. 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 . gdomesymy gayne the Sway,To Gcneralts ofFUets, we liken thefe. Each hath his proper Courfito him aflignd,His Cardy his Compaffe^ his due lacklings, too 3And, if their Bulint He, as they ought, they mind,They may accomplifti all they have to , moft Men leave the Care of their owne Couffe,To judge or follow others, in their wayes;And, when their Follies mak
. 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 . gdomesymy gayne the Sway,To Gcneralts ofFUets, we liken thefe. Each hath his proper Courfito him aflignd,His Cardy his Compaffe^ his due lacklings, too 3And, if their Bulint He, as they ought, they mind,They may accomplifti all they have to , moft Men leave the Care of their owne Couffe,To judge or follow others, in their wayes;And, when their Follies make their Fortunes curfe the Deftiny, which they (hould , Waves, and WindeSySLtid that oft-changing WeatherWhich many blame, as caule of all their LoJ[eSy(Though they v>blcrvc it not) helpes bring togetherThofe Uopes^ which their owne Wifedom^ often not, therefore much, what thofe things come, wihour thy fault, to thwart thy Waj 3Kor, how, Rajl).Lookers-oh will cenfure thee •But, tiithfully,to docihy pait,afliy:For, if thou ihalt not from this Counfellvary^Let my Hopes failc me, if thy Hopes raifcarry. judders A judden Death, ffith Shame, is dueTohiffhthatyfyceares What is ILLVSTR. XXXVITI. Hen th* AtKi€nts made a folcmnc Leagiu or r«i», |Their Cuftome was to ratific it, thus,- I^^•^ Before theirthey flew a ^w, IAnd fayd aloud J Sobeitantittt, IImplying, that, if otherwife they did IThen had been vowd; or, if within their Breft ifii Fraudulent-JntentmYizdhc^Ti&d, |They merited fuch Vfage, as that , by the 5w»^ that they had flaughtredfo,(Which, during Life, was helpcfuli unto none)Of Life deprived by a fudden blow,And, then, caft out, that none might feed thereon 5They, myftically did inferre. that, heWho falfifyd that 04^^ which he had fworne,Defervd, by Sndd^n-DcAth^ cut off to be 5And, as a Beaft uncleane, to lye forlorue. That Heathenilh Hitr»gljfhicke, doth implycThis Chrijiian Do£irint j that,
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