. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . and Atorter, we fhould Indifcretions, Peafants imitate,And boldly meddle with affaires of Hettfmves teach their Teachers how to pray,Some C larks, have fhewd themfelves, as wife as they;And in their Callings, as difcreet have bin,As if they taught their Grandames how to fpime:And, irthefeC«/?«»M,laft a few more Ages,All Countries will be nothing els, but StagesOf evill-acled, and miftaken parts jOr, Galtemaufries, of imperfe
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . and Atorter, we fhould Indifcretions, Peafants imitate,And boldly meddle with affaires of Hettfmves teach their Teachers how to pray,Some C larks, have fhewd themfelves, as wife as they;And in their Callings, as difcreet have bin,As if they taught their Grandames how to fpime:And, irthefeC«/?«»M,laft a few more Ages,All Countries will be nothing els, but StagesOf evill-acled, and miftaken parts jOr, Galtemaufries, of imperfect Kjirts. But, I my felfe (youl fay) have medlings made,In things, that are improper to my ; for, the M VS E S are in all things free;Fit fubjeft of their Ferfe, all Creatures be 5And, there is nothing namd fo raeane, or great,Whereof they have not Liberty to Earth and Hfav», are open unto thefe jAnd (when to take more libertic they pleale) They Worlds, and fl/jig^create, which never were j And, when they lift, they flay, and meddle, there. xA Shepherd carefutt ofthe Sheepe,At all times, faitbfull Watch doth keepe. If?. Book,- jHe Figure of a Smke in elder dayes, Was usd in Hiercglypbick}many wayes:Bur, when one Foote, thus grafpd a Peple-jlone,The othet being flrmely fixed onThe Staffe Epijcep4//i in that pofition,It makes an Emblem, of a late edition:By fome, thought not improper, to expreffeTheir p unefull, and their ferious, watchfulmffe,Who take upon themfelves, the Pajlordll care •And, in that Function, truely xvatcbfuli are. Ths Skpherdf-Crooke, doih fome exprcflionmakeOf that regard, which, of their Flochy they Pcble in tbc Foete, doth fecmeto (howe,That, thefc muft farther diligence beftowe,( And, ufe their utmoif pow r) themfelves to keepeFrom Jlotbfitll Eafe • and from internpxztejltepe :For, he that hath fuch Ditties undcrtooke,(And, muft the lives of others overlookedShall fmdehimfelfe,unto himfelfc becomeA burthen,
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