Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select and choice emblems, divine and moral, ancient and modern curiously ingraven upon copper plates : with fifty delightful poems and lots for the more lively illustration of each emblem, whereby instruction and good counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : to which is prefixed an incomparable poem, entituled Majesty in misery, or,.... London, Printed for Nath. Crouch, 1684.

Choice EMBLEMS Divine & Moral

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Delights for the INGENIOUS, In above Fifty Select and Choice EMBLEMS, Divine and Moral, Ancient and Modern.

Curiouſly Ingraven upon Copper Plates.

With Fifty Delightful Poems and Lots for the more Lively Illuſtration of each Emblem, whereby Inſtruction and Good Counſel may be promoted and furthered by an honeſt and pleaſant Recreation.

To which is prefixed

An Incomparable Poem, Intituled Majeſty in Miſery, or An Imploration to the King of Kings.

Written by His Late Majeſty K. Charles the Firſt, with his own hand, during his Captivity in Carisbrook Caſtle, in the Iſle of Wight, 1648. With an Emblem.

Collected by R. B. Author of the Hiſtory of The Wars of England, Remarks of London, and Admirable Curioſities, &c.

LONDON, Printed for Nath. Crouch, at his Shop at the Sign of the Bell in the Poultry. 1684.

THE AUTHOR UPON THE EMBLEM IN THE FRONTISPIECE

THis BOOk containing EMBLEMS, 'twas thought fit,

A Title-page ſhould ſtand to uſher it,

That's Emblematicall: And to that end,

Our AUTHOR, to the Graver did commend

A plain Invention; that it might be wrought,

According as his Fancy had forethought.

Inſtead thereof, the Workman brought to light,

What, here you ſee; therein miſtaking quite

The true Deſign: And ſo (with pains, and coſt)

The firſt intended FRONTISPIECE, is loſt.

The AUTHOR, was as much diſpleas'd, as He

In ſuch Adventures is inclin'd to be;

And half reſolv'd to caſt this PIECE aſide,

As nothing worth: but having better ey'd

Thoſe Errors, and Confuſions, which may there,

Blame-worthy (at the firſt aſpect) appear;

He ſaw, they fitted many Fantaſies

Much better, then what Reaſon can deviſe;

And that the Graver (by meer Chance) had hit

On what, ſo much tranſcends the reach of Wit,

As made it ſeem, an Object of Delight,

To look on what MISFORTUNE brought to light:

And here it ſtands, to try his Wit, who liſts

To pump the ſecrets, out of Cabaliſts.

If any think this Page will now declare

The meaning of thoſe Figures, which are there,

They are deceiv'd. For Deſtiny denies

The utt'ring of ſuch hidden Myſteries.

In theſe reſpects: Firſt, This containeth nought

Which (in a proper ſenſe) concerneth ought,

The preſent-Age: Moreover, 'tis ordain'd

That none muſt know the Secrecies contain'd

Within this PIECE; but they who are ſo wiſe

To find them out, by their own prudencies;

And he that can unriddle them, to us,

Shall ſtiled be, the ſecond OEDIPUS.

Tis likewiſe thought expedient, now and then,

To make ſome Work, for thoſe All-knowing men,

(To exerciſe upon) who think they ſee

The ſecret-meanings, of all things that be.

And laſtly, ſince we find, that ſome there are,

Who beſt affect Inventions, which appear

Beyond their underſtandings; This we knew

A Repreſentment, worthy of their view;

And here we placed it, to be to theſe,

A FRONTISPIECE, in any ſenſe they pleaſe.

TO THE READER

IT is probable, that if ſome books had not been compoſed pleaſantly, and ſutable to mean Capacities, many Perſons had not been ſo delighted in reading, and thereby in time have attained to more uſeful knowledge. Therefore, though I can ſay no more to diſſwade from vice, or to incourage men to virtue, than hath already been done by many learned Authors, yet theſe lively Emblems may Chance to bring that oftner to Remembrance, which they have more learnedly expreſſed, and perhaps by ſuch Circumſtances as they would not deſcend unto, may inſinuate farther into ſome underſtandings then more applauded Diſcourſes, by ſtirring up the Affections, winning the Attention, or helping the Memory.

And ſince the World is grown ſo very airy that the Printing of ſolid and ſerious Treatiſes hath many times undone the Bookſeller, to advance their Profits, I was moved to invent ſomewhat which might be likely to pleaſe the Populace, and have therefore added Lotteries to theſe Emblems, to occaſion the more frequent notice of the Morals and good Counſels tendred in their Illuſtrations; hoping that ſome time or other, ſome Perſons may draw thoſe Lots, which may make them more wiſe and happy as long as they live.

Poſsibly this device may be cenſured, and reputed as great an Indecorum as erecting an Alehouſe at the Churchſtile, yet perhaps if the Wiſeſt would ſometimes take up this book, and without any Superſtitious conceit make Tryal what their Lots would remember or give them cauſe to think on, it might now and then either occaſion better Proceedings, or prevent worſe miſchiefs.

Some Games were ever in uſe; and I think ever will be; And for ought I know ever may be without exception; And I believe this Recreation may be as harmleſs as any, if they be uſed as they are intended; For my meaning is not, that any one ſhould uſe it as an Oracle, which can infallibly ſignify what is divinely allotted, but to ſerve only for a Moral Paſtime; And that I may by no means incourage the ſecret entertainment of ſuch a Fancy, I do here previouſly affirm and declare, that none but Children or Idiots may be tollerated to be ſo fooliſh without being laught at.

Yet if any ſhall draw thoſe Lots wherein their ſecret vices are reproved, and ſome good Inſtructions propoſed, which in their own underſtandings are conducible and pertinent to their welfare, let not ſuch as thoſe paſs them over as meer caſualties to them, for whatſoever theſe Lots are to others, or in themſelves, they ought to be particularly regarded and applied by them to their own concerns.

Some perhaps will think that this Game is purpoſely invented as a means to reprove mens vices without being ſuſpected to aim at particular Perſons; For if any who are Notoriouſly guilty, by drawing theſe Chances ſhall be ſo fitted, that thoſe vices be thereby intimated to the by-ſtanders, of which the world knows them guilty, they do therein make their own Libels, and may I hope be laught at without blame; If not, I do here warn all ſuch as are juſtly ſuſpected of heinous Crimes and Scandalous Converſations, either to forbear theſe Lotteries; or to excuſe me if they be juſtly ſhamed by their own act.

Having thus declared the reaſon of this Invention, and made theſe Anticipations every man hath his own Choice whether he will make uſe of theſe Lotteries or no, he that will is left to his Chance, of which how he may make Tryal, direction is given at the latter end of this Book.

B[•]na agere & maia[•••]i Regium eſt.

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Majeſty in Miſery; OR An Imploration to the King of Kings.

Written by his late Majeſty King Charles the Firſt with his own hand, during his Captivity in Cariſbrook Caſtle in the Iſle of Wight. 1648.

1.

GReat Monarch of the World, from whoſe Power ſprings

The Potency and Power of Kings,

Record the Royal wo my ſuffering ſings.

2.

And teach my Tongue that ever did confine,

Its faculties in truths Seraphick Line,

To track the Treaſons of thy Foes and mine.

3.

Nature and Law by thy Divine Decree,

The only Root of Righteous Royaltie,

With this dim Diadem inveſted me.

4.

With it, the ſacred Scepter, Purple Robe,

The Holy Unction, and the Royal Globe;

Yet I am levelled with the life of Job.

5.

The fierceſt furies that do daily tread

Upon my Grief, my Gray Diſcrowned Head,

Are thoſe that owe my Bounty, for their Bread.

6.

They raiſe a War, and Chriſten it, The cauſe,

Whilſt Sacrilegious hands have beſt applauſe,

Plunder and Murder are the Kingdoms Laws.

7.

Tyranny bears the Title of Taxation,

Revenge and Robbery are Reformation,

Oppreſſion gains the name of Sequeſtration.

8.

My Loyal Subjects who in this bad ſeaſon,

Attend me (By the Law of God and Reaſon)

They dare impeach and puniſh for High Treaſon.

9.

Next at the Clergy do their Furies frown,

Pious Epiſcopacy muſt go down,

They will deſtroy the Crozier and the Crown.

10.

Churchmen are chain'd, & Schiſmaticks are freed

Mechanicks preach, and Holy Fathers bleed,

The Crown is Crucified with the Creed.

11.

The Church of England doth all Faction foſter,

The Pulpit is uſurpt by each Impoſtor,

Extempore excludes the Pater noſter.

12.

The Presbyter and Independent ſeed,

Springs with broad blades, to make Religion bleed,

Herod and Pontius Pilate are agreed.

13.

The Corner ſtone's miſplac'd by every Pavier;

With ſuch a Bloody Method and Behaviour,

Their Anceſtors did crucify our Saviour.

14.

My Royal Conſort from whoſe fruitful womb,

So many Princes Legally have come,

Is forc'd in Pilgrimage to ſeek a Tomb,

15.

Great Britains Heir is forced into France,

Whilſt on his Fathers head his Foes advance;

Poor Child! he weeps out his Inheritance.

16.

With my own Power my Majeſty they wound,

In the kings name the king himſelf's uncrown'd;

So doth the duſt deſtroy the Diamond.

17.

With Propoſitions daily they Enchant,

My Peoples ears, ſuch as do Reaſon daunt,

And the Almighty will not let me Grant.

18.

They promiſe to erect my Royal ſtem,

To make me Great, t'advance my Diadem,

If I will firſt fall down and worſhip them.

19.

But for refuſal they devour my Thrones,

Diſtreſs my Children, and deſtroy my Bones,

I fear they'l force me to make Bread of Stones.

20.

My life they prize at ſuch a ſlender rate,

And in my abſence they draw Bills of hate,

To prove the King a Traytor to the State.

21.

Felons obtain more Priviledg than I,

They are allow'd to anſwer ere they dye,

'Tis Death for me to ask the Reaſon, why.

22.

But ſacred Saviour, with thy words I woo

Thee to forgive, and not be bitter to

Such, as thou know'ſt, do not know what they do.

23

But ſince they from their Lord are ſo disjointed,

As to contemn thoſe Edicts he appointed.

How can they prize the power of his Anointed?

24.

Augment my Patience; Nullify my hate,

Preſerve my Iſſue, and Inſpire my Mate.

Yet, though we periſh, Bleſs this Church and ſtate

Vota dabunt quae Bella negarunt.

The Explanation of the Emblem In Latin and Engliſh.

Ponderibus genus omne mali, probrique gravatus,

Vixque ferenda ferens, Palma ut Depreſſa, reſurgo

Ac velut undarum Fluctus Ventique, furorem

Irati Populi Rupes immota repello.

Clarior è Tenebris, Coeleſtis Stella, coruſco,

Victor & aeternum felici pace Triumpho.

Auro Fulgentem rutilo gemmiſque Micantem,

At curis Gravidam Spernendo Calco Coronam.

Spinoſam, at ferri facilem, quo ſpes mea, Chriſti

Auxilio, nobis non eſt tractare moleſtum;

Aeternam, fixis fidei, Semperque beatam,

In Coelos oculis ſpecto, Nobiſque paratam.

Quod Vanum eſt Sperno, quod Chriſti Gratia praebet

Amplecti Studium eſt; Virtutis Gloria merces.

In Engliſh.

THough clogg'd with weights of Miſeries,

Palm-like Depreſſ'd I higher riſe.

And as the unmoved Rock out-braves

The boiſtrous Winds, and raging Waves;

So Triumph I, and ſhine more bright

In ſad Afflictions Darkſom night.

That Splendid, but yet Toilſom Crown,

Regardleſly I trample down.

With Joy I take this Crown of Thorn,

Though Sharp, yet eaſy to be born.

That Heavenly Crown already mine,

I view with Eyes of Faith Divine.

I ſlight vain things; and do imbrace,

Glory the juſt reward of Grace.

An Epitaph upon King Charles the firſt.

SO falls the ſtately Cedar, while it ſtood,

That was the only Glory of the Wood.

Great Charles, Terreſt rial God, Celeſtial Man,

Whoſe life, like others, though it were a ſpan,

Yet in that ſpan was comprehended more,

Than Earth hath waters, or the Ocean ſhore.

Thy Heavenly Virtues Angels ſhould reherſe,

It is a Theam too high for Human Verſe.

He that would know thee right then, let him look

Upon thy rare Incomparable Book,

And read it o're; and o're which if he do,

He'l find thee King, and Prieſt, and Prophet too,

And ſadly ſee our loſs, and though in vain,

With fruitleſs wiſhes call thee back again.

Nor ſhall oblivion ſit upon thy Herſe,

Though there were neither Monument nor Verſe.

Thy Suff'rings and thy Death let no man name,

It was thy Glory, but the Kingdoms ſhame.

Another.

STay Paſſenger; behold and ſee,

The widdow'd Grave of Majeſty.

Why trembleſt not? here's that will make

The moſt ſtupid, Soul to ſhake,

Here lies intomb'd the ſacred Duſt.

Of Peace and Piety, Right and Juſt.

The blood (O ſtait'ſt thou not to hear!)

Of a bleſt King 'twixt hope and fear,

Shed, and hurried hence to be

The Miracle of Miſery.

The Lawgiver amongſt his own,

Sentenc'd by a Law unknown;

Voted Monarchy to Death,

By the courſe Plebeian breath

The Soveraign of all Comma

Suffering by a Common hand.

A Prince (to make the Odium more)

Martyr'd at his very door.

The Head cut off! Oh, Death to ſee't,

In Obedience to the Feet!

And that by Juſtice you muſt know,

If thou haſt faith to think it ſo;

We'll ſtir no further than this ſacred clay,

But let it ſlumber till the Judgment day.

Of all the Kings on Earth, it's not deni'd,

Here lies the firſt that for Religion dy'd.

Another.

WRitten by the Magnanimous James Marques of Montroſs with the point of his Sword.

Great, Good, and Juſt could I but rate

My, Grief, and thy ſo rigid Fate.

I'de weep the world to ſuch a ſtrain,

That it ſhould deluge once again.

