. 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 . he that hopes to winne an honeft Name,Muft many blowes of Fortune hazard, ofr, the blaft of Evill-Fame^Before a Geed-Report her Trumpe will blow. A thoufand Worthies had unworthilyBeen raked up in Aflies and in Clay,Vnknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malice had not fil d their Ruft , lo; their lafting praylcs now are raisd, by Adv
. 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 . he that hopes to winne an honeft Name,Muft many blowes of Fortune hazard, ofr, the blaft of Evill-Fame^Before a Geed-Report her Trumpe will blow. A thoufand Worthies had unworthilyBeen raked up in Aflies and in Clay,Vnknowne and buryd in Obfcuritj,If Malice had not fil d their Ruft , lo; their lafting praylcs now are raisd, by Adverfe-Chance, to fuch a height,that they moft glorious are, now they arc dead 5And live in Injuries^ and Deaths^ defpight»For, by Affliliiom^ man refined , (as the Gold prepared in the Fire)Reccivcih fuch a Forme by wrongs and hee becomes the Jewell we dcfire. To thee therefore, oh God \ My Prayers areNot to be freed from Griefesand Troubles quite:Eur,that they may be fuch as I can bearc;Andjfervf to make me precious in thy Sight,This pivafemctliall, thouiihallmy Lite time, IEetwecne thine Anvill and the Hammer^ lie. D Frtn From thenceiTphere Nets andbnjLics are lit^dyMakc-haft j lef^ els you be betray ILLVSTR. XVIII. Bi9k,l, ^^^He nimble Sfider from Iiis Enrrailcs drawesA (utde Thread, and curious art doth (liow969^ In weaving Nets^ not much unlike thofe LawtsWhich catch SmM-Thieves^ and let the Creat-foes , as the Csb-mb takes the lefler Flyes,When thofe of larger fize breake through their Sriarts •So, Pme men finan for little Injuries,When Rich-men fcape, whofe Guilt is more then theirs* The Sptder, alfb rcprefenteth fuchWho very curious are in Trifling- neither Cort, nor Time, nor Labour grutch,In that which neither Caine nor Pleajure thofe whom here that Creature doth implycAre chiefcly fuch, who under cunning flicwesOf fimple-Meanings (or of Curtefie)Doe filly Men unwarily elfe, it meanes thofe greedy-Cormo
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