. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Iooke;Sometimes, we quite below the Lint arc toft:Another-while, againft the Hazard ftrookc,We, but a little want, of being loft. Detra8ion,Envie, Mifcbief, and Delight, ,One Partie make, and watchfully attendTo catch us when we rife to any Height;Left we above their hatred mould tune, Praifer, Htptsy and Tndujlries,Doe fide-together, and make Play co plcafe us;But, when by them wc thinke more high to rife,More great they make our
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Iooke;Sometimes, we quite below the Lint arc toft:Another-while, againft the Hazard ftrookc,We, but a little want, of being loft. Detra8ion,Envie, Mifcbief, and Delight, ,One Partie make, and watchfully attendTo catch us when we rife to any Height;Left we above their hatred mould tune, Praifer, Htptsy and Tndujlries,Doe fide-together, and make Play co plcafe us;But, when by them wc thinke more high to rife,More great they make our Fall, and more difeafe , they thatleeke our £*/<r,advance oar GainetAnd to our Wtjhes, bring us oft the nigher :For, we that elfeupon the Ground had laine,Are, by their (hiking of us lifted Balls againft the Stones are hardeft throwne,Then higheft up into the Aire they ly ;So, when men hurle us (with moft fury) downe,Wee hopefull are to be advaned thereby : And,when they finite us quite unto the Ground,Then, up to Heavn, we truft, wc (hall rebound. TiS Till God hath trough tu to his Will,The Hammer vejbattfujftrftilt. U. ILLVSTR. XVII. [Hy fhould the feolifh World difeeurage Men,In juft endurances i or bid them fhunneGots&Aftms, caufe they fuffer now and then,For Doing n>f/f} as if fome ill were done tEre Plans extended are, they muft abideA thoufand hammrings; And, then that which fHPdjSo little roomc, it fcarce your Hand could hide,Will ferve a goodly Monument to , he that hopes to winne an honeft Namt,Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoc,A*id hazard, off, theblaft of Evili Fame,Beforea Cood-Reftrt her Trumpc will blow, A thoufjnd Worthies had unworthilyBeen raked up in Afhes and in Clay,Vtiknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malice had not fild their Ruft , lo ■ their lading prayies now arc fpread,And raisd, by Adverfe Chance, to fuch a height,That they mod glorious are, now they arc dead $And live in Injuries, and Deaths, defp
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