But ſince thy loud-tongu'd blood demands ſupplies

More from Briareus hands then Argus Eyes;

I'le ſing thy Elegy with Trumpets ſounds,

And write thy Epitaph in Blood and Wounds,

Emblem I.
Finis ab Origine pendet.
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THE Firſt Emblem Illuſtrated.

As ſoon as we to Be begun,

We did begin to be undone.

WHen ſome, in former Ages, had a meaning

An Emblem, of Mortality, to make,

They form'd an Infant, on a Deaths-head leaning,

And round about, encircled with a Snake:

The Child ſo pictur'd, was to ſignify,

That from our very Birth, our Dying ſprings:

The Snake, her Tail devouring, doth imply

The Revolution, of all Earthly things.

For, whatſoever hath beginning, here,

Begins, immediately, to vary from

The ſame it was; and, doth at laſt appear

What very few did think it ſhould become.

The ſolid Stone doth molder into Earth

That Earth, e're long, to Water, rarifies;

That Water gives an Airy Vapour birth,

And, thence, a Fiery-Comet doth ariſe:

That moves, untill it ſelf it ſo impair,

That from a burning-Meteor, back again,

It ſinketh down, and thickens into Air;

That Air becomes a Cloud; then Drops of Rain

Thoſe Drops, deſcending on a Rocky Ground,

There ſettle into Earth, which more and more

Doth harden, ſtill; ſo, running out the round,

It grows to be the Stone it was before.

Thus, All things wheel about; & each Beginning

Made entrance to its own Deſtruction hath.

The Life of Nature entreth in with Sinning;

And is, for ever, waited on by Death:

The Life of Grace, is form'd by Death to Sin

And, there, doth Life-eternal, ſtraight begin.

Lot 1.

When thou haſt changes good or bad,

O'rejoy'd thou art, or overſad:

As if it ſeemed very ſtrange,

To ſee the wind or Weather change.

[•]o therefore to remember thee

How Changeable things Mortal be,

Thou art aſſiſted by this Lot,

How, let it be no more forgot.

Emblem II.
Quo me vertam neſcio.
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THE Second Emblem Illuſtrated.

When Vice and Virtue Youth ſhall wooe,

'Tis hard to ſay which way 'twill go.

MY hopeful Friends at thrice five years & three

Without a Guide (into the World alone)

To ſeek my Fortune, did adventure mee;

And, many hazards, I alighted on.

Firſt Englands greateſt Rendevouz I ſought,

Where VICE and VERTUE at the higheſt ſit;

And, thither, both a Mind and Body brought,

For neither of their Services unfit.

Both, woo'd my Youth: And, both perſwaded ſo,

That (like the Young man in our Emblem here)

I ſtood, and cry'd, Ah! which way ſhall I go?

To me ſo pleaſing both their Offers were.

VICE Pleaſures beſt Contentments promiſt me

And what the wanton Fleſh deſires to have:

Quoth VERTUE, I will Wiſdom give to thee,

And thoſe brave things, wch nobleſt Minds do crave

Serve me ſaid VICE and thou ſhalt ſoon acquire

All hoſe Atchievements which my Service brings

Serve me ſaid VERTUE, and I'le raiſe thee higher

Then VICES can, and teach thee better things.

Whil'ſt thus they ſtrove to gain me, I eſpyd

Grim Death attending VICE; and, that her Face

Was but a painted Vizard, which did hide

The foul'ſt Deformity that ever was.

LORD, grant me grace for evermore to view

Her Uglineſs: And, that I viewing it,

Her Falſehoods and allurements may eſchew;

And on fair VERTUE my Affection ſet;

Her Beauties contemplate, her Love embrace,

And by her ſafe Direction, run my Race.

Lot 2.

WIth Mary thou art one of thoſe,

By whom the better part is choſe:

And though thou tempted art aſtray,

Continu'ſt in a lawful way.

Give God the praiſe with heart unfeign'd,

That he ſuch grace to thee hath deign'd.

And rein thy Lot where thou ſhalt ſee,

What hag hath laid a Trap for thee.

Emblem III.
Vivitur Ingenio, caetera mortis erunt.
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THE Third Emblem. Illuſtrated.

By knowledge only Life we gain,

All other things to Death pertain.

HOw Fond are they, who ſpend their pretious Time

In ſtill purſuing their deceiving Pleaſures?

And they, that unto airy Titles clime

Or tire themſelves in hording up of Treaſures?

For, theſe are Death's, who, when with wearineſs

They have acquired moſt, ſweeps all away;

And leaves them, for their Labors, to poſſeſs

Nought but a raw-bon'd Carcaſs lapt in clay.

Of twenty hundred thouſands, who this hour

Vaunt much of thoſe Poſſeſſions they have got;

Of their new purchas'd Honours, or, the Power,

By which, they ſeem to have advanc't their Lot:

Of this great Multitude, there ſhall not Three

Remain, for any Future-age to know;

But periſh quite, and quite forgotten be,

As Beaſts, devoured twice ten years ago.

Thou, therefore, who deſir'ſt for ay to live,

And to poſſeſs thy Labours maugre Death,

To needful Arts and honeſt Actions, give

Thy Span of Time, and thy ſhort blaſt of Breath.

In holy Studies, exerciſe thy Mind;

In works of Charity, thy Hands imploy;

That Knowledge, and that Treaſure, ſeek to find,

Which may enrich thy Heart with perfect Joy.

So though obſcured thou appear, a while,

Deſpiſed, poor or born to Fortunes low,

Thy Vertue ſhall acquire a nobler ſtile,

Then greateſt Kings are able to beſtow:

And, gain thee thoſe Poſſeſſions, which, nor They,

Nor Time, nor Death, have power to take away

Lot 3.

THou doſt overmuch reſpect,

That which will thy harm effect.

But ſome other things there be;

Which will more advantage thee.

Search thy heart and thou ſhalt there

Soon diſcover what they are.

Yea thine Emblem ſhews thee too

What to ſhun, and what to do.

Emblem IV.
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THE Fourth Emblem Illuſtrated.

As to the World I Naked came,

So naked ſtript I leave the ſame.

THrice happy is that Man whoſe Thoughts do rear

His Mind above that pitch the Worldling flies

And by his Contemplations, hovers where

He views things mortal, with unbleared eyes.

What Trifles then do Villages and Towns

Large Fields or Flocks of fruitful Cattle ſeem.

Nay, what poor things are Miters, Scepters, Crowns,

And all thoſe Glories which men moſt eſteem.

Though he that hath among them, his Delight

Brave things imagines them (becauſe they blind

With ſome falſe Luſtre his beguiled ſight) (find.

He that's above them, their mean-Worth may

Lord, to that Bleſſea-Station me convey

Where I may view the World, and view her ſo,

That I her true Condition may ſurvey;

And all her Imperfections rightly know.

Remember me, that once there was a Day,

When thou didſt wean me from them with content,

Ev'n when ſhut up within thoſe Gates I lay

Through which the Plague-inflicting Angel went.

And, let me ſtill remember, that an Hour

Is hourly coming on, wherein I ſhall

(Though I had all the World within my power)

Be naked ſtript, and turned out of all.

But mind me, chiefly, that I never cleave

Too cloſely to my Self; and cauſe thou me

Not other Earthly things alone to leave,

But to forſake my Self for love of Thee:

That I may ſay, now I have all things left,

Before that I of all things, am bereft.

Lot 4.

BE not angry if I tell,

That you love the World too well,

For this Lot, perhaps you drew;

That ſuch faults you might eſchew.

Mark to what their Souls aſpire

Who True Bleſſedneſs deſire;

For if you can do like thoſe,

Heaven you gain when Earth you loſe.

Emblem V.
Ad Scopum, licet Aegre, & fruſtra.
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THE Fifth Emblem Illuſtrated.

A Fool in Folly taketh Pain,

Although he labour ſtill in vain.

A Maſſie Mil-ſtone up a tedious Hill,

With mighty Labour, Siſyphus doth roll;

Which being rais'd aloft, down-tumbleth, ſtill,

To keep imployed his afflicted Soul.

On him, this tedious Labour is impos'd;

And (though in vain) it muſt be ſtill aſſayd:

But, ſome, by no Neceſſity inclos'd,

Upon themſelves, ſuch needleſs Tasks have laid.

Yea, knowing not (or caring not to know)

That they are worn and weary'd out in vain,

They madly toil to plung themſelves in Wo;

And, ſeek uncertain Eaſe, in certain Pain.

Such Fools are they, who dream they can acquire

A Mind-content, by Lab'ring ſtill for more:

For, Wealth encreaſing doth encreaſe Deſire,

And makes Contentment leſſer then before.

Such Fools are they, whoſe Hopes do vainly ſtretch

To climb by Titles, to a happy Height:

For, having gotten one Ambitious-Reach,

Another comes perpetually in ſight.

And, their ſtupidity is nothing leſs,

Who dream that Fleſh and Blood may raiſed be

Up to the Mount of perfect Holineſs:

For (at our beſt) corrupt and vile are we.

Yet, we are bound by Faith, with Live, and Hope,

To roll the Stone of Good Endeavour, ſtill,

As near as may be, to Perfections top,

Though back again it tumble down the Hill.

So; What Our Works had never power to do,

God's Grace, at laſt, ſhall freely bring us to,

Lot 5.

M.

DOubtleſs thou art either wooing,

Or ſome other buſineſs doing,

Which you ſhall attempt in vain,

Or much hazard all your pain.

Yet if good your meanings are,

Do not honeſt means forbear.

For where things are well begun,

God oft works when man hath done.

Emblem VI.
Pedetentim.
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THE Sixth Emblem Illuſtrated.

His Pace muſt wary be and ſlow,

That hath a ſlippery way to go.

A Travailer, when he muſt undertake

To ſeek his paſſage, o're ſome Frozen Lake,

With leiſure, and with care, he will aſſay

The glaſſy ſmoothneſs of that Icy-way,

Leſt he may ſlip, by walking over-faſt;

Or, break the crackling Pavement, by his haſt:

And, ſo (for want of better taking heed)

Incur the miſchiefs of Unwary-ſpeed.

We are all Travellers; and, all of us

Have many paſſages, as dangerous,

As Frozen-lakes; and Slipery-ways, we tread,

In which our lives may ſoon be forfeited,

(With all our hopes of Life-Eternal, too)

Unleſs, we well conſider what we do.

There is no private Way or publick Path

But rubs, or holes, or ſlipp'rineſs it hath,

Whereby, we ſhall with Miſchiefs meet; unleſs

We walk it, with a ſteadfaſt-warineſs.

The ſteps to Honour, are on Pinacles

Compos'd of melting Snow, and Iſicles;

And, they who tread not nicely on their tops,

Shall on a ſuddain ſlip from all their hopes.

Yea, ev'n that way which is both ſure and holy,

And leads the mind from Vanities and Folly,

Is with ſo many other Path-ways croſt,

As that, by Raſhneſs, it may ſoon be loſt;

Unleſs, we well deliberate, upon

Thoſe Tracts, in which our Anceſtours have gone:

And, they who with more haſte, then heed, will run,

May loſe the way, in which they well begun.

Lot. 6.

IN ſlippery Paths you are to go,

yea, they are full of danger too.

And if you heedful ſhould not grow

they'l hazard much your overthrow.

But you the miſchief may eſchew,

If wholſom Counſel you purſue;

Look therefore, what you may be taught,

By that, which this your chance hath brought.

Emblem VII.
Pro Lege & pro Grege.
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THE Seventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Our Pelican by bleeding thus,

Fulfill'd the Law, and cured us.

LOok here, and mark (her ſickly birds to feed)

How freely this kind Pelican doth bleed.

See, how (when other Salves could not be found)

To cure their ſorrows, ſhe her ſelf doth wound;

And when this holy Emblem thou ſhalt ſee,

Lift up thy ſoul to him, who dy'd for thee.

For this our Hieroglyphick would expreſs

That Pelican, which in the Wilderneſs

Of this vaſt World, was left (as all alone)

Our miſerable Nature to bemone;

And in whoſe eyes, the tears of pity ſtood,

When he beheld his own unthankful Brood

His Favours and his Mercies, then contemn,

When with his wings he would have brooded them:

And ſought their endleſs peace to have confirm'd,

Though to procure his ruine, they were arm'd.

To be their Food, himſelf he freely gave;

His Heart was pierc'd, that he their Souls might ſave,

Becauſe, they diſobey'd the Sacred-will,

He did the Law of Righteouſneſs fulfill;

And to that end (though guiltleſs he had bin)

Was offered, for our Univerſal-ſin.

Let me, Oh God! for ever fix mine eyes

Upon the Merit of that Sacrifice:

Let me retain a due commemoration

Of thoſe dear Mercies, and that bloody Paſſion,

Which here is meant; and by true Faith, ſtill feed

Upon the drops, this Pelican did bleed;

Yea, let me firm unto thy Law abide,

And ever love that Flock, for which he dy'd.

Lot 7.

THis preſent Lot concerns full near,

Not you alone but all men here.

For all of us too little heed;

His Love who for our ſakes did bleed.

'Tis true, that means he left behind him

which better teacheth how to mind him.

Yet if we both by that, and this,

Remember him, 'tis not amiſs.

Emblem VIII.
Quid ſi ſic?
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THE Eighth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Though he endeavour all he can,

An Ape will never be a man.

WHat though an Apiſh-Pigmy, in attire,

His Dwarfiſh Body Gyant-like, array?

Turn Brave, & get him Stilts to ſeem the higher?

What would ſo doing, handſome him I pray?

Now, ſurely, ſuch a Mimick ſight as that,

Would with exceſſive Laughter move your Spleen,

Till you had made the little Dandiprat,

To lye within ſome Auger-hole, unſeen.

I muſt confeſs I cannot chuſe but ſmile,

When I perceive, how Men that worthleſs are,

Piece out their Imperfections, to beguile,

By making ſhows, of what they never were.

For, in their borrow'd-Shapes, I know thoſe Men,

And (through their Masks) ſuch inſight of them have;

That I can oftentimes diſcloſe (ev'n then)

How much they favour of the Fool or Knave.

