. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . on is begunne,It breedeth dangers, where before were Pfalmift, numerous of firings, doth compareTo guivers, that with Shafts repIeniOYd Fnity hath knit them in her bands,They prove like Arrowes in a Gyants , though, for thefe, their Foes in wayt have Iayd,They (hill not be fuprizd, nor madeafrayd. Confiderthis, yree Children of one Sire,Twixt whom, is kindled fome contentious/^,And,reconciled be, left you, at length,Con
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . on is begunne,It breedeth dangers, where before were Pfalmift, numerous of firings, doth compareTo guivers, that with Shafts repIeniOYd Fnity hath knit them in her bands,They prove like Arrowes in a Gyants , though, for thefe, their Foes in wayt have Iayd,They (hill not be fuprizd, nor madeafrayd. Confiderthis, yree Children of one Sire,Twixt whom, is kindled fome contentious/^,And,reconciled be, left you, at length,Confume away the marrow of your Jirength •Or, by dividing,of your joyned-fowr,Make way forthofc, who ftudic to , let us all confidcr, as we oughr,What Lejjon, by this Emblem, we arc , wee arc Brethren all 5 and (by a BlondMore precious, then our natrall Brother-hood)Not knit, alone, but, mingled, as it were,Into a League. which is, by much, more dcarc,And, much more dangerous, to be undone,Then all the Bunds, that can be thought ?. They i78 They, beft in]oy their Be:rts defires*In »hom, Love, kindles iLLVSTR. XLIV. r Jat may the reafon be, that, when DefireHath kindled in the breft, a Loving-fire,The Flame,which burnd awhile,bothcleere& ftrong,Becomes to be exdnguifhed, ere long iThis Emblem gives the reafon; for, itfhowes,Thar, when Affettion, to perfection growes,The Fire, which doth inlighten, firft, the fame,Is made an equall^ndzmutuall-fiame, Thefe burning Torches, are alike in mew, Love equall, both in time, , to each otherward, their Flames extend,To teach us,thar, True-lovers have no endPerrayning to Sel/e-love ■ and, lo, betweeneTheie Two, one Flaming Lcart, is to be feene jTo fignifie, that, they, but one, remaincIn Mtnde; though,in their Perfons,they aretxvam. He, doubt lefle, then, who Lovd, and, giveth over,Defcrveth not the Title of a Lover •Or, elfe, was unrequited in Affccftion,And, was a
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