. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . < i 0 z : UJlo EXPERIENCE IS THE INSTRUCTOR OF FOOLS. HE IS A QREAT FOOL WHO FORGETS HIMSELF. Sibi nequam, cui WHO IS HURTFUL TO HIMSELF, BENEFITSNO ONE. AKE Love with cheerful heart,Vi, Of what ufe thoughts ot fadnefs ?Do as the Partridge doth,*That fattens on Loves gladnefs :Do as doth the pretty bird tWhich on the banks of Nile, M * La perdrix sengraisse a couvrir la femelle.— On the
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . < i 0 z : UJlo EXPERIENCE IS THE INSTRUCTOR OF FOOLS. HE IS A QREAT FOOL WHO FORGETS HIMSELF. Sibi nequam, cui WHO IS HURTFUL TO HIMSELF, BENEFITSNO ONE. AKE Love with cheerful heart,Vi, Of what ufe thoughts ot fadnefs ?Do as the Partridge doth,*That fattens on Loves gladnefs :Do as doth the pretty bird tWhich on the banks of Nile, M * La perdrix sengraisse a couvrir la femelle.— On the subject of this bird, the Trochilus of Pliny, see rege, crocodilo dentes scalpente et se saginante. HELP THYSELF, AND GOD WILL HELP THEE. SELF-PRESERVATION IS THE FIRST LAW OF NATURE. The while he feafts his fill, no lefs Doth fervice to the Crocodile. I Nay neer repine, fweet youth, I Tis fenfelefs, downright Folly, I To let thine ardent flame I Give caufe for Melancholy : I He that loves and ferves a maid, In truth, achieves two ends ; i For while her wifh he pleafes moll:, j So he no lefs himfelf befriends. i ILUi J (1) Et puer es, nee te, quidquam nisi ludere oportet. D Lude, decent annos mollia regna tuos. <j Cur aliquis rigido fodiat sua pectora ferro ? ^ Invidiam credis pacis am
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