. 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 . s Mtrcurian JVand, doth fVit expreflc 5The Cornit-copia, WealthineJJe implies ;Both gained by a ftudious Watchfalmjje;Which,here,thc Bird ef Athens fignifies. * Nor, by this Emblem, are we taught , (when great Fndertakings are intended)We Sloth, aid lurnpifh DrowfneJJe muft Ihunne 5Bur, Rafhmfje^ alfo,here is Comfell of thy i;7/(?iv,(
. 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 . s Mtrcurian JVand, doth fVit expreflc 5The Cornit-copia, WealthineJJe implies ;Both gained by a ftudious Watchfalmjje;Which,here,thc Bird ef Athens fignifies. * Nor, by this Emblem, are we taught , (when great Fndertakings are intended)We Sloth, aid lurnpifh DrowfneJJe muft Ihunne 5Bur, Rafhmfje^ alfo,here is Comfell of thy i;7/(?iv,(rairh our Sawe)And, ere in waighry Matters thou proceede,C >-iiidcr well upon them ; left they drawSome Aftcrclap^, which may thy Mifchicfebrcedeo I, for myferiouft Mufes^ chufetheNtght3(More friend to Medttattoa, then the Daj)That neither Noyfc, nor Objeds of the Sight,NorbiisnefTes, withdraw my thoughts Night, we beft may ruminae uponOut Purpofes. Th^n, b^(\, we may enquireWhat Aciiom wee amifT, or well, have done 5And, rhen, may beft inro our Selves recire ; the World-wtthoit, wh^n m )ft we fee, Then, blindeft to th^ Wo rid-within, arc wee, C ^ 10 v/4» Innocent no Dan^ctfearest Ho^p^reat foeyer it Illvstr, X. Book. I.
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