. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . oceedes, All ha meruli fraud, and all injurious deedes. And, where fuch meekeneffe as doth feeme to be In harmeletie Dova, divided you mall fee Fon thar difcrttton, and that policie, Which in the Serpents head, is thought to lie j They liable to ev ry wrong become ; And, to it f lfc, make Vertue burthenfome. But, where thefc two are ioyned, they procure A life fo fweet, (o rich, and fo fecure, Thar, all the p nvrs of Malice cannot (hake Their out
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . oceedes, All ha meruli fraud, and all injurious deedes. And, where fuch meekeneffe as doth feeme to be In harmeletie Dova, divided you mall fee Fon thar difcrttton, and that policie, Which in the Serpents head, is thought to lie j They liable to ev ry wrong become ; And, to it f lfc, make Vertue burthenfome. But, where thefc two are ioyned, they procure A life fo fweet, (o rich, and fo fecure, Thar, all the p nvrs of Malice cannot (hake Their out-worhs, nor within them, terrors thou oh my God 1 vouchsafe, in me, That thefe two Vermes ma) vnitedbe. Such Prudcnce^/v*. as never mlldifdaine The Dove-like Innocencie, ttretatne. That meckenciTe,£™»f me,mhicb delighttth not, It felfe, with indiscretion, to befot: But, let thefe t wo, each other fo defend, K^/lnd fo, in me continue, tikmy end, That, fimpic-prudence, / may flillpoffeffe,Although the World jhall count it fooliflincfife. Y When 152. W here ere *e <faeh the Heavns are «# hut fly, mtdPee #re ILLVSTR. XVIII. Bcok.
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