A Pigmey ſpirit, and an Earthly-Mind,

Whoſe look is only fixt on Objects vain;

In my eſteem, ſo mean a place doth find,

That ev'ry ſuch a one, I much refrain.

But, when in honour'd Robes I ſee it put,

Betrimm'd, as if ſome thing of Worth it were,

Look big, and on the Stilts of Greatneſs, ſtrut

From ſcorning it, I cannot then for bear.

For, when to groſs Unworthineſs Men add

Thoſe Dues, which to the Trueſt-worth pertain;

Tis like an Ape, in Humane Veſtments clad,

Which, when moſt fine, deſerveth moſt diſdain:

And more abſurd, thoſe Men appear to me,

Then this Fantaſtick-Monkey ſeems to thee.

Lot 8.

M.

Thy chance is doubtful and as yet,

I know not what to make of it.

But this I know a Foe thou art;

To what thine Emblem, hath in part,

Expreſſed by a Mimick Shape;

Or thou they ſelf art ſuch an ape.

Now which of theſe pertains to thee,

Let them that know the Judges be.

Emblem IX.
Fures Privati in Nervo, Publici in Auro.
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THE Ninth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Poor Thieves in Fetters we behold,

And Great Thieves in their Chains of Gold.

IF you this Emblem, well have look'd upon,

Although you cannot help it, yet, bemone

The Worlds black Impudence; and if you can

Continue (or become) an honeſt man.

The poor, and petty Pilferers, you ſee

On Wheels, on Gibbets, and the Gallow tree

Truſt up; when they that far more guilty are,

Pearl, Silk, and coſtly Cloth of Tiſſue, wear.

Good God! how many hath each Land of thoſe,

Who neither limb, nor life, nor credit loſe,

(But, rather live befriended, and applauded)

Yet, have of all their livelihoods defrauded

The helpleſs Widows, in their great diſtreſs?

And of their Portions, rob'd the Fatherleſs?

Yet, cenſur'd other's Errours, as if none

Had cauſe to ſay, that they amiſs have done?

How many, have aſſiſted to condemn

Poor ſouls, for what was never ſtoln by them?

And perſecuted others, for that Sin,

Which they themſelves, had more tranſgreſſed in?

How many worthleſs men, are great become,

By that, which they have ſtoln, or cheated from

Their Lords? or (by ſome practices unjuſt)

From thoſe, by whom they had been put in truſt?

How many Lawyers, wealthy men are grown,

By taking Fees for Cauſes overthrown

By their defaults? How many, without fear,

Do rob the King, and God, yet blameleſs are?

God knows how many! would I did ſo, too,

So I had pow'r to make them better do.

Lot 9.

We hope no Perſon here believes,

That you are of thoſe wealthy Thieves.

Who Chains of Gold and Pearl do wear;

And of thoſe Thieves that none you are,

Which wear a Rope we plainly ſee,

For you as yet unhanged be.

But unto God for Mercy cry;

Elſe hang'd you may be e're you die.

Emblem X.
Fulcrum Tutiſſimum.
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THE Tenth Emblem. Illuſtrated.

We then have got the ſureſt Prop,

When Heaven alone becomes our hope.

I Should not care how hard my Fortunes were,

Might ſtill my Hopes be ſuch, as now they are,

Of helps divine; nor fear, how poor I be,

If thoughts, yet preſent, ſtill may bide in me.

For, they have left aſſurance of ſuch aid,

That, I am of no dangers, now afraid.

Yea, now I ſee, methinks, what weak and vain

Supporters I have ſought, to help, ſuſtain

My fainting heart; when ſome injurious hand,

Would undermine the Station where I ſtand.

Methinks, I ſee how ſcurvy, and how baſe,

It is to ſcrap for favours, and for grace,

To men of earthly minds; and unto thoſe,

Who may, perhaps, before to morrow loſe

Their wealth, (or their abus'd Authority)

And ſtand as much in want of help as I.

Me thinks, in this New-rapture I do ſee

The hand of God from heaven ſupporting me,

Without thoſe rotten-Aids, for which I whin'd,

When I was of my tother vulgar-mind:

And if in ſome one part of me it lay,

I'now, could cut that Limb of mine away.

Still might I keep this mind, there were enough

Within my ſelf, (beſide that cumbring ſtuff

We ſeek without) which, husbanded aright,

Would make me Rich, in all the worlds deſpight.

And I have hopes, that had ſhe quite bereft me,

Of thoſe few raggs and toys, which yet are left me;

I ſhould on God, alone, ſo much depend,

That, I ſhould need, nor Wealth, nor other Friend.

Lot 10.

BEcauſe her Aid makes goodly ſhows,

You on the world your Truſt repoſe;

And his dependance you deſpiſe,

Who clearly on Heavens help relies.

That therefore you may come to ſee,

How pleaſ'd and ſafe thoſe men may be.

Who have no Aid but God alone;

This Emblem you have lighted on.

Emblem XI.
Serva Modum.
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THE Eleventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Do not the Golden Mean exceed

In word, in Paſſion, nor in deed.

AS is the head-ſtrong Horſe, and blockiſh Mule,

Ev'n ſuch, without the Bridle, and the Rule,

Our Nature grows; and is an miſchievous,

Till Grace and Reaſon, come to govern us.

The Square, and Bridle, therefore let us heed,

And thereby learn to know, what helps we need;

Leſt, elſe, (they failing, timely, to be had)

Quite out of Order, we at length, be made.

The Square, (which is an uſeful Inſtrument,

To ſhape for ſenſeleſs Forms) may repreſent

The Law: Becauſe Mankind, (which is by Nature,

Almoſt as dull, as is the ſenſeleſs-creature,)

Is thereby, from the native-rudeneſs, wrought;

And in the Way of honeſt-living taught.

The Bridle, (which Invention did contrive,

To rule, and guide the Creature-ſenſitive)

May type forth Diſcipline; which when the Law

Hath ſchool'd the Wit, muſt keep the Will in awe.

And he that can by theſe, his Paſſions bound,

This Emblems meaning, uſefully, hath found.

Lord, let thy ſacred Law, at all times, be

A rule a Maſter, and a Glaſs to me;

(A Bridle, and a Light) that I may, ſtill,

Both know my Duty, and obey thy Will.

Direct my Feet; my Hands inſtruct thou ſo,

That I may neither wander, nor miſ-do.

My Looks, my Hearing, and my Words confine,

To keep ſtill firm, to ev'ry Word of thine.

On thee, let alſo my Deſires attend,

And let me hold this Temper, till mine end.

Lot 11.

YOur wits, your wiſhes, and your Tongue

Have run the wild-Gooſe chaſe too long.

And (leſt all Reaſon you exceed)

You now of Rule, and Reins have need.

A Bridle therefore and a ſquare,

Chief Figures in your Emblem are.

Obſerve their Moral, and alway,

Be wiſe and ſober as you may.

Emblem XII.
Paupertate premor, Sublevor Ingenio.
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THE Twelfth Emblem Illuſtrated.

My wit got wings, and high had flown,

But Poverty did keep me down.

YOu little think, what plague it is to be,

In plight like him, whom pictur'd here you ſee.

His winged-Arm, and his up lifted-eyes,

Declare, that he hath Wit, and Will, to riſe:

The Stone, which clogs his other hand, may ſhow

That Poverty and Fortune, keep him low:

And 'twixt theſe two, the Body and the Mind,

Such labours, and ſuch great vexations find,

That, if you did not ſuch mens wants contemn,

You could not chuſe but help, or pity them.

All Ages had (and this I know hath ſome)

Such men as to this miſery, do come:

And many of them, at their Lot, ſo grieve,

As if they knew, (or did at leaſt believe)

That, had their Wealth ſuffic'd them to aſpire

(To what their Wits deſerve, and they deſire)

The preſent Age, and future Ages too,

Might gain have had, from what they though to do.

Perhaps I dream'd ſo once: But, God be prais'd

The Clog which kept me down, from being rais'd

Was chain'd ſo faſt, that (if ſuch Dreams I had)

My thoughts, and longings, are not now ſo mad

For, plain I ſee, that had my Fortunes brought

Such Wealth, at firſt, as my ſmall Wit hath ſought,

I might my ſelf, and others, have undone;

Inſtead of Courſes, which I thought to run:

I find my Poverty, for me was fit;

Yea, and a Bleſſing, greater than my Wit:

And whether, now I rich or poor become,

Tis nor much pleaſing, nor much troubleſome.

Lot 12.

THou think'ſt thy wit had made thee Great,

Had Poverty not been ſome lot.

[•]ut had thy wealth as ample been,

[•]s thou didſt think thy wit ſo fine;

Inſtead of thy deſired hight,

Perhaps thou hadſt been ruin'd quite.

Hereafter therefore be content,

With whatſoever Heaven hath ſent.

Emblem XIII.
Stultorum Adjumenta Nocumenta.
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THE Thirteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

The beſt good turns that Fools can do us.

Prove diſadvantages unto us.

A Fool, ſent forth to fetch the Goſlings home,

When they unto a Rivers brink were come,

(Through which their paſſage lay) conceiv'd a fear,

His Dames beſt Brood might have been drown'd there;

Which, to avoid, he thus did ſhew his wit,

And his good nature, in preventing it.

He, underneath his girdle, thruſts their heads,

And then the Coxcomb through the water wades.

Here learn, that when a Fool his help intend

It rather doth a miſchief, then befriends;

And think, if there be danger in his love,

How harmful his Maliciouſneſs may prove:

For, from his kindneſs, though no profit riſe,

To do thee ſpight, his Malice may ſuffice.

I could not from a Prince beſeech a boon

By ſuing to his Jeſter or Buffoon:

Nor any Fools vain humor ſooth or ſerve,

To get my bread, though I were like to ſtarve

For to be poor, I ſhould not bluſh ſo much,

As if a Fool ſhould raiſe me to be rich.

Lord, though of ſuch a kind my faults may be

That ſharp Affliction ſtill muſt tutor me,

(And give me due Correction in her Schools)

Yet, oh preſerve me from the ſcorn of Fools.

Thoſe wicked Fools, that in their hearts have ſaid

There is no God; and rather give me Bread

By Ravens, LORD, or in a Lions Den,

Then by the Favours of ſuch fooliſh men:

Leſt, if their dainties I ſhould ſwallow down,

Their ſmile might more undo, me then their frown.

Lot 13.

THou doſt not greatly care by whom

Thy wealth, or thy Preferments come,

[•]o thou may'ſt get them, Fool or knave,

Thy Prayers, and thy Praiſe may have.

Becauſe thou doſt not fear or dream

What diſadvantage comes by them;

But by thine Emblem, thou may'ſt ſee,

Fools favours miſchievous may be.

Emblem XIV.
Pueros caſtigo, viroſque.
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THE Fourteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Behold and mark the Picture here,

Of what keeps Man and Child in fear.

THeſe are the greateſt Afflictions, moſt men have,

Ev'n from their Nurſing-cradle to their Grave:

Yet, both ſo needful are, I cannot ſee,

How either of them, may well ſpared be.

The Rod is that, which moſt our Childhood fears;

And ſeems the great'ſt Affliction that it bears:

That, which to Man-hood, is a plague, as common

(And more unſufferable) is a Woman.

Yet, bluſh not Ladies; neither frown, I pray,

That thus of Women I preſume to ſay;

Nor number me, as yet, among your foes;

For, I am more your friend, then you ſuppoſe

Nor ſmile ye Men, as if, from hence, ye had

An Argument, that Woman-kind were bad.

The Birch, is blameleſs (yea, by nature, ſweet,

And gentle) till, with ſtubborn Boys, it meet

But, then it ſmarts. So, Women, will be kind,

Until, with froward Husbands, they are joyn'd:

And then indeed (perhaps) like Birchen boughs,

(Which, elſe, had been a trimming, to their Houſe)

They ſometimes prove, ſharp whips, and Rods, to them,

That Wiſdom, and Inſtruction do contemn.

A Woman, was not given for Correction;

But, rather for a furtherance to Perfection:

A precious Balm of love, to cure Mans grief;

And of his Pleaſures, to become the chief.

If, therefore, ſhe occaſion any ſmart,

The blame, he merits, wholly, or in part:

For, like ſweet Honey, ſhe good Stomacks, pleaſes;

But pains the Body, ſubject to Diſeaſes.

Lot 14.

M.

THe time hath been that of the Rod

Thou wert more fearful then of God.

But now unleſs thou prudent grow,

More cauſe thou haſt to fear a Shrow.

For from the Rod now thou art free,

A Woman ſhall thy Torment be.

Yet do not thou at her repine;

For all the Fault is only thine.

Emblem XV.
Concordia Inſuperabilis.
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THE Fifteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Where many Forces joyned are,

Unconquerable Power is there.

AN Emblem's meaning, here, I thought to conſter;

And this doth rather faſhion out a Monſter,

Then form an Hieroglyphick: but, I had

Theſe Figures (as you ſee them) ready made

By others; and I mean to morallize

Their Fancies; not to mend what they deviſe,

Yet, peradventure with ſome vulgar praiſe,

This Picture (though I like it not) diſplays

The Moral, which the Motto doth imply;

And thus it may be ſaid to ſignifie.

He, that hath many Faculties, or Friends,

To keep him ſafe (or to acquire his ends)

And fits them ſo; and keeps them ſo together,

That, ſtill, as readily, they aid each other,

As if ſo many Hands, they had been made;

And in One-body, uſeful being had:

That man, by their Aſſiſtance, may, at length,

Attain to an unconquerable ſtrength;

And crown his honeſt Hopes, with whatſoever

He ſeeks for, by a warranted Endeavour.

Or, elſe, it might be ſaid; that, when we may

Make our Affections, and our Senſe, obey

The will of Reaſon, (and ſo well agree,

That we may find them, ſtill at peace to be)

They'l guard us, like ſo many Armed bands;

And ſafely keep us, whatſoever withſtands.

If others think this Figure, here, infers

A better ſenſe; let thoſe Interpreters

Unriddle it; and preach it where they pleaſe:

Their Meanings may be good, and ſo are theſe.

Lot 15.

IF all your Powers you ſhould unite

In your deſires prevail you might;

And ſooner ſhould effect your ends

If you ſhould muſter up your friends.

