. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . d by houres, the Spring ftcales in„And, tolleth on, till Summer doth frgin :Tti. Summer brings on \Jiutnmneyby degrees;Soripening,that the eye of no man feesHer Einances. That Seajon, likewife,hathTo Winter- ward, as leafurely a path :And, then, cold Wtnter whedeth on amaine,Vntill it brings the Spring about igainc,With all thofe Refurrcflions, which appeare,To wait upon hercomming,every yearc. Thcfe Rouide/ls, helpetofhewthe MjjleryOf that immen
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . d by houres, the Spring ftcales in„And, tolleth on, till Summer doth frgin :Tti. Summer brings on \Jiutnmneyby degrees;Soripening,that the eye of no man feesHer Einances. That Seajon, likewife,hathTo Winter- ward, as leafurely a path :And, then, cold Wtnter whedeth on amaine,Vntill it brings the Spring about igainc,With all thofe Refurrcflions, which appeare,To wait upon hercomming,every yearc. Thcfe Rouide/ls, helpetofhewthe MjjleryOf that immenfe and bleft Etcmitie,From whence the Cr e a tvr e fprung, and,into whomIt (hall, againe, with full perfection come,When thofc Additions,it hath fully had,Which all the fevrall Orbes of rime can is a full, and fairely written Scrowte,Which up into ir felfc, it felfe doth rowle sAn J, by Enfolding, and, Infolding, fhmvesA Round, which neither End, not entrance (by rhis Emblem) you may partly fee,Tis that which / S 3 but, cannot uttred be. Euh ■53 £ach Day a Line, fmall tasks appcareslet* much it makes m tbrccjeore Book* 3 ■brcs but one Line • and, but one Lint a Day,Is all the take our Motto, fcemes to lay :And, that is thought, perhaps, a thing fo fraall,As if it were as good bee nought at , be not fo deceivd; For, oft you feeSmall things (in time) £Mf matters, rife to be:Yea, that, which when the lame was firft begun,A Trifle feerad, (and eafie to be done)By long nelect of time, vtxMburthcnfomt,And, at the laft, imptfitble, become. Great Clarkes, there are, who fhallnot leave behindethemOne good Weekes worke, for Future-Times to minde them,(In Callings, either Humane, or Divine)Who, bycompoftng but each Day a Line,Might Authors,of fome famous Wetkes appeare,In fixtie, feventie, or in eightie yeare;To which, ten hundred thoufands havearrivedOf whom, we fee no fignc that evi they , with much pleafurc,wee might al
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