. 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 . flc, all the workes of Nature^ Within the circuit of it, comprehending, Evn till the peMJ oi the Outward-creature, En D, is they»«r/^, of thofe five Ttrmes I meane j (As bricfe, as was Beginning) and, ordayncd. To fet the laft of momentsj to that Sciene, Which, on this Worlds wide Stage, is cntertayned. The ffth, we Everlasting, fitly, call; For, though, it once
. 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 . flc, all the workes of Nature^ Within the circuit of it, comprehending, Evn till the peMJ oi the Outward-creature, En D, is they»«r/^, of thofe five Ttrmes I meane j (As bricfe, as was Beginning) and, ordayncd. To fet the laft of momentsj to that Sciene, Which, on this Worlds wide Stage, is cntertayned. The ffth, we Everlasting, fitly, call; For, though, it once hegttnney yet, fhall it never Admit, of any future-enet, at all; Bur, be extended onward, ftill, forever. The knowledge of thefe Termes, and of what Aclitm^ To each of them belongs, would let an end. To many Controverfies, and Diftradfions, Which doc fo many trouble, and offend. Ti es nature, by the Fading-flettre^ appeares j Which, is a Type^ of Tranfitory thirgs: The ^ Et E R N i T i e declares • Within whofc Round^ each fading Creature, Riiiales more, to utter, I intended,Bur, lo; a fuddcn flop, my words have ended. when when great Attempts areundergone^ Iqyne Strength and Wilcdome, M in one. 9. ILLVSTR. XLI. B0fik,2 V (Reader) thou defirous be to knowWhat by the CentAHre, feemcth here intended 3What, alfo, by the Snukey and, by the Bme,Which in his hand, he bearcth alway bended:Learne, tiiat this halfe-a marif and halfe-A ancient Hiereglyphkke, teaching , fVifedome ftiould be joynd with ovmSitdfcrce,If profperous, we dcfire our workes to ^pper-part^thc fliape of Man, doth beare,To teach, that, ScaJo» muft become ourgtdde,^ a Horfes Members are 5To flievv, that we rauft, zX^o^flrength provide ;The Ser*)CHtymd the 5«>»^,doth fignificThe fame (or matter to the fame effcdi)And, by two Types^ one Morail to iraplic,h doubled afere-fvarning of ntgleEi,When KnowLedge^K^v^\t\\\ P^jr^r, dcfpisd we grow,A nd
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