But ſince your beſt friends do ſuſpect,

That you ſuch Policy neglect.

Your Lot preſenteth to your view

An Emblem which inſtructeth you.

Emblem XVI.
Non Sceptro ſed Plectro ducitur.
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THE Sixteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

A Fickle Woman wanton grown,

Prefers a Fiddle before a Crown.

FOol! Doſt thou hope, thine Honours, or thy Gold,

Shall gain thee Love? Or, that thou haſt her heart,

Whoſe hand upon thy tempting Bait laies hold?

Alas! fond Lover, thou deceived art.

She that with Wealth, and Titles, can be won,

Or woo'd with Vanities, will wav'ring be;

And when her Love, thou moſt dependeſt on,

A Fiddle-ſtick ſhall win her heart from thee.

To Youth and Muſick, Venus leaneth moſt;

And (though her hand ſhe on the Scepter lay)

Let Greatneſs of her Favours never boaſt:

For, Heart and Eye are bent another way.

And lo, no glorious Purchaſe that Man gets,

Who hath with ſuch poor Trifles, woo'd, & won:

Her footing, on a Ball, his Miſtreſs ſets,

Which in a moment ſlips, and ſhe is gone.

A Woman, meerly with an Out-ſide caught,

Or tempted with a Galliard or a Song,

Will him forſake (whom ſhe moſt lovely thought)

For Players and for Tumblers, ere't be long.

You, then that wiſh your Love ſhould ever laſt,

(And would enjoy Affection without changing)

Love where your Loves may worthily be plac't;

And keep your own Affection, ſtill from ranging.

Uſe noble means, your Longings to attain;

Seek equall Minds, and well beſeeming Years:

They are (at beſt) vain Fools, whom Folly gain;

But, there is Bliſs, where Vertue moſt endears:

And whereſoe'r, Affection ſhe procures,

In ſpight of all Temptations, it endures.

Lot 16.

M.

IF ſome here preſent this had got,

They would have bluſhed at their Lot,

Since very fit the ſame doth prove,

For one unconſtant in his Love.

Or one that has a frickle Mate;

If you enjoy a better ſtate,

Yet hearken what your Lot doth ſay,

Leſt you hereafter want it may,

Emblem XVII.
Non obeſt Virtuti Sors.
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THE Seventeenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Though Fortune prove true Virtues Foe,

It cannot work her overthrow.

UNhappy men are they, whoſe Ignorance

So ſlaves them to the Fortunes of the Time,

That they (attending on the Lot of Chance)

Neglect by Vertue, and Deſerts, to clime.

Poor Heights they be which Fortune rears unto;

And fickle is the Favour ſhe beſtows:

To-day, ſhe makes; to morrow doth undoe;

Builds up, and in an inſtant overthrows.

On eaſie Wheels, to Wealth and Honours high,

She winds men oft, before they be aware;

And when they dream of moſt Proſperity,

Down, headlong, throws them lower then they were.

You, then, that ſeek a more aſſur'd eſtate,

On good, and honeſt Objects, fix your Mind,

And follow Vertue, that you may a Fate

Exempt from fear of Change, or Dangers, find.

For, he that's Vertuous, whether high or low

His Fortune ſeems (or whether foul or fair

His Path he finds) or whether friend or foe,

The World doth prove; regards it not a hair.

His Loſs is Gain; his Poverty is Wealth;

The Worlds Contempt, he makes his Diadem;

In Sickneſs, he rejoyceth, as in Health;

Yea, Death it ſelf becometh Life, to him.

He fears no diſreſpect, no bitter ſcorn,

Nor ſubtile plottings, nor Oppreſſions force;

Nay, though the World ſhould topſie-turvie turn

It cannot fright him, nor divert his Courſe.

Above all Earthly powers his Vertue rears him,

And up with Eglets wings, to Heav'n it bears him.

Lot 17.

M.

THis Man whatever he may ſeem,

Is worthy of an high eſteem.

Though Fortune may his Perſon grind,

She cannot yet diſturb his mind.

Yea bleſt and happy ſhould we be,

Were all of us but ſuch as he.

Read but his Motto which you drew,

For that in part the ſame will ſhew.

Emblem XVIII.
Noli Altum Sapere.
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THE Eighteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Above thy Knowledge do not riſe.

But with Sobriety be wiſe.

EXalt thou not thy ſelf, though plac'd thou be,

Upon the top of that old Olive-tree,

From whence the nat'rall branches prun'd have bin,

That, thou, the better, mightſt be grafted in.

Be not ſo over-wiſe, as to preſume

The Gara'ner, for thy goodneſs, did aſſume

Thy ſmall Crab Olive, to inſert it there,

Where, once, the ſweeteſt-berries growing were.

Nor let thy Pride thoſe few old-boughts contemn

Which, yet, remain upon their ancient Stem;

Becauſe, thy new-incorporated Sprayes,

Do more enjoy the Suns refreſhing raies:

But humbled rather and more awful be;

Leſt he that cut off them do break down thee.

Be wiſe, in what may to thy good belong;

But, ſeek not Knowledge, to thy neighbours wrong:

Be thankful for the Grace thou haſt receiv'd,

But, judge not thoſe, who ſeem thereof bereav'd;

Nor into thoſe forbidden ſecrets peep.

Which God-Almighty, to himſelf doth keep.

Remember what our Father Adam found,

When he for Knowledge, ſought beyond his bound.

For doubtleſs, ever ſince, both good and ill

Are left with Knowledge, intermingled ſtill;

And (if we be not humble, meek, and wary)

We are in daily danger to miſcarry.

Large proves the fruit which on the Earth doth lie;

Winds break the twig, that's grafted over-high;

And he that will, beyond his bounds, be wiſe,

Becomes a very Fool, before he dies.

Lot 18.

THis Lot thoſe Perſons always finds,

That have high Thoughts, and lofty minds:

Or ſuch as have an itch to learn,

That which doth nothing them concern.

Or love to peep with daring eyes,

Into forbidden Myſteries.

If any one of theſe thou be;

Thine Emblem better teacheth thee.

Emblem XIX.
Tractant Fabrilia Fabri.
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THE Nineteenth Emblem Illuſtrated.

When each man keeps unto his Trade,

Then all things better will be made.

WE more ſhould thrive, and err the ſeldomer,

If we were like this honeſt Carpenter,

Whoſe Emblem, in reproof of thoſe, is made,

That love to meddle farther then their Trade.

But, moſt are now exceeding cunning grown

In ev'ry mans affairs, except their own:

Yea, Coblers think themſelves not only able,

To cenſure; but, to mend Apelles Table.

Great-men, ſometime, will gravely undertake

To teach, how Brooms & Morter, we ſhould make.

Their Indiſcretions, Peaſants imitate,

And boldly meddle with affairs of State.

Some Houſwives teach their Teachers how to pray,

Some Clarks have ſhew'd themſelves, as wiſe as they;

And in their Callings, as diſcreet have bin,

As if they taught their Grandames how to ſpin:

And if theſe Cuſtoms laſt a few more Ages,

All Countries will be nothing elſe, but Stages

Of evil-acted, and miſtaken parts;

Or, Gallemaufries of imperfect Arts.

But, I my ſelf (you'l ſay) have medlings made

In things, that are improper to my Trade.

No; for, the MUSES are in all things free;

Fit ſubject of their Verſe, all Creatures be;

And there is nothing nam'd ſo mean, or great,

Whereof they have not liberty to treat.

Both Earth and Heav'n, are open unto theſe,

And (when to take more liberty they pleaſe)

They Worlds, and things, create, which never were;

And when they liſt they play, and meddle there.

Lot 19.

IF all be true theſe Lots do tell us,

Thou ſhouldeſt be of thoſe prating Fellows,

Who better practiſed are grown,

In others matters then their own.

Or one that covets to be thought

A man that is ignorant of nought.

If it be ſo, thy Moral ſhews

Thy folly, and from whence it flows.

Emblem XX.
Conſtante Fiducia.
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THE Twentieth Emblem Illuſtrated.

They after ſuffering ſhall be crown'd,

In whom a Conſtant Faith is found.

MArk well this Emblem; and obſerve you thence

The nature of true Chriſtian-confidence.

Her Foot is fixed on a ſquared-Stone,

Which, whether ſide ſoe're you turn it on,

Stands faſt; and is that Corner-ſtone, which props,

And firmly knits the ſtructure of our Hopes.

She, always, bears a Croſs; to ſignifie,

That there was never any Conſtancy

Without her Tryals: and that, her perfection

Shall never be attain'd, without Affliction.

A Cup ſhe hath moreover in her hand;

And by that Figure, thou mayſt underſtand,

That ſhe hath draughts of Comfort, always near her,

(At ev'ry brunt) to ſtrengthen, and to cheer her.

And loe, her head is crown'd; that, we may ſee

How great, her Glories, and Rewards, will be.

Hereby, this Vertue's nature may be known:

Now, practiſe how to make the ſame thine own.

Diſcourag'd be not though thou art purſu'd

With many wrongs, which cannot be eſchew'd,

Nor yield thou to Deſpairing, though thou haſt

A Croſs (which threatens death) to be embrac't;

Or, though thou be compell'd to ſwallow up,

The very dregs, of Sorrows bitter Cup:

For, whenſoever griefs, or torments, pain thee,

Thou haſt the ſame Foundation to ſuſtain thee:

The ſelf ſame Cup of Comfort, is prepar'd,

To give thee ſtrength, when fainting fits are feard.

And when thy time of trial, is expired,

Thou ſhalt obtain the Crown, thou haſt deſired.

Lot. 20.

THy Fortunes have been very bad,

For many Sufferings thou haſt had;

And Tryals too, which are unknown,

To any but thy ſelf alone.

Yet not loſs, nor harm nor ſmart,

From Conſtant hopes remove thy heart.

For ſee thine Emblem doth foreſhew;

A good Concluſion will enſue.

Emblem XXI.
Furor fit laeſa ſaepius Patientia.
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THE 21ſt Emblem Illuſtrated.

Who Patience tempt beyond its ſtrength,

Will turn't to Fury at the length.

ALthough we know not a more patient creature

Than is the Lamb, (or, of leſs harmfull nature)

Yet, as this Emblem ſhews, when childiſh wrong

Hath troubled, and provok'd him overlong,

He grows enrag'd; and makes the wanton Boys

Be glad to leave their ſports, and run their ways.

Thus have I ſeen it with ſome Children fare,

Who, when their Parents too indulgent were,

Have urg'd them, till their Doting grew to Rage,

And ſhut them wholly from their Heritage.

Thus, many times, a fooliſh man doth loſe

His faithfull Friends, and juſtly makes them foes.

Thus, froward Husbands, and thus, peeviſh Wives,

Do fool away the comfort of their lives;

And by abuſing of a patient-mate,

Turn deareſt Love, into the deadlieſt Hate:

For, any wrong may better be excuſed,

Than Kindneſs, long, and wilfully abuſed.

But, as an injur'd Lamb, provoked, thus,

Well typifies how much it moveth us,

To find our Patience wrong'd: So, let us make

An Emblem of our ſelves, thereby to take

More heed, how God is moved towards them,

That, his long-ſuffering, and his Love contemn.

For, as we ſomewhat have of every creature,

So, we in us, have ſomewhat of his Nature:

Or, if it be not ſaid the ſame to be,

His Pictures, and his Images are we.

Let, therefore, his long-ſuffering well be weigh'd,

And keep us, to provoke him, ſtill afraid.

Lot 21.

THou haſt provoked overlong;

Their Patience who neglect the wrong;

And thou doſt little ſeem to heed,

what hurt it threats if thou proceed.

To thee thy Emblem therefore ſhows,

To what abuſed Patience grows.

Obſerve it well, and make thy Peace,

Before to fury wrath increaſe.

Emblem XXII.
In Spe & Labore tranſigo vitam.
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THE 22d Emblem Illuſtrated.

Our days, until our Life hath end,

In Labour and in Hopes we ſpend.

AS ſoon as our firſt Parents diſobey'd,

Forth with a Curſe, for their offence, was laid,

Inforcing them, and their ſucceeding race,

To get their Food, with ſweatings of the Face.

But afterward, this Doom to mitigate,

(And eaſe the miſeries of their eſtate)

God gave them Hope, that ſhe might help them bear

The burthens of their Travail, and their care.

A Woman with an Anchor, and a Spade,

An Emblem of that Myſtery is made:

And this Eſtate, we all continue in,

By God's free Mercy, and our proper Sin.

By Sin, the Labour is on us intail'd;

By Grace, it is, that Hoping hath not fail'd;

And if in Hope, our Labours we attend,

That Curſe will prove a Bleſſing, in the end,

My Lot is Hope and Labour; and between

Theſe Two, my Life-time hath prolonged been:

Yet hitherto, the beſt of all my Pain

With moſt of all my Hopes have been in vain;

And to the World-ward, I am like to waſt

My time in fruitleſs labours, till the laſt.

However, I have ſtill my Hopes as fair

As he that hath no temptings to Deſpair;

And change I will not, my laſt houers for theirs,

Whoſe Fortune, more deſirable appears;

Nor ceaſe to Hope and Labour, though of moſt,

My Hope and Labour be adjudged loſt:

For, though I loſe the ſhadow of my Pains,

The ſubſtance of it, ſtill in God remains.

Lot 22.

IN ſecret thou doſt oft complain,

That thou haſt hop'd and wrought in vain.

And think'ſt thy Lot, is far more hard,

Than what for others is prepar'd.

An Emblem therefore thou haſt got,

Which ſhews, it is our Common Lot,

To Work and hope, and that thou haſt

A Bleſſing by it at the laſt.

Emblem XXIII.
Tamen diſcam.
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THE 23d Emblem Illuſtrated.

To Learning I a love ſhould have,

Although one Foot were in the Grave.

HEre, we an Aged man deſcribed have,

That hath one foot, already, in the Grave:

And if you mark it (though the Sun decline,

And horned Cynthia doth begin to ſhine)

With open book, and with attentive eyes,

Himſelf, to compaſs Knowledge, he applies:

And though that Evening end his laſt of days,

Yet, I will ſtudy, more to learn, he ſays.

