. 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 . To heare, in private, and obfcured 5 thofe, thofe JoyfaUtydirtgSj we doe liveDivulgd, in every VtUage^ to perceive jAnd, that, the founds of GUdrnfje, eccho mayg1 hrough all our goodly Tmples, cvry day. T^is if^i (O h God) thy doing • u/ito tkee,Afcribdyfor ever, let all Prayfts this Mercie, and, vouchsafe the to thy Labour, on th
. 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 . To heare, in private, and obfcured 5 thofe, thofe JoyfaUtydirtgSj we doe liveDivulgd, in every VtUage^ to perceive jAnd, that, the founds of GUdrnfje, eccho mayg1 hrough all our goodly Tmples, cvry day. T^is if^i (O h God) thy doing • u/ito tkee,Afcribdyfor ever, let all Prayfts this Mercie, and, vouchsafe the to thy Labour, on tha Vine-yard,y«/f *Lc^, for our fruitlefneffe,thy Light of grace,ThoH,from our Goldc-n candlellicke, dijpUce, We doct me thinkes, already. Lord, beginneTo wanronize, and let that loathing in,which makes thy Manna tajlleffe . And, I , of thofe C\{{\zi\s, who,more often heare,7 hen pra&ife, what they know, we have too many :And, I ftijpeifmy felfc, as much as me {o, that, by amending mee,Amends in others, may increafed be : And, let all Graces, which thou kajl beflow*d, Reiurne thee honour,y?^^»» l^hom,frfi, theyflowd, O 2 . The The BccSjTf/fl in an Melmct breed j^ndy Peace, dotb after Wane, fucceeL. .2 I^^^Hen you have heeded, by your Ejes Helmet^ hiving of a Swarme of Bees,^SSSfS^ Confider, what may gatherd be from thence,And, what your Eyt of Fnderftanding fees. That Helmetf and, thofc other Weapons^ there,Betoken Warre-^ the Honey-making, ///«,An Embkm of a happy Kingdome, arc,Injoying Pmk, by painfull Induftries:And, when, all thefe together are expreft,As in this Emblem, where the Bees, doe feeraeTo make their dwelling, in a Plumed-Crefl,A Morail is implyed, worth efteeme. For, thefe inferre, myfterioufly, to , and Art,znd Thrift^mo^^ firmeabide?.In thofe Ripublikes, where, Armes cherifht bee jAnd, where, true $e, leCides,When, of their Stings, the Bces,diC3rmd, ,who, on others Labours, ufe to prey,I
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