. 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 . s,tflf hereturnesjAnd, how llie vailes her F otvrs, when he is gooc,A> if fhe fcorned cobe looked oqBy an infcriour Eye; or, did conremneTo way t upon a meaner Lt£^t, ^his I meJitate, me-thinkes, the , farre more generous, then ours jAnd, aivc as faire Examples, to dcfpiftThe fervilc Fawnings,arrd Idolatries,;wc co


. 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 . s,tflf hereturnesjAnd, how llie vailes her F otvrs, when he is gooc,A> if fhe fcorned cobe looked oqBy an infcriour Eye; or, did conremneTo way t upon a meaner Lt£^t, ^his I meJitate, me-thinkes, the , farre more generous, then ours jAnd, aivc as faire Examples, to dcfpiftThe fervilc Fawnings,arrd Idolatries,;wc court thefe earthly things merir not the f-rvice we bellow. Bur, oh my God! though groveling I appeareVpon the Ground,(and have a rooting here,Which nales me downward) yet in my defirc,To thac, wnich i« above mce, I afpii e ;And, all my belt Ajfuttens I profefTeTo film, t: -ac is the Sunne of keepctheMomti^c^i hisI»carmts6»,The burning Ndo/>e ttde of his bitter P.:(ito»,ThzNightQt his D(fie/tdtng, his /ifcenftnn. ever in my fight ; That iraitari g him, in what I may, I never follow an inf^rioui Wa^, Ff rhe 210 Ti^f Earth ii^od*s->mdin hit Bands\4re aU iheQotntn of the Lands,. Illvstr. II. Beek, 4


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