From this, we gather, that, while time doth laſt,

The time of learning, never will be paſt;

And that, each hour till we our life lay down,

Still ſomething, touching life is to be known,

When he was old, wiſe Cato learned Greek:

But, we have aged-folks, that are to ſeek

Of that, which they have much more cauſe to learn;

Yet, no ſuch mind in them we ſhall diſcern.

For that, which they ſhould ſtudy in their prime,

Is, oft, deferred till their latter-time:

And then, old-age, unfit for learning, makes them,

Or, elſe, that common dulneſs overtakes them,

Which makes aſhamed, that it ſhould be thought,

They need, like little-children, to be taught.

And ſo, out of this world, they do return

As wiſe, as in that week, when they were born.

God, grant me grace, to ſpend my life time ſo,

That I my duty ſtill may ſeek to know;

And that, I never, may ſo far proceed,

To think, that I more Knowledge do not need:

But, in Experience, may continue growing,

Till I am fill'd with fruits of pious-knowing.

Lot 23.

BY this your Emblem we diſcern,

That you are yet of Age to learn.

And that when elder you ſhall grow,

There will be more for you to know.

Preſume not therefore of your wit;

But ſtrive that you may better it,

For of your Age we many view,

That far more wiſdom have then you.

Emblem XXIV.
Tranſitus Celereſt, & avolamus.
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THE 24th Emblem Illuſtrated.

Where e're we are the Heavens are near,

Let us but fly and we are there.

WHy, with a trembling faintneſs, ſhould we fear

The face of Death? and fondly linger here,

As if we thought the Voyage to be gone

Lay through the ſhades of Styx or Acheron?

Or, that we either were to travel down

To uncouth Depths, or up ſome heights unknown?

Or, to ſome place remote, whoſe neareſt end

Is farther then Earths limits do extend?

It is not by one half that diſtance, thither

Where Death lets in, as it is any whither:

No not by half ſo far, as to your bed;

Or, to that place, where you ſhould reſt your head,

If on the ground you laid your ſelf (ev'n there)

Where at this moment you abiding are.

This Emblem ſhews (if well you look thereon)

That, from your Glaſs of life, which is to run,

There's but one ſtep to Death; and that you tread

At once, among the Living, and the Dead.

In whatſoever Land, we live or die,

God is the ſame; And Heav'n is there as nigh

As in that place, wherein we moſt deſire

Our Souls, with our laſt breathing, to expire.

Which things, well heeding; let us not delay

Our Journey, when we ſummon'd are away,

(As thoſe inforced Pilgrims uſe to do,

That know not whither, nor, how far they go)

Nor let us dream that we in Time or Place,

Are far from ending our uncertain Race.

But, let us fix on Heav'n, a faithful eye,

And ſtill, be flying thither, till we die.

Lot 24.

TO your Long-Home you nearer are,

Than you it may be are aware.

Yea and more eaſy is the way,

Then you perhaps conceive it may.

Leſt therefore death ſhould grim appear,

And put you in a cauſeleſs fear.

Or out of minding wholly paſs,

This Chance to you allotted was.

Emblem XXV.
Tranſe at.
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THE Twenty fifth Emblem Illuſtrated.

A Sieve of Shelter maketh ſhow,

But every Storm will through it go.

SOme Men, when for their Actions they procure

A likely colour, (be it ne're ſo vain)

Proceed as if their Projects were as ſure,

As when Sound Reaſon did their Courſe maintain:

And theſe not much unlike thoſe Children are,

Who through a Storm advent'ring deſp'rately,

Had rather on their Heads a Sive to bear,

Then Cov'rings, that may ſerve to keep them dry.

For, at a diſtance that perchance is thought

A helpfull Shelter; and yet, proves to thoſe

Who need the ſame a Toy, which profits nought;

Becauſe, each drop of Rain quite through it, goes.

So they, whoſe fooliſh Projects, for a while,

Do promiſe their Projectors hopefull ends,

Shall find them, in the Tryal, to beguile;

And that both Shame and Want on them attends.

Such like is their eſtate who, (to appear

Rich men to others) do, with inward-pain,

A gladſome out-ward Port deſire to bear;

Though they at laſt nor Wealth nor Credit gain.

And ſuch are all thoſe Hypocrites, who ſtrive

Falſe Hearts beneath Fair ſpoken Words to hide:

For, they o'revail themſelves but with a Sive,

Through which, their purpoſes at length are ſpied.

And then, they either wofully lament

Their Brutiſh-folly, or ſo hardened grow

In Sinning, that they never can repent,

Nay, jeſt and ſcoff at their own Overthrow.

But no falſe Vail can ſerve (when God will ſmite)

To ſave a Scorner, or an Hypocrite.

Lot 25.

TAke heed you do not quite forget,

That you are dancing in a Net.

Many there are your Ways do ſee,

Although you think unſeen you be.

Your Faults we will no nearer touch,

Methinks your Emblem blabs too much,

But if you mend what is amiſs,

You ſhall be ne're the worſe for this.

Emblem XXVI.
Gaudet Patientia duris.
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THE Twenty ſixth Emblem Illuſtrated.

He that enjoys a quiet mind,

Can pleaſure in Affliction find.

WHat means this Country peaſant, skipping here

Through prickling Thiſtles with ſuch joyful cheer?

And plucking off their tops, as though for Poſies

He gather'd Violets, or toothleſs Roſes?

What meaneth it, but only to expreſs

How great a joy, well grounded Patientneſs

Retains in Suff'rings? and what ſport ſhe makes,

When ſhe her Journey through Affliction takes?

I oft have ſaid (and have as oft been thought

To ſpeak a Paradox, that ſavours nought

Of likely truth) that ſome Afflictions bring

A Honey bag, which cureth ev'ry Sting,

(That wounds the Fleſh) by giving to the Mind,

A pleaſing taſte of Sweetneſſes refin'd.

Nor can it other be, except in thoſe,

Whoſe Better part, quiet ſtupifyed grows,

By being cauterized in the Fires

Of childiſh Fears, or temporal Deſires.

For, as the Valiant (when the Coward ſwounds)

With gladneſs lets the Surgeon ſearch his Wounds;

And though they ſmart, yet cheerfully indures

The Plaiſters, and the Probe, in hope of Cures:

So, Men, aſſured that Afflictions pain

Comes not for vengeance to them, nor in vain;

But, to prepare, and fit them for the place,

To which, they willingly direct their pace;

In troubles, are ſo far from being ſad,

That, of their Suffering, they are truly glad.

What ever others think, I thus believe;

And therefore, joy, when they ſuppoſe I grieve.

Lot 26.

AT your Afflictions you repine,

And in all troubles cry and whine.

As if to ſuffer, brought no Joy,

But quite did all content deſtroy.

That you may therefore Patient grow,

And learn this Virtues power to know

This Lot unto your view is brought,

Peruſe and Practiſe what is taught.

Emblem XXVII.
Bella in Viſta, Dentro Triſta.
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THE Twentyſeventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Deformity within may be,

where outward Beauty we do ſee.

LOok well, I pray, upon this Beldam, here,

For, in her habit, though ſhe gay appear,

You, through her youthful vizard, may eſpy

She's of an old Edition, by her Eye:

And by her wainſcot face, it may be ſeen,

She might your Grandams firſt dry nurſe have been.

This is an Emblem, fitly ſhaddowing thoſe,

Who making fair, and honeſt outward ſhows,

Are inwardly deform'd; and nothing ſuch,

As they to be ſuppos'd, have ſtrived much.

They chuſe their words, and play well-acted parts,

But hide moſt loathſome projects in their hearts

And when you think ſweet Friendſhip to embrace,

Some ugly Treaſon meets you in the face.

I hate a bainted Brow; I much diſlike

A maiden-bluſh, dawb'd on a furrowed Cheek:

And I abhor to ſee old Wantons play,

And ſuit themſelves, like Ladies of the May.

But more (yea, moſt of all) my ſoul deſpiſeth

A Heart, that in Religious forms diſguiſeth

Prophane intentions; and arays in white

The coal-black conſcience of an Hypocrite.

Take heed of ſuch as theſe; and (if you may)

Before you truſt them, tract them in their way.

Obſerve their footſteps, in their private path:

For theſe (as 'tis believ'd, the Devil hath)

Have cloven feet; that is, two ways they go;

One for their ends, and tother for a ſhow.

Now, you thus warned are, advice embrace;

And truſt nor gawdy Clothes, nor painted Face.

Lot 27.

FIne Clothes, fair words, inticing Face,

With Masks of Piety and Grace,

Oft cheat you with an outward ſhow,

Of that which proveth nothing ſo.

Therefore your Emblems Moral read,

And ere too far you do proceed.

Think whom you deal withal to day,

Who by fair Shews deceive you may.

Emblem XXVIII.
Captivum impune Laceſſunt.
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THE Twenty eighth Emblem Illuſtrated.

When wicked Men confined are,

They revel who were kept in fear.

A Tyrannous, or wicked Magiſtrat,

Is fitly repreſented by a Cat:

For, though the Mice, a harmfull vermine be,

And Cats the remedy; yet, oft we ſee,

That, by the Mice, far leſs, ſome houſe-wives leeſe,

Then when they ſet the Cat to keep the Cheeſe.

A ravenous Cat, will puniſh in the Mouſe,

The very ſame Offences, in the houſe,

Which he himſelf commits; yea, for that Vice,

Which was his own (with praiſe) he kills the Mice,

And ſpoileth not anothers life alone,

Ev'n for that very fault which was his own,

But feeds, and fattens, in the ſpoil of them,

Whom he, without compaſſion, did condemn.

Nay worſe than ſo; he cannot be content,

To ſlaughter them, who are as innocent,

As he himſelf; but, he muſt alſo play,

And ſport his woful Pris'ners lives away;

More torturing them, 'twixt fruitleſs hopes and fears,

Than when their bowels, with his teeth he tears:

For, by much terrour, and much cruelty,

He kills them, ten times over, e're they die.

When, ſuch like Magiſtrates have rule obtain'd

The beſt men wiſh their power might be reſtrain'd:

But, they who ſhun enormities, through Fear,

Are glad when good-men out of Office are.

Yea whether Governours be good or bad,

Of their diſplacings wicked-men are glad;

And when they ſee them brought into diſgraces,

They boldly play the Knaves before their faces.

Lot 28.

M.

THou art, or elſe thou wert of late,

Some Great or Petty Magiſtrate,

Or Fortune thereunto may chance,

In time to come thee to advance.

But by thine Emblem thou maiſt ſee,

That when reſtrain'd thy Power ſhall be,

Offenders will thereof be glad,

And Scoff the Power which thou haſt had;

Obſerve it, & be ſo upright,

That thou maiſt laugh at their deſpight.

Emblem XXIX.
Perſequar Extinctu.
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THE Twenty ninth Emblem Illuſtrated.

True Lovers Lives in one heart lye,

Both Live, or both together Dye.

HE that ſhall ſay he Loves, and was again

So well-belov'd, that neither He nor She

Suſpects each other, neither needs to gain

New proofs, that they in all Deſires agree;

And yet, ſhall cool again in their Affection,

(And leave to Love) or live till they are Lovers

The ſecond-time; It ſome groſs Imperfection

In One (if not in Both) of them diſcovers.

It was not Love which did between them grow;

But, rather ſomewhat like unto the ſame;

Which (having made a fair deceiving Show)

Obtain'd, a while, that honourable Name.

For, Falſe Affections will together play

So lovingly; and oft, ſo act thoſe Parts

Which real ſeem; that, for a time, they may

Appear the Children of Unfeigned-Hearts:

Yea, many-times, true Turtles are deceiv'd

By counterfeited Paſſions, till their Love

Of her true Object finds her ſelf bereav'd;

And after it, is forced to remove:

But where True-Love begetteth, and enjoys

The proper Object, which ſhe doth deſire,

Nor Time, nor Injury the ſame deſtroys;

But it continues a Perpetual Fire.

Like am'rous Thisbe to her Pyramus,

On all occaſions, it continues true:

Nor Night, nor Danger, makes it timorous;

But, through all Perils, it will him purſue.

Thus, both in Life, in Death, in all eſtates,

True Lovers will be true Aſſociates.

Lot 29.

SOme think you Love; 'tis true you do,

And are as well beloved too.

But you (if we the truth may ſay)

Love not ſo truly as you may.

To make a perfect Love there goes,

Much more than every Lover knows,

Your Emblem therefore mind, and then,

Begin a new to love agen.

Emblem XXX.
Nequid Nimis.
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THE Thirtieth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Since overmuch will overfill,

Pour out enough; but do not ſpill.

IT is this Emblems meaning, to advance

The love and practice, of true Temperance.

For, by this Figure (which doth ſeem to fill,

Until the liquor overflow, and ſpill)

We are, as by example, taught to ſee

How fruitleſs our Intemperancies be:

Thus by the Rule of Contrarieties,

Some Vertues, beſt are ſhown to vulgar eyes.

To ſee a naſtie Drunkard, reel and ſpew,

More moves to Soberneſs, than can the view

Of twenty civil men; and to behold

One Prodigal, (that goodly lands hath ſold)

Stand torn and louzie, begging at the door,

Would make Intemperance abhorred more,

(And manly Soberneſs, much better, each)

Than all that ſix Philoſophers can preach:

So, by the Veſſels overflowing, here,

True Moderation doth more prais'd appear,

Than by the mean it ſelf: And without ſin,

That's pictur'd, which to do, had wicked bit,

For, though to vertuous ends; we do deny

The Doing-ill, that Good may come thereby.

From hence, let us be taught, that carefull heed

Whereby we ſhould both Mind and Body fee[•]

Let us, of our own ſelves, obſerve the ſize;

How much we want, how little will ſuffize;

And our own longings, rather leave unfill'd,

Than ſuffer any portion to be ſpill'd:

For, what we marr, ſhall to account be laid

And, what we wiſely ſpend, ſhall be repaid

Lot 30.

IF truly temperate thou be,

Why ſhould this Lot be drawn by thee?

Perhaps thou either doſt exceed,

[•]n clothes; Or high doſt drink or feed.

