. 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 . h upon the Rockie fhorcjAnd, as a true triangled Pyramide,Stands faft,and fhcwes alike,on evry fide;So, howfoever Fortune^ turnes or winds,Thofe men, which are indowd with vcrtuous is impoiEble, to drive them fromThofe Ffirms^ot 5/<*/^w/,which thofe minds , as the raging Seaj with foming threats,Againft the MPckk-Jbore, but vaineiy bcatsjSo
. 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 . h upon the Rockie fhorcjAnd, as a true triangled Pyramide,Stands faft,and fhcwes alike,on evry fide;So, howfoever Fortune^ turnes or winds,Thofe men, which are indowd with vcrtuous is impoiEble, to drive them fromThofe Ffirms^ot 5/<*/^w/,which thofe minds , as the raging Seaj with foming threats,Againft the MPckk-Jbore, but vaineiy bcatsjSo, Envie fhall in vaiae, loud bluftrings vertuous refolutions thfy would , Fertuey^fhich receives an overthrow,Was Vertue, not indeed, but in the jhow. So farre ani I, oh Lord! from laying claimeTo have this FertuCy that, I doe but aymcAt fuch ferfeiiitn; and, can come no nigherAs yet, than to obtaine it in , fixe thou fo,this weake dcfire of mine,Vpon the Vertues of thy Roeke divine,That /, and that invakiable ^totHyMay bee i ncorporated into One : And, then, it will bee neither fb^c, nor iay,ro-y Fertuesy will uninovd abide. The The motion of the World daj^Is moj^d the quite contrarie ^ lip Illvstr. XI.
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