned, (hewes them there*The nature of thole Truths, that reall meanes of this, our Soules doe come to knowA thoufand fecrcts, in the Deeps below;Things, here on £xr/£,and, things above the Skyes,On which, we never fixed, yet, our eyes. No thorny, miery, ftecpe, nor craggy place,Can interrupt this Courfer, in his race:For, that, which others, in their paflage his courage, and his vigour of what her ajme refifleth : Purfms her hopes, and takes the \vayfl>e lifleth. O 2 The io6 The Husbandman, dothfoTQtbz Seeds ;And, tben-iOn Hopfc,tiflHatveft,_/<rflfr. ?+■. ILLVSTR. XLIV. m He painfull Husbandman, with fweaty browes,Confumes in labour many a weary day:fa***) tc bjea^g the ftubborne earth,he digs and foxglxs^And, then, the Corne, he fcatters on the clay :When that is done, he harrowes in the Seeds,And, by a well cleansd Furrow, layes it dryerHe, frees it from the Wormes, the Moles, the Weeds •He, on the Fences, alfo hath an eye. %And, though he fee the chilling Winter, bringSnows, Flouds, and Frofts, his Labours to annoy $Though bUfing-windes doe nip them in the Spring,And, Summers Meldewes, threaten to deftroy :Yea, though not onely Dayes, but Weekes, they are(Nay, many #«£«, and, many Monetbs befide)In which he rauft with payne, prolong his care,Yet, conftant in his hopes he doth this refpe\ Hopes Emblem .here, you feeAttends the Pt\gl, that men beholding it,May be inft¥u?red, or clfe minded be,What Hopes, continuing Labours, will , long thou toyled haft, and, long attendedAbo
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