. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . e; The Vv^orlds gay Idol, Fortune^ he difdains, And greatly feeks thole Orbs where folid Virtue reigns, NOTES to Emblem XXXIL {n) Wifdom no Btfsnefs — So Plato defcrlbes his Philofphcr InPhicdro^ as fixing his wholJy upon Divine Idcic, and ;rii n, by rightly applying them ; fuch. fj\s he, the ^iddyM:.lttii Jecarp sr, as hefide the Ule of Realon, bicaufeabftracned IrooiH man, and occupyd in Divine Studies j but fuch, continues he^ aiefull of the Divinity, and poflefs that which the World ca
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . e; The Vv^orlds gay Idol, Fortune^ he difdains, And greatly feeks thole Orbs where folid Virtue reigns, NOTES to Emblem XXXIL {n) Wifdom no Btfsnefs — So Plato defcrlbes his Philofphcr InPhicdro^ as fixing his wholJy upon Divine Idcic, and ;rii n, by rightly applying them ; fuch. fj\s he, the ^iddyM:.lttii Jecarp sr, as hefide the Ule of Realon, bicaufeabftracned IrooiH man, and occupyd in Divine Studies j but fuch, continues he^ aiefull of the Divinity, and poflefs that which the World cannot , for it is conceald from them. [h) Fortune—Blind Idolatry numberd her among the Obje<3s ofirs : But wile Nature, unprejudicd by corrupt SuperOition,abhorrd the Delufion, confefling, in the Perlon of FhilcnVn, Thatfortunes^ to a wife and a t^ood Man. So y^r7i?ot/e dednesfo-fune to be only Cait/u -fer accidens eorum qua delcSu fiunt j andCiceiQ fays, fhe owes both her N^meai d Being to Human Ignorance,in the tiuc Caules of Things. (99). Emblem Progrbss of GOLD, WHEN from the Earths deep Womb th?Sooty RaceOf {a) Chili\ Sons, Natures unlovd Difgrace,Have dug the fliining Ore from the rich VeinsOf {b) Andes burning Hills; or in the Plains{c) Laborious midft the Floods and fwelling TidefiOf falling Rivers from thole Mountains Sides,Have caught the glittring Duft, the wealthy MafsIs cleansd, by purging Fires, from Natures Drofs:G 2 Then ( loo ) , Then throl the World the tempting Milchlcf flies ;•jiThence Spain derives her Annual rich Supplies,♦With which her Peace, and Powr uf France y flie buys i fiSpitc of Valencia^ terrible Campaign,iliilults victorious Britain on the Main:iThence Gallia ftrives, in fpiteof Hochjkf^ Plains,5-With conquerd Troops, loll: Honour to regain ;With Pomp of Piety, Heavns Aid batters down whole Realms with Louis dOrs,Thence the perlualive Guinea takes its Rife,Bribe of Ambition, Luft, and A
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