. A Choice of Emblemes, and other devises : For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised . toUing ofxertue, ^hichm^eferuSy cu a mirrour: to the le^de for their amendement,^ to thegodlieyfor their bettergoingefor^arde in their cour-fey that leades to euerlaBinge glorie, ^einge abafhed that myhabiUitic can not ajfoorde them ft*che y as are fit to be ojfredyp tofo honorable afuruaigheyetifitfjalllikeyour honour toallo^e ofanie of themy Ifhallthinke mypenfet to the booke inhappie houre ^ and itfhallincourage mee, to a(fayfome matterof more
. A Choice of Emblemes, and other devises : For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised . toUing ofxertue, ^hichm^eferuSy cu a mirrour: to the le^de for their amendement,^ to thegodlieyfor their bettergoingefor^arde in their cour-fey that leades to euerlaBinge glorie, ^einge abafhed that myhabiUitic can not ajfoorde them ft*che y as are fit to be ojfredyp tofo honorable afuruaigheyetifitfjalllikeyour honour toallo^e ofanie of themy Ifhallthinke mypenfet to the booke inhappie houre ^ and itfhallincourage mee, to a(fayfome matterof more momentey asfoone as leafure ^ill further my defire inthatbehalfe. The almightie God fom^home all honour andtrue nobiUitie doe proceede y )^ho hath manieyearesy moBlouinglie and liberallie, induedyour Lordfhip)^ith the fame ^blejfe and prolongeyour daies herey that ^ee mate behoulde theconfummatio ofhappie ouldage inyour thesuerlafimg honoury^^hich is ahpaies perm<t^mnf^ithout mutAbilitieykrxia\. At London the XX v ill.^fNoucmber^ ^Anno m. d. lxxxv. Your Honours humble &faichfull feruanc Geffrey TotheReader, V H E N I had finiilied this my cx>IIc(fiion of Em-blemcs (gendc Reader,) and prefented the (amcin writinge vmo my Lorde, prelentlie before hisHonour pafled the fcas into the lowe countries: Iwas after, earneftHe required by fbmme that pcr-ufed the fame, to haue it imprinted: who/e reque-fte, when I had well confidcred, althoughe I didperceiue the charge was verie heauie for mee , (waighinge my owneweakenes) I meane my wante of learninge, and iudgemMit, to (et forthany thinge vnto the viewe of this age, wherein Co manie wife & learneddoe florime,andmuft haue the (canninge thereof. Yet knowinge theirfauours to bee fuch vnto mee, as in dewtie I mighte not dcnie them anythinge I can: I did rather choofe to vndergoe any burthen, and almoftefaintein forwardnes to fatisfie them, then to (hewc anie wante of goodwill, in denyinge thei
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