Beyond the mean; If this thou find,

Or know'ſt in any other kind.

How thou offendeſt by exceſs,

Now leave off thy Intemperatneſs.

Emblem XXXI.
Legibus & Armis.
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THE Thirtieth Firſt Emblem Illuſtrated.

When Law and Arms together meet,

The world deſcends to kiſs their feet.

THe Picture of a Crowned-king, here, ſtands

Upon a Globe; and with outſtretched hands,

Holds forth, in view, a Law-book, and a Sword:

Which plain and modern Figures may afford

This meaning; that a King, who hath regard

To Courts for pleading, and a Court of Guard,

And at all times, a due reſpect will carry,

To pious Laws, and Actions military;

Shall not be Monarch, onely in thoſe Lands,

That are by Birth right under his commands

But, alſo might (if juſt occaſion were)

Make this whole Globe of earth, his power to fear

Advance his Favorites; and bring down all

His Oppoſites, below his pedeſtal.

His conquering Sword, in forraign Realms, he draws

As oft, as there is juſt, or needful cauſe:

At home, in ev'ry Province of his Lands,

At all times, armed are his Trained Bands.

His Royal Fleets, are terrours to the Seas;

At all hours, rigg'd, for uſeful Voyages:

And often he his Navy doth increaſe,

That Wars Proviſions may prolong his Peace.

Nor, by the tenure of the Sword, alone,

Delighteth he to hold his awful Throne,

But, likewiſe, labours Miſchiefs to prevent,

By wholſome Laws, and rightful Government.

For, where the Sword commands, without the Law,

A Tyrant keeps the Land in ſlaviſh awe:

And where good Laws do want an Armed pow'r,

Rebellious Knaves their Princes, will devour.

Lot 31.

M.

SOme urge their Princes on to War,

And weary of ſweet Peace ſoon are

Some ſeek to make them dote on Peace,

Till Publick danger more increaſe.

As if the world were kept in awe,

By nothing elſe, but preaching Law.

The Moral is; If ſuch thou art,

Then Act a Moderators part.

Emblem XXXII.
Spes alit Agricolas.
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THE Thirty ſecond Emblem Illuſtrated.

The Husbandman doth ſow his ſeeds,

And then on Hope till Harveſt feeds.

THe painful Husbandman, with ſweaty brows,

Conſumes in labour many a weary day:

To break the ſtubborn earth, he digs and ploughs,

And then, the Corn, he ſcatters on the clay:

When that is done, he harrows in the Seeds,

And by a well-cleans'd Furrow, lays it dry:

He frees it from the Worms, the Moles, the Weeds;

He, on the Fences, alſo hath an eye.

And though he ſee the chilling Winter bring

Snows, Flouds, and Froſts, his Labours to annoy;

Though blaſting-winds do nip them in the Spring

And Sammers Mildews threaten, to deſtroy:

Yea, though not only Days, but Weeks, they a[•]

(Nay, many Weeks, and many Months beſide)

In which he muſt with pain, prolong his care,

Yet, conſtant in his hopes he doth abide.

For this reſpect, HOPE'S Emblem, here you, ſee

Attends the Plough, that men beholding it,

May be inſtructed, or elſe minded be,

What Hopes, continuing Labours, will befit.

Though, long thou toyled haſt, and long attended

About ſuch workings as are neceſſary;

And oftentimes, ere fully they are ended,

Shalt find thy pains in danger to miſcarry:

Yet, be not out of hope, nor quite dejected:

For, buried Seeds will ſprout when Winter's gone;

Unlikelier things are many times effected;

And God brings help, when men their beſt have done.

Yea, they that in Good-works their life imploy;

Although they ſow in tears, ſhall reap in joy.

Lot 32.

IN many things, the worſe thou art,

By the deſpairing, fainting heart.

And oft thy labour, and thy coſt,

For want of Hopefulneſs is loſt.

Thou therefore by thy Lot art ſent,

This Indiſcretion to prevent,

And by the Plow-mans hope to ſee

Thy fault, and now reform'd to be.

Emblem XXXIII.
Puris Manibus.
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THE Thirty third Emblem Illuſtrated.

Let him that at Gods Altar ſtands,

In Innocency waſh his hands.

WHen (Reader) thou haſt firſt of all ſurvaid

That Reverend Prieſt which here ingraven ſtands,

In all his Holy Veſtiments array'd,

Endeavouring for Purified-Hands;

Collect from hence, that, when thou doſt appear

To offer Sacrifice of Praiſe or Prayer,

Thou oughtſt the Robes of Righteouſneſs, to wear,

And by Repentance, thy defects repair.

For, thou, that with polluted Hands preſum'ſt

Before Gods Altar to preſent thy Face;

Or, in the Rags of thine own Merits com'ſt,

Shalt reap Diſpleaſure, where thou look'ſt for Grace.

Then, if thou be of thoſe that would aſpire

A Prieſt, or Prelate, in Gods Church to be;

Be ſure, thou firſt thoſe Ornaments acquire,

Which may be ſuting to that High Degree.

Intrude not, as perhaps too many do,

With Gifts unfit, or by an Evil mean:

Deſire it with a right Intention too;

And ſeek to keep thy Converſation clean.

For, they that have aſſum'd this Holy-Calling,

With Hands impure, and Hearts unſanctify'd,

Defame the Truth; give others cauſe of Falling,

And ſcandalize their Brethren, too beſide:

Yea, to themſelves, their very Sacrifice

Becomes unhallowed; and their Thanks and Prayers,

The God of Purity, doth ſo deſpiſe,

That all their Hopes, he turneth to Deſpairs:

And all their beſt Endeavours, countermands,

Till they appear with unpolluted Hands.

Lot 33.

WHether meerly Chance or no,

Brought this Lot, we do not know.

But received let it be,

As Divinely ſent to thee.

For that merits thy regard,

Which thine Emblem hath declar'd.

And the beſt that are have need

Such Adviſements well to heed.

Emblem XXXIV.
Fero.
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THE Thirty fourth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Be wary whoſoe're thou be,

For from Loves Arrows none are free.

GAllants, beware; for here's a wanton Wagg,

Who, having Bows and Arrows, makes his brag

That he hath ſome unhappy trick to play;

And vows to ſhoot at all he meets to day.

Pray be not careleſs; for the Boy is blind,

And ſometimes ſtrikes, where moſt he ſeemeth kind.

This rambling Archer ſpares nor one, nor other:

Yea, otherwhile, the Monkey ſhoots his Mother.

Though you be little Children, come not near;

For, I remember (though't be many a year

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Now gone and paſt,) that, when I was a Lad,

My Heart, a prick, by this young wanton had,

That pain'd me ſeven years after: nor had I

The grace (thus warn'd) to eſcape his waggery;

But many times, ev'n ſince I was a man,

He ſhot me, oftner then I tell you can:

And if I had not been the ſtronger-hearted,

I for my over-daring, might have ſmarted.

You laugh now, as if this were nothing ſo;

But, if you meet this Blinkard with his Bow,

You may unleſs you take the better care,

Receive a wound, before you be aware.

I fear him not; for I have learned how

To keep my heart-ſtrings from his Arrows now:

And ſo might you, and ſo might ev'ry one

That vain Occaſions truely ſeeks to ſhun.

But if you ſlight my Counſels, you may chance

To blame at laſt, your wilful ignorance:

For, ſome, who thought, at firſt, his wounds but ſmall,

Have dyed by them, in an Hoſpital.

Lot 34.

THis Lot of yours, doth plainly ſhow

That in ſome danger now you go,

But wounds by ſteel, yet fear you not,

No Piſtolling nor Canon Shot,

But rather dread the Shafts that fly

From ſome deep wounding Wantons eye,

your greateſt perils are from thence,

Get therefore Armor of Defence.

Emblem XXXV.
Sapiens dominabitur Aſtris.
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THE Thirty fifth Emblem Illuſtrated.

He over all the Stars doth reign,

That unto wiſdom can attain.

I Am not of their Mind, who think the Sun,

The Moon, the Planets, and thoſe glorious Lights,

Which trim the Sphaeres, do in their Motions run

To no more purpoſe, then to pleaſe our Sights.

Nor for diſtinguiſhment of Nights and Days,

Or of the Seaſons, and the Times, alone,

Can I ſuppoſe the Hand of God diſplays

Thoſe many Stars we nightly gaze upon:

For, both by Reaſon, and by Common ſenſe

We know (and often feel) that from above

The Planets have, on us, an Influence;

And that our Bodies vary, as they move.

Moreover, Holy Writ infers, that theſe

Have ſome ſuch pow'r; ev'n in thoſe Place[•] wher[•]

It names Orion, and the Pleiades;

Which Stars of much inferiour Nature are.

Yet, hence conclude not therefore, that the M[••…]

Is by the Stars conſtrained to obey

Their Influence; or, ſo by them inclin'd,

That, by no means reſiſt the ſame we may.

For, though they form the Bodies temp'rature,

(And though the Mind inclineth after that)

By Grace, another temper we procure,

Which guides the Motions of Suppoſed Fate.

The Soul of Man is nobler then the Sphaeres;

And if it gain the Place which may be had,

Not here alone on Earth, the Rule it bears,

But, is the Lord of all that God hath made.

Be wiſe in him; and if juſt cauſe there be,

The Sun and Moon, ſhall ſtand and wait on the[•]

Lot. 35.

YOu ſeek a Lot which proving bad,

Would peradventure make you ſad;

[•]t this may pleaſe; for you are taught,

[•]o mend your Fortune, when 'tis naught.

Being armed with ſuch Counſel here,

That you no Deſtiny need fear;

Now if you come to hurt or ſhame,

Upon the Stars lay not the blame.

Emblem XXXVI.
Non te, ſed Nummos
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THE Thirty ſixth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Thy ſeeming Lovers falſe will be,

And love thy Money more than thee.

WHat may the reaſon be, ſo many wed,

And miſs the bleſſings of a joyful-Bed,

But thoſe ungodly, and improper ends,

For which, this Age moſt Marriages intends?

Some love plump-fleſh; and thoſe as kind will be

To any gameſome Wanton, as to thee.

[•]ome, dote on Honours; and all ſuch will prize

Thy Perſon meerly, for thy Dignities.

[•]ome fancy Pleaſures; and ſuch Flirts as they,

With ev'ry Hobby-horſe, will run away.

Some (like this Couple in our Emblem, here)

Woe hard for Wealth; and very kind appear,

Till they have won their prize: but then the[•] ſho[•]

On what their beſt Affections they beſtow.

This Wealth, is that ſweet Beauty, which prefer

So many to their Executioners.

This is that rare Perfection, for whoſe ſake,

The Politician doth his Marriage make.

Yea, moſt of thoſe whom you ſhall married find

Were cous'ned, (or did couſen) in this kind;

And for ſome by-reſpects, they came together,

Much more, than for the ſakes of one another

If this concerns thee, now, in any ſenſe;

For thy inſtruction, take this warning hence

If thou haſt err'd already, then lament

Thy paſſed crime, and bear thy puniſhment.

If thou, as yet, but tempted art to err;

Then, let this Emblem be thy Counſeller:

For, I have ſaid my mind; which if thou ſlight

Go, and repent it, on thy wedding night.

Lot 36.

THis Lot may make us all ſuſpect,

That ſome wrong Object you affect.

And that where Dearneſs you pretend;

It is not for the nobleſt end.

What miſchief from ſuch falſhood flows,

Your Emblem very truly ſhows.

And may more happy make your Fate;

[•]f this advice come not too late.

Emblem XXXVII.
Virtute ac Studio per Orbem Fama perpetua comparatur.
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THE Thirty ſeventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

By Studiouſneſs in Virtues ways,

Men gain an univerſal Praiſe.

WHen Emblems of too many parts conſiſt,

Their Author was no choice Emblematiſt,

But is like thoſe that waſte whole hours, to tell

What, in three minutes, might be ſaid as well.

Yet, when each member is interpreted,

Out of theſe vulgar Figures, you may read

A Moral, (altogether) not unfit

To be remembred, ev'n by men of wit.

And if the Kernell prove to be of worth,

No matter from what ſhell we drew it forth.

The Square whereon the Globe is placed, here

Muſt Vertue be; That Globe upon the Square,

Muſt mean the World; The Figure, in the Round,

(Which in appearance doth her Trumpet ſound)

Was made for Fame; The Book ſhe bears, may ſhow,

What Breath it is, which makes her Trumpet blow:

The Wreath, incloſing all, was to intend

A glorious Praiſe, that never ſhall have end:

And theſe, in one ſumm'd up, do ſeem to ſay;

That, (if men ſtudy in a vertuous-way)

The Trumpet of a never-ceaſing Fame,

Shall through the world proclaim their praiſefull Name.

Now Reader, if large Fame, be thy ambition,

This Emblem doth inform, on what condition

She may be gain'd. But, (herein, me believe)

Thy ſtudy for meer-praiſe, will thee deceive:

And if thy Vertues, be but onely, thoſe

For which the vulgar Fame, her Trumpet blows,

Thy Fame's a blaſt; Thy Vertues Vices be;

Thy Study's vain, and ſhame will follow thee

Lot 37.

THou ſeek'ſt for fame and now art ſhown,

For what her Trumpet ſhall be blown.

Thine Emblem alſo doth declare,

What Fame they get who Virtuous are,

For Praiſe alone; And what reward,

For ſuch like Studies is prepar'd.

Peruſe it; And this Counſel take,

Be Virtuous for meer Virtues ſake.

Emblem XXXVIII.
Deus nobis haec Otia fecit.
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THE Thirty eighth Emblem Illuſtrated.

The Goſpel thankfully imbrace,

For God vouchſafed us this Grace.

THis modern Emblem, is a mute expreſſing

Of Gods great Mercies, in a Modern-bleſſing;

And gives me, now, juſt cauſe to ſing his praiſe,

For granting me, my being, in theſe days.

The much-deſired Meſſages of Heav'n,

For which, our Fathers would their lives have given,

And (in Groves, Caves, and Mountains, once a year)

Were glad, with hazard of their goods to hear;

Or, in leſs bloody times, at their own homes;

To hear, in private, and obſcured rooms.

