. 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 . lie workc crapaleInftrud thee, that the fertaet Cardinal] To guard the Ma^htod, (hodd bee fliil emplovd*Left eife the feeble fabrick bee ^eSa^d, ftill running forth, without delayDoth flicw,that , paffeth faft awayAnd, makes no ftop: yea, and the Mono too(Left thou forgetfull prove; infcrmes thee ^Pl ^ r this, Occafion, therefore, take,thy f
. 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 . lie workc crapaleInftrud thee, that the fertaet Cardinal] To guard the Ma^htod, (hodd bee fliil emplovd*Left eife the feeble fabrick bee ^eSa^d, ftill running forth, without delayDoth flicw,that , paffeth faft awayAnd, makes no ftop: yea, and the Mono too(Left thou forgetfull prove; infcrmes thee ^Pl ^ r this, Occafion, therefore, take,thy faftflying Houres, mote ufe to make-And, heedfull bee, to fhunne thdrcommon crimeWho take much care to trifle out the time-As if it merited their utmoft paine, To lofe the gemmc, which moft they fecke to ^ is loft already; Time-u. as yet, thou knowft not unco prejent-hotires are tlune, and, oneiy thofeOf which thou haft Commfwn to difpofcAnd, they from thee, doc flyc away fo faffThat, they are fcarccly knowne, til! (hey are ,gtvt met grace, to ntmdc,mdufe Time foThai, I may doe thy worke, before Igoe. Re[>eyth or Qod TfoiO breaks the threadyBy Ttfhichithj doorac hangs ore thy head*. ILLVSTR. i Arke well this Embkm . and, (when in a fee the Gloht^ there, hang above their head, ^- Who in fecuritie, beneath it fit) Obfetve Kmft, that threatens itjThe fmallneffe of the Tmnt; and,what a deathWould follow, (hoiUd it fall on thofe beneath;And (having well obfcrvd it) mind, I pray,That, which the word about it, there, doth fay ;For, it includes a CuvtAty which wee needTo entertaine,with a continual 1 heed. Though few confider it, wee finde it thus(Throughout our lives) with evVy one of hangcth in a fwgle thredd,Diredly over every Stmers Se^me is gone forth,by which wee ftandCondemodto fuffer death. The drcadfull Gods impartiall fuflue, holds a Knife,Still ready, to cutoff our thread of li
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