. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . rh fuchWho very curious are in Trifling things,And neither Coft, nor Time, nor Labour grutch,In that which neither Gaine nor Pleajure thofe whom here that Creature doth implyeAre chiefely fuch, who under cunning fticwesOf fimple-Meanings (or of Curtefie)Doe filly Men unwarily elfe, it meanes thofe greedy-CormorantsWho without touch,of Confcience or Compaflion,Seeke how to be enricht by others wants,And bring the Poore to uncr
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . rh fuchWho very curious are in Trifling things,And neither Coft, nor Time, nor Labour grutch,In that which neither Gaine nor Pleajure thofe whom here that Creature doth implyeAre chiefely fuch, who under cunning fticwesOf fimple-Meanings (or of Curtefie)Doe filly Men unwarily elfe, it meanes thofe greedy-CormorantsWho without touch,of Confcience or Compaflion,Seeke how to be enricht by others wants,And bring the Poore to uncr Defolation. Avoyd them therefore, though compelld by need;Or if a Storme inforce, (yee labring Bees). That yee mud fall among them 5 Flie with fpeedFrom their Commerce, when dimes your paffage more, ler wa^rfull CalLnis hafte from thelc ;Elfe, when thofe Idling-paintcd-flf/ff^cr,Have flutterd-outtheir Summcr-tjme, ineate,(And fpent their Wealth in foolilli Vaniries) The Blafts of Want force them to be broughtFor lhelter thither, where they (lull be caught. Wbentbou a Dangerous-Way doftgot,Walke farcly, though thy pace be ILLVSTR. XIX Book, i, \Xperitnce proves, that Men who truft uponTheir Natrall parts, too much, oft lofe the Dsy^And,faile in that which els they might have vainely trifling pretious Time away. It alfo fliewcs, that many Men have foughtWith fo much Rafhneffe, thofe things they dehYd,That they have brought mod likely Hopes to nought 5And, in the middle of their Courfes,x\, not a few, arc found who fo much wrongGods Gratioujnejp, as if their thinkings were,That (feeing he deferres his Judgements long)His Vengeance, he, for ever,would forbeare:Bur, fuchas thefc may fee wherein they faile,And, what would fitter be for them to doe,If they would contemplate the flow-paed Smile;Or, this our Hieroglypbicke looke into: For, thence we learne, that Perfeverance bringsLarge Workes to end, though flowly they creepeon;And, that Continuanc
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