. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Hee, more occafion hath to exercifcHis inward. Riches: and, they prove a Wealth,More ufcfull, and lefle lyable to ftealth. If, any at his harmelefle perfon ftrike;Himfelfe heeftreight contra/e,Although onefboftotu in the Grave. 87. Erej we an Aged-man defcribed have,T hat hath onefm, already, in the Grave :And, if you marke it (though the S«wv decline.,And tiorned Cynthia doth begin to fhirae)With open-kooke, and, with attentive eyes,Himfelfe, to
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Hee, more occafion hath to exercifcHis inward. Riches: and, they prove a Wealth,More ufcfull, and lefle lyable to ftealth. If, any at his harmelefle perfon ftrike;Himfelfe heeftreight contra/e,Although onefboftotu in the Grave. 87. Erej we an Aged-man defcribed have,T hat hath onefm, already, in the Grave :And, if you marke it (though the S«wv decline.,And tiorned Cynthia doth begin to fhirae)With open-kooke, and, with attentive eyes,Himfelfe, to compaffe Knowledge, heapplycs:And, though that Evcning,end his laftof dayes,tit, Imilfiudy,more toleame, hefayes. From this, we gather, that, while time doth lad,The time of learning, never will bepaft •And, that,each houre, till we our life lay downe,Still, fomething, touching life* is to be he was old. wife Cato learned Greeke:But, we have aged-folkes,xh3X are to feckcOf that, which they have much more caufe to lcarne;Yer, no fuch minde in them, wee (hall , that, which they fhould ftudic in their prime,Is, ofr, deferred, till their latter time .-And, then, old-age, unfit for learning, makes them,Or, clfc, that common dulneffe overtakes them,Which nukes afhamed, that it mould be thought*They necd,like little-children, to be , fo, ou
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