. 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 . So, God, who marketh our Endeavours, not by tale, account of them receive;But, heedeth rather how mil meant they , at his JVill how rightly aymd we have. It is not mumbling over thrice a dayASnot Ave Maries, ot of Creeds^Or many houres formally to pray •Wnen from a dull Devotion it proceedes:Nor is it, up and downe the Land to feekeTo finde tho
. 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 . So, God, who marketh our Endeavours, not by tale, account of them receive;But, heedeth rather how mil meant they , at his JVill how rightly aymd we have. It is not mumbling over thrice a dayASnot Ave Maries, ot of Creeds^Or many houres formally to pray •Wnen from a dull Devotion it proceedes:Nor is it, up and downe the Land to feekeTo finde thofe well breath*d LeSurers, that canPreach thrice a Sabbath^ and fixe times a weeke,Yet be as frefh, as when they firft beganne :N or, is it, fuch like things performd by NumberWhich God refpeds: Nor doth his Wijdome craveThofe many Famtus, wherewith fomc cumberIhck Bodtesta^ if cholerhcir Soules could five,Ff>r, not ,hut Well-doi»g, thatWhich commands,the Dfffr, prav wirhout Devotion, is to Prate 5A nd. Hearing is but haUe our Extrcife,Wc oughi not, therefore, to regard, often, but how Well,\\\Q Worke be done. E With With Patience, / the Storme fuflaineFon Sun-fbme ft til doth follow ILLVSTR. XXVl. Bcok,i. ggag^Hc little SquirreU, hath no other Food gB W Then that which HAtares thrifty hand provides; And, in purveying up and downe the Wood,She many cold wet Stormcs, for that, lyes not heartlcfle in her Moflie Drdj^Nor feareihto adventure through theBut skippeth out,and bcires it as (he may,Vntill the Scalon waxeth calme againc. Right thus, have I and others, often fard;For, when we firft into the World were found but little, for our Vfe that, which by HardLahojt^ niuft be many Stormes, unheeded, wc arc fa neTo fotke out needfull things; and, fmilinglyTo jef}, at what feme others would complaine:That, none might laugh ar our Necejittj,Yea, fome have livd on Huikes^ vvhilii others fedOn tha
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