. 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 . TdverM-fi^ne, they faw it made. Yet, this old Emblem {worthy veneration)Doth figure our, that winged-ctntemfUtion,On which the Learned mount their bcft Invention,And, climbe the HiKs of higheft Apprehenfion,This is the nimble Gennet^ which doth Worlds imaginary 5And, by idAAs feigned, (hewes them nature of thole Truths, that reall are
. 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 . TdverM-fi^ne, they faw it made. Yet, this old Emblem {worthy veneration)Doth figure our, that winged-ctntemfUtion,On which the Learned mount their bcft Invention,And, climbe the HiKs of higheft Apprehenfion,This is the nimble Gennet^ which doth Worlds imaginary 5And, by idAAs feigned, (hewes them nature of thole Truths, that reall meanes ofour SmUs doc come to knowA thoufand fecrets, in the Beep below jThings, here on ^4r/A,and, things above the Skjesi,On which, we never fixed, yet, our eyes. No thorny, miery, fteepe, nor craggy interrupt this C»urfer, in his race:For, that, which others, in their palTage troubles,Augments his courage, and his vigour f fares the Minde, infusd with brave defires;// fites through Darkeneffe^ D angersy Floudsy and Fires:Andy in de(^ight ef what her dfme refifleth:Furfres her hopes, and takes the way jhe lijleth, Q 2 The jo6 The Husbandman, dothJoyptbe Seeds •And, then^on Hopc,ti7/Harveft,/^^^ ILLVSTR. XLIV.
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