. 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 . unfitMufl often be acquired by the Wit. ^And, whatoqr outward F or turn fiisW deny eOmprovidence mud labour to Tupply. Thofe Cafralties, which may our need befriendWe fhould with heedfull dihgcnce attend; And, watch to feize thofe opportunitiesyWhich, men of abler fortunes may defpife Some Bitds when they an Oyfter would Unlock,Mount up, and Jet it fall upon a R
. 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 . unfitMufl often be acquired by the Wit. ^And, whatoqr outward F or turn fiisW deny eOmprovidence mud labour to Tupply. Thofe Cafralties, which may our need befriendWe fhould with heedfull dihgcnce attend; And, watch to feize thofe opportunitiesyWhich, men of abler fortunes may defpife Some Bitds when they an Oyfter would Unlock,Mount up, and Jet it fall upon a Rock •And, when the. Cockles on the Shores lye eafpiog(At ev ry Tides approach their Shells unclafpinafCrowes caft in Pei,Us, and fo take that meatBy rr^?, which by iWix force they could not qet. Wee by indeavring thus, may gainc, at , which at m appeares above our flrenpth!J3y little Screweszn entrance we may makeWhere Barresoflron cannot pafTage breakeSti^all Engines lift huge weights; and, we have heard,Tl at one ;f;y^«,^« (though poore without repaid)May favc a City, when the Men of Warre,And, all tlicir Captaines^x. anon plus are. To 7aKings,both Sword andMa,ccpmaine;Andi thefe they doe not beare in ILLVSTR. Ill, B60k,^ ^^VJF^en thou behokl*ft, upon a Ddy »f Statej^^^(^ The Kt»g (or, fome infcriour MagiftrAu) Walks torth in publicke, and the royaI[^4rt, The Sword, or Sceper borne before liis face:Suppofe thju not, that thofc ke carried, fo,In oikntation, or for vulgar Emblems^ are lignificant;And, that aut^writy, which Priffces grantTo Bodiesfdtttcke, was, heretoforeDeclared, by tiiofe Enfignes, which they bruzing Macc (although, perhaps, with us,*It be not in thefe times, rcftraii-ed thus)That branch of ReyaH-pomr did ( doth by Fines, or lojffof liberty,C >rrcd OfF.^nders. By the Sm>d, they meant,Th !t larg-r banch of p9iv*ry to takes the Ma cfaciors life away;And,a-mes ic felfc^ when RebtU
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