. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . h our forraine S/oyltrs come,Demejlicke Foes, wiUelfe devoure at home;And^ ftrMger-drones the peacefull Bees will harme,Vnlefle with warlike (tings,themfclvcs they arme. Confidering this, let none bee fo Swords well usd protc<aion todcfpifc ;Or, thinke the pradice of this doable-guard,In any place, or age, may well bee not the Sword-man
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . h our forraine S/oyltrs come,Demejlicke Foes, wiUelfe devoure at home;And^ ftrMger-drones the peacefull Bees will harme,Vnlefle with warlike (tings,themfclvcs they arme. Confidering this, let none bee fo Swords well usd protc<aion todcfpifc ;Or, thinke the pradice of this doable-guard,In any place, or age, may well bee not the Sword-man fleight the powrfull Gowne-^Nor Gownemen caft the Sword out of their Towne,Becaufe it terrifies, or draweth Blood;For, othcrwhilc Phlebotomy is good :And, though to kill a Lowk^thtBaniaHs fcarcj(Though Cdnabapttjli love no Swerd to wearc)Yet, being drawnc, to fright, or cut off Simje,It may bee brandiflid by a Cherubin. However, from the Sword divide not you(In any cafe) the peacefull olive bough :That is, let Peace, at all times, be that End,For which, to draw the Sitord you doe intend;And, for mll-doi»g, bee as ready, give rew»rds,,fov deingiS, A For- ^Fortuneit ordudfCiforthee^According (U thy Labours ^ Illvstr. XXXI. 3^ He Sfait Sox Labour ftands. The Ba& with ninff, Intcndcth flitting-rewhng-tvoraYy Alur.^one, may fervein fccting firmer, follid, and of greater worth :In vvhich,and by thenords inclofing thefc,You, the eraay read, your For/»«, if yoJ, your AiW, on thofe things befto\^.Which tovUt m^^flatter, alwaieSjtoand fro jIt cannot b;, but, that which you obtaine,Muft prove a wivertng, and unconftant gaine;For, he that foweth Fanitie, (hall findc,Av reaping-time, no better fruit then fVinJe^ Your houres, in ferions matters, if you fpcnd,Or,fuch, as to a lading purpoletend,The purchafe of your will ever lafl;And, bring you Pleaftre, when the Labours , though in teares, your Seed-time,
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