. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . old Hieroglyphicks,er:es not much)Old-Vmes, upon the Moone,three names beftowd;Beaufc, three diverfe wayes, her felfe fhc ihowd :And, in xhefacred-bookes, it may be fliowne,That boly-Churchy was figurd by the Moonc. Then, thefe three Meonts in one, may intimateThe holy-Churches threefold bleft Moone, ft ill, biding in our Hemitfbare,May typifie the Church, confifting, here,Of men, yet living: when (Tie fhewes her lightAmon^ us here, in
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . old Hieroglyphicks,er:es not much)Old-Vmes, upon the Moone,three names beftowd;Beaufc, three diverfe wayes, her felfe fhc ihowd :And, in xhefacred-bookes, it may be fliowne,That boly-Churchy was figurd by the Moonc. Then, thefe three Meonts in one, may intimateThe holy-Churches threefold bleft Moone, ft ill, biding in our Hemitfbare,May typifie the Church, confifting, here,Of men, yet living: when (Tie fhewes her lightAmon^ us here, in portions of tbe night;The Church it figures, as confift (he mayOf them, whofe bodies in the Grave doe ftay •And,whofcb!e(t#wtt, are afcended thither,Where Souk and Body meet, at laft, , when the Moonc is hidden from our eyes,The Church-triumphant, then, fhe fignifies;Which, is a Crefcent yet, that, fome, and fome,Muft grow, till all her parts together come: And, then, this Meow (hall beames, at full, difplay ; Lord, haften tins great Coronation-day. R True m True Venue ii a Coat of Nbile,Gainft ypbkby tin Weapons can ILLVSTR Ord, w hat a coyle men keepe, and, with what careTheir Fiftolls, and, their Smrds doe they prepare,To be in readincfje ? and, how they loadThemfclves with Irons, when they ride abroad {How wife and wary too, can they become,To fortirTe their perfons up at home,With lockes, and barres t and fuch domeflkk-Armes,As may fecure their bodies, there, from harmesr However, when als done, we lee, their foesBreake in, fometimes, and workc their , though (about themfelves, with Cable-quoiles,They could inclofe a hundred thoufand miles)Thegunfrot of a flanderous tongue, may fmire,Their Fame quire through it, to the very ,more (chough, there, from others, they were free)They wounded, by themfelves, to death might be,Except their , more guards them, thanThe ftrength of twenty royall Armies, can. I f, therefore,
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