. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern, or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems , curiously ingraven upon copper-plates : with fifty pleasant poems and lots, by way of lottery, for illustrating each emblem to promote instruction and good counsel by diverting recreation . uft in them have been oft at Court, where I have fpentSome idle time, to hear them Compliment zBut I have feen in Courtiers fuch deceit,That for their Favours I could never wait,I do frequent the Church, and 1 have heardGods judgments by the Preachers there declaredAgainft mens fa
. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern, or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems , curiously ingraven upon copper-plates : with fifty pleasant poems and lots, by way of lottery, for illustrating each emblem to promote instruction and good counsel by diverting recreation . uft in them have been oft at Court, where I have fpentSome idle time, to hear them Compliment zBut I have feen in Courtiers fuch deceit,That for their Favours I could never wait,I do frequent the Church, and 1 have heardGods judgments by the Preachers there declaredAgainft mens falfhoods 5 and I gladly hearTheir zealous Prayers, and good Counfels there 5But as I live, I find fome fuch as they,Will watch to do a mifchief if they , thofe poor fneaking Clowns, who feek their living,As if they knew no manner of deceiving, Evn thofe their w/V can (this way) fo apply,That theyll foon cozen wifer men than 1. ( Lot 4p, divine and Moral. 195Lot S\Ome Foes for thee do lie in wait,I Where thou furpe61:eft no , many do thy hurt intend,Who yet pretend the Name of Friend, Be therefore careful whom you truft,What ways thou walkft, ani what thou doft 3For by thine Emblem thou mayft fee,That warinefs will needful be. K Emblem XLIX, i ji .0 4- Choice Emblems^ Emblem Omnis Caro V^oenum. The divine and Moral. »95 ?i!/^>J»Cjfi«:-Yr5 ^l^-^UK
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