. 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 . have as olt, bcene thoughtTo Ipeake a Fatat^ex, that favours noughtOf Jikely truth; that, loroe ^]flteimsl\\p0A Honey nvhich cu cih tyry Scir^(That wf unds the ftp.) by giving ro^he AW,A pleafingtuftcof Swetimffes refinUNor can it other be, except in thofe,Whofc Better pait, quire ftupiTytd grovvesPy being Caut erized in the Fires Ot cbildjfli Fearcs, or tempora
. 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 . have as olt, bcene thoughtTo Ipeake a Fatat^ex, that favours noughtOf Jikely truth; that, loroe ^]flteimsl\\p0A Honey nvhich cu cih tyry Scir^(That wf unds the ftp.) by giving ro^he AW,A pleafingtuftcof Swetimffes refinUNor can it other be, except in thofe,Whofc Better pait, quire ftupiTytd grovvesPy being Caut erized in the Fires Ot cbildjfli Fearcs, or temporal] Dcfres, For, as the Faltam (when the Cost>ard{\vc^u^ds)With gladncfTe lets the ^«r^w«fcarch hh Wounds •And, though they fmart, yctcheeicfully induies Tne Plafftcrs, and. the Prr,bc,in hope of Cures:So, Men, aflTuredthat ^zmzComes not for vengeance ro them, nor in Viinc-Bur, to prepare, and fit them for the place, *To which, they willingly dircd their Troubles, ar^ fo far re frod being fad,That, of thdrSufi-fBg, they are trucly ever others , I thus, , tliererefore,;^;, when ihcy fuppofel grieve,- All All ii not Gold, ^hich makes a fbow ;Buh yphat the Touchftonc ILLVSTR. XXV. »»*4 Hen Silver Meda/ls, or lome coynes of Gcl^,Arc by the GoU-fmith either bought or fold,Hce doth not only fearch them with his Mjt,But, by the Scale, their tveight will alfo trie jOr, by the Tpucbfione, or the Tejf, affayThe irueneffc of them, and their juft ^, by their warinelfe, who thus fairejy arc admonifhed, to heedThe faithfulneffe of him wee make our Friend-,And,on whofe love wee pui pofe to depend:Or elfe, when wee a leive/i thinke to get,Wee may bee cheated by a Counterfet, All is not Gold that glifters: Otherwhile,The r injure is io good, it may beguileThe cunningft eye; Bur, bring it to the Touch,And,then,you find the value not fo ,keepe the rin6lHre, brooking, like wife, wellAn ordinarie Tsuch j
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