Lo; thoſe, thoſe Joyful-tydings, we do live,

Divulg'd, in every Village, to perceive;

And that the ſounds of Gladneſs eccho may,

Through all our goodly Temples, ev'ry day,

This was (Oh God) thy doing; unto thee,

Aſcrib'd, for ever, let all Praiſes be.

Prolong this Mercy and vouchſafe the fruit,

May to thy Labour, on this Vine-yard, ſuit:

Leſt, for our fruitleſneſs, thy Light of grace,

Thou from our Golden candleſtick, diſplace.

We do, me thinks, already, Lord, begin

To Wantonize, and let that loathing in,

Which makes thy Manna taſtleſs; And I fear,

That, of thoſe Chriſtians, who, more often hear,

Then practice, what they know, we have too many

And, I ſuſpect my ſelf, as much as any.

Oh! mend me ſo, that, by amending me,

Amends in others, may increaſed be:

And, let all Graces, which thou haſt beſtow'd,

Return thee honour, from whom firſt they flow'd

Lot 38.

BY this thy Lot thou doſt appear,

To be of thoſe who love to hear

The Preachers voice; Or elſe of them,

That undervalue or Contemn

Thoſe daily ſhowers of wholeſome words,

Which Heaven in theſe our times affords.

Now which ſoe're of theſe thou be,

Thine Emblem ſomething teacheth thee.

Emblem XXXIX.
Spernit Pericula Virtus.
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THE Thirty ninth Emblem Illuſtrated.

An Innocent no danger fears,

How Great ſoever it appears.

WHen ſome did ſeek Arion to have drown'd;

He, with a valiant heart, his Temples crown'd;

And when to drench him in the Seas they meant,

He plaid on his molodious Inſtrument;

To ſhew, that Innocence diſdained Fear,

Though to be ſwallow'd in the Deeps it were.

Nor did it periſh: For, upon her Back

A Dolphin took him, for his Muſick's ſake:

To intimate that Vertue ſhall prevail

With Bruitiſh Creatures, if with Men it fail.

Moſt vain is then their Hope, who dream they can

Make wretched, or undo, an Honeſt-Man:

For, he whom Vertuous Innocence adorns,

Inſults o're Cruelties; and Peril ſcorns.

Yea, that, by which Men purpoſe to undo him,

(In their deſpight) ſhall bring great Honours to him

Arion-like, the Malice of the World,

Hath into Seas of Troubles often hurl'd

Deſerving Men, although no Cauſe they had,

But that their Words & Works ſweet Muſick made

Of all their outward Helps it hath bereft them

Nor means, nor hopes of Comfort have been lef[•] them,

But ſuch, as in the Houſe of Mourning are,

And what Good-Conſcience can afford them there

Yet, Dolphin-like, their Innocence hath rear'd

Their Heads above thoſe Dangers that appear'd

God hath vouchſaf'd their harmleſs Cauſe to heed

And ev'n in Thraldom, ſo their Hearts hath freed

That, whil'ſt they ſeem'd oppreſſed & forlorn

The Joy'd, and Sung, and Laugh'd the World to ſcorn

Lot 39.

YOu have been wronged many ways,

Yet Patient are, and that's your Praiſe.

Your Actions alſo ſeem'd upright,

Yet ſome there are that bear you ſpight.

Leſt therefore you diſcourag'd grow,

An Emblem you have drawn to ſhow,

What other Innocents have born,

And how the Envious world to ſcorn.

Emblem XL.
Non uno Sternitur Ictu.
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THE Fortieth Emblem Illuſtrated.

By many ſtrokes the Work is done,

Which cannot be performed by one.

DEſpair not Man, in what thou oughtſt to do,

Although thou fail when one Attempt is made;

But, add a New-Endeavour thereunto,

And then another, and another, add:

Yea, till thy Pow'r and Life ſhall quite be ſpent,

Perſiſt in ſeeking what thou ſhouldſt deſire;

For, he that falleth from a good Intent,

Deſerves not that to which he did aſpire.

Rich Treaſures are by Nature placed deep;

And ere we gain them, we muſt pierce the Rocks:

Such Perils, alſo, them, as Guardians keep,

That none can win them without wounds and knocks.

Moreover, Glories, Thrones, are ſo ſublime,

That whoſoever thinks their Top to gain,

Till many thouſand weary ſteps he clime,

Doth fool himſelf, by Muſings which are vain.

And yet, there is a Path way, which doth lead

Above the higheſt things that Man can ſee;

And (though it be not known to all who tread

The Common-Tract) it may aſcended be.

As therefore, none ſhould greater things preſume

Then well becomes their ſtrength; So none ſhould fear

Through Folly, Sloth, or Baſeneſs) to aſſume

Such things upon them, which beſeeming are

Since by Degrees we many things ſee wrought,

That ſeem'd impoſſible to have been done,

When they were firſt conceived in the thought

And ſuch as theſe, we may adventure on.

Mine Arm, I know, in time will fell an Oke;

But, I will ne're attempt it, at a Stroke.

Lot 40.

THis Lot befell thee for the nonce,

For if things come not all at once.

Thou to deſpairing ſoon doſt run,

Or leav'ſt thy work that's well begun.

Which to prevent regardful be,

Of what thine Emblem Counſels thee.

Emblem XLI.
Ne tenear.
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THE Forty firſt Emblem Illuſtrated.

Occaſions paſt are ſought in vain,

But oft, they wheel about again.

UNwiſe are they that ſpend their youthful Prime

In Vanities; as if they did ſuppoſe

That men, at pleaſure, might redeem the Time;

For, they a fair advantage fondly loſe.

As ill-advis'd be thoſe, who having loſt

The firſt Occaſions, to Deſpairing run:

For, Time hath Revolutions; and the moſt,

For their Affairs, have Seaſons more then one.

Nor is their Folly ſmall, who much depend

On Tranſitory things, as if their Power

Could bring to paſs what ſhould not have an End

Or compaſs that which Time will not devour.

The firſt Occaſions, therefore, ſee thou take

(Which offered are) to bring thy hopes about

And mind thou, ſtill, what Haſte away they make

Before thy ſwift-pac't hours are quite run out,

Yet, if an Opportunity be paſt,

Deſpair not thou, as they that hopeleſs be;

Since, Time may ſo revolve again, at laſt,

That New-Occaſions may be offered thee.

And ſee, thou truſt not on thoſe fading things,

Which by thine own Endeavours thou acquir'ſt

For, Time (which her own Births to ruin brings

Will ſpare, nor thee, nor ought which thou deſir'ſt

His Properties, and Uſes, what they are,

In vain obſerv'd will be, when he is fled:

That, they in ſeaſon, therefore may appear,

Our Emblem, thus hath him deciphered;

Bald ſave before, and ſtanding on a Wheel;

A Razor in his Hand, a Winged Heel.

Lot 41.

MUch Liberty thou haſt aſſum'd,

And heretofore too much preſum'd.

On Time, which always rideth poſt,

That for a while ſome hopes are croſt.

But ſee to keep thee from deſpair,

And thy Misfortune to repair.

Mark what to thee thy Lot doth tell,

And Practiſe what is counſel'd well.

Emblem XLII.
Viribus jungenda Sapientia.
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THE Forty ſecond Emblem Illuſtrated.

When Great Attempts are undergone,

Join Strength and Wiſdom both in one.

IF (Reader) thou deſirous be to know

What by the Centaure, ſeemeth here intended;

What, alſo by the Snake, and by the Bow,

Which in his hand, he beareth alway bended:

Learn, that this half-a man, and half-a horſe,

Is ancient Hieroglyphick, teaching thee,

That, Wiſdom ſhould be joyn'd with outward force,

If proſperous we deſire our works to be.

His Upper-part, the ſhape of Man, doth bear;

To teach, that Reaſon muſt become our guide.

The hinder-parts a Horſes Members are;

To ſhow, that we muſt alſo ſtrength provide.

The Serpent, and the Bow, doth ſignifie

The ſame (or matter to the ſame effect)

And by two Types, one Moral to imply,

Is doubled a fore-warning of neglect.

When Knowledge wanteth Power, deſpis'd we grow

And know but how to aggravate our pain:

Great ſtrength, will work its own ſad overthrow,

Unleſs, it guided be with Wiſdoms rein.

Therefore, Oh God, vouchſafe thou ſo to marry

The gifts of Soul and Body, both, in me,

That, I may ſtill have all things neceſſary,

To work, as I commanded am, by thee.

And, let me not poſſeſs them, Lord, alone,

But, alſo know their uſe; and ſo well know it,

That, I may do each duty to be done;

And with upright Intentions, always do it.

If this be more, then yet obtain I may,

My will accept thou, for the deed, I pray.

Lot 42.

GReat things to do, thou haſt a mind,

But power thereto, thou canſt not find;

Sometimes thy Power doth ſeem to fit,

But then thou faileſt in thy wit.

Such undertakings therefore chuſe,

(If thou thy Time wilt not abuſe)

As to thy Power and wit agree,

And then let both imployed be.

Emblem XLIII.
In Silentio & ſpe.
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THE Forty third Emblem Illuſtrated.

They that in Hope and Silence live,

The beſt Contentment may atchieve.

IF thou deſire to cheriſh true Content,

And in a troublous time that courſe to take,

Which may be likely miſchiefs to prevent,

Some uſe of this our Hieroglyphick, make.

The Fryers Habit, ſeemeth to import,

That, thou (as ancient Monks and Fryers did)

Shouldſt live remote, from places of reſort,

And in retiredneſs, lye cloſely hid.

The claſped-Book, doth warn thee to retain

Thy thoughts within the compaſs of thy breaſt;

And in a quiet ſilence to remain,

Untill thy mind may ſafely be expreſt.

That Anchor doth inform thee, that thou mu[••]

Walk on in Hope; and in thy Pilgrimage,

Bear up (without deſpairing or diſtruſt)

Thoſe wrongs, and ſufferings, which attend thir[•] Ag[•]

For, whenſoe're Oppreſſion groweth rife,

Obſcureneſs, is more ſafe than Eminence;

He that then keeps his Tongue, may keep his Life

Till times will better favour Innocence.

Truth ſpoken where untruth is more approved,

Will but enrage the malice of thy foes;

And, otherwhile, a wicked man is moved

To ceaſe from wrong, if no man him oppoſe.

Let this our Emblem, therefore, counſel thee

Thy Life in ſafe Retiredneſs, to ſpend:

Let in thy breaſt, thy thoughts reſerved be,

Till thou art laid, where none can thee offend.

And whilſt moſt others, give their Fancy ſcope,

Enjoy thy ſelf, in Silence, and in Hope.

Lot 43.

THou haſt in Publick lived long,

And overfreely us'd thy Tongue.

But if thy ſafety thou deſire,

Be ſilent and thy ſelf retire;

And if thou wilt not be undone,

Poſſeſs thy Joys and Hopes alone.

For they that will from harm be free,

Muſt quiet and obſcured be.

Emblem XLIV:
Non eſt Mortale quod opto.
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THE Forty fourth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Take wing my ſoul, and mount up higher,

For Earth fulfils not my deſire.

WHen Ganymed, himſelf was purifying,

Great Jupiter, his naked beauty ſpying,

Sent forth his Eagle (from below to take him)

A bleſt Inhabitant in Heav'n to make him:

And there (as Poets feigned) he doth ſtill,

To Jove, and other God heads, Nectar fill.

Though this be but a Fable, of their feigning,

The Moral is a Real truth, pertaining

To ev'ry one (which harbours a deſire

Above the Starry Circles, to aſpire.)

By Ganymed the Soul is underſtood,

That's waſhed in the Purifying flood

Of ſacred Baptiſm (which doth make her ſeem

Both pure and beautiful, in God's eſteem.)

The Aegle means that Heav'nly Contemplation,

Which, after Waſhings of Regeneration,

Lifts up the Mind, from things that earthly be,

To view thoſe Objects, which Faith's Eyes do ſee.

The Nectar, which is filled out, and given

To all the bleſt Inhabitants of Heaven,

Are thoſe Delights, which (Chriſt hath ſaid) they have,

When ſome Repentant Soul begins to leave

Her foulneſs; by renewing of her birth,

And ſlighting all the Pleaſures of the Earth.

I ask not, Lord, thoſe Bleſſings to receive,

Which any Man hath pow'r to take, or give;

Nor what this World affords; for I contemn

Her Favours; and have ſeen the beſt of them;

Nay, Heav'n it ſelf, will unſufficient be,

Unleſs Thou alſo give Thy ſelf to me.

Lot 44.

THis Lot pertaineth unto thoſe,

(But who they be, God only knows)

Who to the world have no deſire,

But up to Heavenly things aſpire;

No doubt but you in ſome degree,

Indu'd with ſuch Affections be,

And got this Emblem, that you might

Encourag'd be in ſuch a flight.

Emblem XLV.
Dum Clavum rectum Teneam.
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THE Forty fifth Emblem Illuſtrated.

He that his courſe directly ſteers,

Nor ſtorms, nor windy Cenſures fears.

WE to the Sea this World may well compare;

For, ev'ry Man which liveth in the ſame,

Is as a Pilot, to ſome Veſſel there,

Of little ſize, or elſe of larger frame.

Some have the Boats of their own Life to guide,

Some, govern petty Town ſhips too beſide

Some of whole Families row the Barge,

(To thoſe compar'd, which of ſmall Barks have charge)

Some others rule great Provinces; and they

Reſemble Captains of huge Argoſes:

But when of Kingdoms, any gain the Sway,

To Generals of Fleets we liken theſe.

Each hath his proper Courſe to him aſſign'd,

His Card, his Compaſs, his due Tacklings, too;

And if their Buſineſs, as they ought they mind,

They may accompliſh all they have to do.

But moſt Men leave the Care of their own Courſe,

To judge or follow others, in their waies;

And when their Follies make their Fortunes worſe,

They curſe the Deſtiny, which they ſhould praiſe.

For, Waves and Winds, and that oft-changing Weather,

Which many blame, as cauſe of all their Loſſes,

(Though they obſerve it not) helps bring together

Thoſe Hopes, which their own Wiſdom often croſſes.

