. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . TO THE READER. F there had »at beene fame Bookcs concei-tedly comfofed, andfutable to mcAne caps,cities, I amdottbtfull, whether I hadev^rbeene fo delightedtn reading, 4H thereby toattame to the little Knowledge I have :For, I doe yet remember, that, things ho-neftly pleafant, brought mee by degrees, tolove that which ^itruely profitable. AndAS Dawid/aid, His H
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . TO THE READER. F there had »at beene fame Bookcs concei-tedly comfofed, andfutable to mcAne caps,cities, I amdottbtfull, whether I hadev^rbeene fo delightedtn reading, 4H thereby toattame to the little Knowledge I have :For, I doe yet remember, that, things ho-neftly pleafant, brought mee by degrees, tolove that which ^itruely profitable. AndAS Dawid/aid, His Heart -lliewcd him the wickcdnefle of theVngodly; [meaningperhaps,that hee felt inhimJelfe,fome Ex-periments, of the fame nattirall Corruption, by which they areovercome, who rejijl notjsvillfiigge(lions at their firjl motions:)Even fo, I may truly acknowledge, that mine oxvne Experiencehathpiowne mee fo much of the common Ignorance and Infirmi-tie m mine owneperfon, that it hath taught mee,how thofe thingsmay be wrought upon in others, to their bejl advantage. Therefore, though I can fay no more to diffwade from Vice, orto incourage men to Vcrtue, than hath already beene faidin mx-ny learned Authois-y yet I may be anoccafon by
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