. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . gdowes,any gayne the Sway,To Ceneralls of Fleets, we liken thefe. Each hath his proper Cowft to him aflignd,His Card, his Compajfe, his due tackling*, too -3And, if their , as they ought, they mind,They may jccomplifli all they have to , moff Men leave the Care of their owne Courfe,To judge or follow others, in their wayes;And, when their Follies make their Fortunes wotfe,They curfc the Defiiny, which they fnould , Waves,
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . gdowes,any gayne the Sway,To Ceneralls of Fleets, we liken thefe. Each hath his proper Cowft to him aflignd,His Card, his Compajfe, his due tackling*, too -3And, if their , as they ought, they mind,They may jccomplifli all they have to , moff Men leave the Care of their owne Courfe,To judge or follow others, in their wayes;And, when their Follies make their Fortunes wotfe,They curfc the Defiiny, which they fnould , Waves, and Windes,and that oft-changing WeatbtrWhich many blame, as caufeof all their Loffcs,(Though they obfervc it not) hclpes bring togetherThofe Hopes, which their own. Wifcdome, often not, therefore much, what thofe things be,Which comc,wirhourthy fault, to thwart thy Way jNor, how, Rafl).Lookers-on will cenfure thec •But, faithfully, to doeihy part,affay:For, if thou i hair not from this Connfcllvary,Let my Hopes me, if thy Hopes mifcarry. Ajnddin 3* AJudden Death, yeitb Shame, is dueTohim,tbat,(yreares What is ILLVSTR. XXXVITI. Book, v Hen thAncients made a folemne League or Fow3Their Cuftome was to ratifie it, thus ,-Before their idoll Gody they flew a Sow,And fayd aloud; So be it unto , that, if orherwife they didThen had been vowd j or, if within their BrcftA Fraudulent-Intention had beene hid,They merited fuch Vfa^e, as that , by the Swine that they had flaughtred fo,(Which^ during Life, was hepefull unto none)Of Life deprived by a fudden blow,And, then,caft out, that none might feed thereon;They, myftically did inferre • that, heWho falfifyd that Oath which he had fworne,Defervd, by Sudden-Death y cut off to be jAnd, as a Beaft uncleane, to lyeforlorne. That Heatheniih Hieroglyphic ke, doth implyeThis Cbrifiian DocJrine; that, we fhould in Voms,In Leagues, and Oatbcs, aflume no Liberty,But, what fincereft Honejlj all
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