. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . lmost evry thing you see From small at first to large did grow :Do but a little oft, and you Will find that little grow apace ;The Penny to the Pound accrue, And slow and sure oft win the race. GREAT BOASTER, LITTLE DOER. A LITTLE STREAM DRIVES A LIGHT MILL. THE Smith the fteele, Co tempers in the fire,As that it may indure flints ftroke and ire; The flint and flieel, gainfl: others while they ftrive, Give f
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . lmost evry thing you see From small at first to large did grow :Do but a little oft, and you Will find that little grow apace ;The Penny to the Pound accrue, And slow and sure oft win the race. GREAT BOASTER, LITTLE DOER. A LITTLE STREAM DRIVES A LIGHT MILL. THE Smith the fteele, Co tempers in the fire,As that it may indure flints ftroke and ire; The flint and flieel, gainfl: others while they ftrive, Give fparkles, which the tinder keeps alive ; Untill the fulphure to the match gives flame. Which keeps, and to the candle doth give the fame ; The candle thus lighted proper ufe hath none : Thus all ordained is for man alone. Dame Nature fo commandeth evry thing In his owne kind to ferve his Lord and King; Things of meere being, and which doe not live, As Elements, food to the living give ; The living herbs doe beafts with fenfe mainetaine. And thefe, to feede us, evry houre are flaine : So every thing is for the ufe of man. To God fhould he not doe then, what he can ? Far lies ■S<^S<;&^ CHICKENS FEED CARONS. -S^ WHO WINS THE EYES WINS ALL. Verwonnen Oog, begonnen Min
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