. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . table,In us, becaufeour Fathers have been rich iOr, are wee, therefore, truely honourable,Becaufe our Predecejfours, have beenc fuch *When, nor our Fortunes,nor our natural!parts,In any meafurc, are improved by us,Arc others bound (as if we had defcrts)With Attributes of Honour to belye us f No, no $ the more our Predecejfours left,(Yea, and, the more, by nature, we enjoy)We, of the more efteeme, mail be bereft;Becaufe, our Talents, we doe mif-im
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . table,In us, becaufeour Fathers have been rich iOr, are wee, therefore, truely honourable,Becaufe our Predecejfours, have beenc fuch *When, nor our Fortunes,nor our natural!parts,In any meafurc, are improved by us,Arc others bound (as if we had defcrts)With Attributes of Honour to belye us f No, no $ the more our Predecejfours left,(Yea, and, the more, by nature, we enjoy)We, of the more efteeme, mail be bereft;Becaufe, our Talents, we doe Glory, doth on Labour, ftill attend 5Bur, without Labour, Glory we have , crovvnes good Workmen, when their Works have end^And, Shame, gives payment, where is nothing done. Laborious, therefore, bee 5 But, left the Spade(which, here, doth Labour meane)thouu(e in vaine,The Serpent, thereunto, be fure thou adde;That is, Let Prudence guide thy taking-paine. For, where, a , (hall be found, A Wreath of Glory, will inclofc it round. Bch- i Beboldijou may, the Pi€tureyhere, Of fi hatikeepes Man, and Childe, in fear rr Illvstr. X XXI. Book. 2 |Hefe, are the greatft Afflictions, nio^r men have,Evn from their Nurfmg-cradle, to their Grave :Yet, both fo needfull are, I canno:fee,How either of them, may well fpared Rod is that, which, mod our Child-hood feares;And, ftemes he greatft AfjliSlion that itbeares :Thar, which to Man-hood, is a plague, as common(And, more unfufferable; is a Woman. YetjblufhnotL^*; neither frowne, I pray,Thar, thus of mmen^ I prefume to fay ■Nor, number mce, as yet, among your foes •For, I am more yourfriend, then you fuppofe:Nor fmile ye Men, as if, from hence, ye hadAn Argument, that Woman kinde were tf/;r/),isblamelefTe(yea, by nature, fwcer,And gentle) till, with ftubborne Boyes, it meet :But, then, it fmarts. So, Women, will be kindc,Vntill, with froward Husbands, they are joynd:And, then indeed (perhap
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