. 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 . His Pace, mufl wary htand hath a Slippery-way togoe. I. ILLVSTR. XIX. ^^BfeTravailer, when he mud undertake To feck his pafTage, ore fome Frozen Lake,With Ui^urCt and with care, he will aflay The glaffy fmoothncflc of that Jcie-nfaj, Left he may ftp, by walking over-faft • Or, breake the crackling Pavement, by his haft : And, Co (f«r want of bet
. 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 . His Pace, mufl wary htand hath a Slippery-way togoe. I. ILLVSTR. XIX. ^^BfeTravailer, when he mud undertake To feck his pafTage, ore fome Frozen Lake,With Ui^urCt and with care, he will aflay The glaffy fmoothncflc of that Jcie-nfaj, Left he may ftp, by walking over-faft • Or, breake the crackling Pavement, by his haft : And, Co (f«r want of better taking heed) Incurre the mifchiefes of ,We arc all Travellers j and, all of us Have many pafTages, as dangerous. AsFrezert-lakes j and^Slippery-fvayes, wctread. In which our Lives may foonc be forfeited, (Withall our hopes of Ltfeeternall,too) Unlefle, wc well confider what wc doe. There is no private IVay, or publicke Pat&, But rubs, or holes, or flipprineffe it hath, Whereby, wee Oiall with Mtfibiefes meet j uttleffc. Wee walke it, with ,The fteps to Honour, are on Ptnacles Composdof melting Snow, and Ificles; And, they who tread not nicely on their tops. Shall on a fuddainc flip from all their hopes. Yea, cvn that way, which is both fure and holy, An
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