Regard not, therefore much, what thoſe things be,

Which come, without thy fault, to thwart thy Way;

Nor, how, Raſh-Lookers-on will cenſure thee;

But, faithfully, to do thy part, aſſay:

For, if thou ſhalt not from this Counſel vary,

Let my Hopes fail me, if thy Hopes miſcarry:

Lot 45.

THy hopes and Fears are always ſuch,

That they afflict, and pain thee much,

Becauſe thou giv'ſt too great a ſcope,

Unto thy Fear, and to thy Hope.

For they will vex, or pleaſure thee,

As they enlarg'd, or curbed be.

But ſee, thine Emblem, if thou pleaſe,

Inſtructs thee how to manage theſe.

Emblem XLVI.
Ubi Helena, ibi Troja.
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THE Forty ſixth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Where Helen is, there will be war,

For Death and Luſt Companions are.

THeir fooliſh humour I could ne're affect,

Who dare, for any cauſe, the Stews frequent:

And thither, where I juſtly might ſuſpect

A Strumpet liv'd, as yet, I never went.

For, when (as Fools pretend) they go to ſeek

Experience, where more Ill then Good, they ſee,

They venture for their Knowledg, Adam like;

And ſuch as his, will their Atchievements be.

Let, therefore thoſe that would looſe Truls deteſt,

Converſe with none, but thoſe that modeſt are;

For, they that can of Whoredom make a Jeſt,

Will entertain it ere they be aware.

Chaſt-Company, and Chaſt-Diſcourſe, doth make

The Mind more pleaſed with it, ev'ry day;

And Frequent views of Wantonneſs will take

The Senſe and Hatred of the Vice away.

Some, I have known, by Harlots Wiles undone,

Who, but to ſee their Faſhions, firſt pretended;

And they that went for Company, alone,

By ſuddain Quarrels, there their Dayes have ended.

For in the Lodgings of a Luſtfull-Woman,

Immodeſt Impudence hath ſtill her Being;

There, Fury, Fraud, and Cruelties are common:

And there, is Want, and Shame, and Diſagreeing.

Ev'n Beauty, of it ſelf, ſtirs looſe Deſires,

Occaſioning both Jealouſies, and Fears;

It kindleth in the Breſt, conceal'd Fires,

Which burn the Heart, before the Flame appears:

And ev'ry day, experienced are we;

That, there where Hellen is, Troys Fate will be.

Lot 46.

YOur Lot is, very much to blame,

Or elſe your Perſon, or your name,

Hath injur'd been; Or may have wrong,

By ſome looſe Wanton, cre't be long.

Therefore ere hence you go away,

Mark what your Emblem here doth ſay;

Perhaps by drawing of this Lot,

Some Harms prevention may be got.

Emblem XLVII.
Conſequitur quodcunque petit.
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THE Forty ſeventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Who by Good Means Good things would gain,

Shall never ſeek nor ask in vain.

IN vain fair Cynthia never taketh pains,

Nor faints in following her deſired Game;

And when at any Mark her Bow ſhe ſtrains,

The winged Arrow ſurely hits the ſame.

Her Picture, therefore, in this place doth ſhew

The Nature of their Minds who Cynthia like,

With Conſtancy their Purpoſes purſue,

And faint not till they compaſs what they ſeek.

For, nought more God-like in this World is found

Then ſo Reſolved a man, that nothing may

His Reſolution alter or confound,

When any task of Worth, he doth aſſay.

Nor, is there greater Baſeneſs, then thoſe Minds,

That from an Honeſt purpoſe can be wrought

By Threatnings, Bribes, Smooth-Gales or Boyſt'rous, Winds,

Whatever colour or excuſe be brought.

You then, that would with Pleaſure, Glory gain,

Diana like, thoſe modeſt things require,

Which truly may beſeem you to attain;

And ſtoutly follow that which you deſire:

For, changing though the Moon to us appear,

She holds a firm Dependence on the Sun;

And by a Conſtant-Motion, in her Sphaere

With him, doth in Conjunction often run:

So, Conſtant-men, ſtill move their hopes to win

But never by a Motion-indirect;

Nor will they ſtop the Courſe that they are in,

Untill they bring their purpoſe to effect.

For, whoſoever Honeſt things requires,

A Promiſe hath of all that he deſires.

Lot 47.

IF any thing you do deſign,

Purſue it with a vigorous mind;

And if you hope to gather fruit,

Be conſtant in your hopes purſuit.

For by your Emblem you may find,

The Stars to you are well inclin'd.

Provided your attempts be good,

For that muſt ſtill be underſtood.

Emblem XLVIII.
Nuſquam tuta fides.
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THE Forty eighth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Uſe Caution whereſoe're you be.

For from deceit no place is free.

SOme write (but, on what grounds, I cannot tell)

That they, who near unto the Deſerts dwell,

Where Elephants are found, do notice take,

What trees they haunt, their ſleeping ſtocks to make;

That, when they reſt againſt an half-ſawn ſtem

It (falling) may betray thoſe Beaſts to them.

Now, though the part Hiſtorical, may err,

The Morall, which this Emblem doth inferr,

Is over true; and ſeemeth to imply,

The World to be ſo full of Treachery,

As that no corner of it, found can be,

In which from Falſhoods Engines, we are free.

I have obſerv'd the City, and I find,

The Citizens, are civil, grave and kind;

Yet many are deluded by their ſhows,

And cheated, when they truſt in them repoſe.

I have been oft at Court; where I have ſpent,

Some idle time, to hear them Complement:

But I have ſeen in Courtiers ſuch deceit.

That for their Favours, I could never wait.

I do frequent the Church; and I have heard

Gods judgments, by the Preachers, there declar'd,

Againſt mens falſhoods; and I gladly hear

Their zealous Prayers, and good Counſels there;

But as I live, I find ſome ſuch as they,

Will watch to do a miſchief, if they may.

Nay thoſe poor ſneaking Clowns, who ſeek their living,

As if they knew no manner of deceiving,

Ev'n thoſe, their wit, can (this way) ſo apply,

That they'l ſoon couſen wiſer men, than I.

Lot. 48.

SOme Foes for thee do lye in wait,

Where thou ſuſpecteſt no deceit.

Yea many do thy hurt intend,

Who yet pretend the name of friend.

Be therefore careful whom you truſt,

What ways thou walkſt and what thou doſt,

For by thine Emblem thou mayſt ſee,

That warineſs will needful be.

Emblem XLIX.
Omnis Caro Foenum.
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THE Forty ninth Emblem Illuſtrated.

All fleſh is like the wither'd Hay,

It ſprings, and grows, and fades away.

THis Infant, and this little Truſs of Hay,

When they are moralized, ſeem to ſay,

That Fleſh is but a tuft of Morning-Graſs,

Both green, and wither'd, ere the day-light paſs.

And ſuch we truly find it; for behold,

Aſſoon as man is born, he waxeth old,

In Griefs, in Sorrows, or Neceſſities;

And withers ev'ry hour, until he dies:

Now flouriſhing as Graſs, when it is grown,

Straight periſhing, as Graſs, when it is mown.

If we with other things, mans Age compare,

His Life is but a Day (For equall'd are

His Years with Hours: His Months will Minutes be

Fit parallels; and ev'ry breathing we

May term a Day) yet, ſome ev'n at the Night

Of that ſhort Day, are dead, and withered quite.

Before the Morning of our lives be done,

The Fleſh oft fades: Sometime, it grows till Noon:

But there's no mortal Fleſh, that will abide

Unparched longer, than till Evening-tide.

For in it ſelf it always carries that,

Which helpeth ſo it ſelf to ruinate;

That though it feel, nor ſtorm, nor ſcorching flame,

An inbred Canker, will conſume the ſame.

Conſidering well, and well remembring this,

Account the Fleſh no better than it is:

Wrong not thine everlaſting Soul, to cheriſh

A Gourd, which in a moments time will periſh.

Give it the tendance fit for fading Crops;

But for Hay-harveſt, loſe not better hopes.

Lot 49.

THy fleſh thou Lov'ſt, as if it were

The chiefeſt object of thy care;

And of ſuch value as may ſeem,

Well meriting thy beſt eſteem.

But now to baniſh that conceit,

Thy Lot an Emblem brings to ſight.

Which without Flattery ſhews to thee,

Of what regard it ought to be.

Emblem L.
Sic tranſit Gloria Mundi.
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THE Fiftieth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Even as the ſmoke doth paſs away,

So ſhall all worldly pomp decay.

SOme better Arguments, then yet I ſee,

I muſt perceive; and better cauſes, why

To thoſe gay things I ſhould addicted be,

To which the vulgar their Affections tye.

I have conſider'd Scepters, Miters, Crowns,

With each appurtenance to them belonging;

My heart, hath ſearch'd their Glories, and Renowns,

And all the pleaſant things about them thronging:

My Soul, hath truly weigh'd, and took the meaſure

Of Riches (which the moſt have ſo deſir'd)

I have diſtill'd the Quinteſſence of Pleaſure,

And ſeen thoſe Objects, that are moſt admir'd.

I likewiſe feel all Paſſions, and Affections,

That help to cheat the Reaſon, and perſwade

That thoſe poor Vanities have ſome perfections,

Whereby their Owners, happy might be made.

Yet when that I have rouzed my underſtanding,

And cleans'd my Heart from ſome of that Corruption,

Which hinders in me Reaſon's free commanding,

And ſhews things without vails or interruption;

Then they, methinks, as fruitleſs do appear,

As Bubbles (wherewithall young-children play)

Or, as the Smoak, which in our Emblem, here,

Now makes a ſhow, and ſtraight conſumes away.

Be pleas'd, Oh God, my value may be ſuch

Of every Outward-bleſſing here below,

That I may neither love them overmuch,

Nor underpriſe the Gifts, thou ſhalt beſtow:

But know the uſe of all theſe fading Smokes:

And be refreſht, by that which others chokes.

Lot 50.

IN outward Pomp thy Pleaſures are,

Thy hope of Bliſs is placed there.

And thou this folly wilt not leave,

Till of content it thee bereave:

Unleſs thou timely come to ſee

How vain all earthly Glories be

An Emblem therefore thou haſt gain'd,

By which this knowledg is obtained.

Theſe ſix following Chances or Lots have no Emblems belonging to them, and therefore you need look no further for them, but make the beſt of what you have got, theſe being only added for ſport and Recreation.

51.

THy Lot no anſwer will beſtow

To that which thou deſir'ſt to know:

Nor canſt thou here an Emblem find

Which to thy purpoſe is inclin'd.

Perhaps it is too late to crave

What thou deſireſt now to have:

Or but in vain to mention that,

Which thy Ambition aimeth at:

Then take it not in evil part,

That with a Blank thou anſwer'd art.

52.

IT proves a Blank; For to what end,

Should we a ſerious Moral ſpend.

Where Teachings, Warnings and Advice,

Eſteemed are of little price.

Your only purpoſe is to look

Upon the Pictures of this book;

When more diſcretion you have got,

An Emblem ſhall attend your Lot.

53.

THeſe Lots are almoſt five to one

Above the Blanks; yet thou haſt none,

If thus thy fortune ſtill proceed;

'Tis five to one, If well thou ſpeed.

Yet if thou doſt not much neglect,

To do as wiſdom ſhall direct,

It is a thouſand unto five,

But thou in all thy Hopes wilt thrive:

54.

YOu may be glad you drew not that,

Which in your mind you gueſſed at.

For it ſo points out that condition,

Whereof you give a great ſuſpition,

That had it ſuch an Emblem nam'd,

As fits you right you had been ſham'd.

Since then your fault is unreveal'd,

Amend, and keep it ſtill conceal'd.

55.

YOu in your ſecret thoughts deſpiſe,

To think an Emblem ſhould adviſe,

Or give you cauſe to mind or heed,

Thoſe things whereof you may have need.

And therefore when the Lot you try'd,

An anſwer-juſtly was denied.

Yet (by your leave) there are but few,

Who need good Counſel more than you.

56.

THe Chance which thou obtained haſt,

Of all the Chances is the laſt.

And caſting up the Total ſums,

We find thy Gain to Nothing comes.

Yet if it well be underſtood,

This Chance may Chance to do thee good.

For it foretells what Portion ſhall,

To every one at laſt befall.

And warns while ſomething is enjoy'd,

That it be always well imploy'd.

CONCLUSIONS.

1.

THe Glories of our Birth and ſtate,

Are ſhadows, not ſubſtantial things.

There is no Armour 'gainſt our fate,

Death lays his Icy hands on Kings.

Scepter and Crown

Muſt tumble down,

And in the duſt be equal laid,

With the poor crooked Sythe and Spade.

2.

Some men with ſwords may reap the field,

And plant freſh Laurels where they kill.

But their ſtrong Nerves at length muſt yield,

They tame but one another ſtill.

Early or late,

They ſtoop to fate:

And muſt give up their murmuring breath,

Whilſt the pale Captive creeps to Death.

3.

The Laurel withers on your Brow,

Then boaſt no more your mighty Deeds.

For on Deaths Purple Altar now,

See where the Victor, Victim bleeds.

All heads muſt come,

To the cold Tomb.

Only the Actions of the Juſt,

Smell ſweet and bloſſom in the duſt.

Directions for finding the Chances in the following Lottery.

TUrn about the Index, upon the following Lottery or figure, without caſting your eyes thereupon to obſerve where it ſtayeth, till your hand ceaſeth to give it motion; and then look, upon what number it reſteth; Then look for the ſame number among the Lots, which having read it directs you to the Emblem of the ſame number likewiſe; If the Letter M be ſet before the Lot (as it is in three or four places) then that Lot is proper only to a Man, and therefore if it happen to a woman let her take the next Chance, whether it be Blank or Lot. If it be any number above fifty, there being fifty ſix in all, it is a Blank Chance, and you may look for your Lot at the latter end of the Book among the ſix laſt Chances which are without Emblems. The Tryal whereof is thus contrived without Dice, leſt by the Familiar uſe of them they might ſometimes occaſion expenſive and pernicious Gaming.

But

If King, Queen, Prince, or any one that ſprings

From Perſons, known to be deriv'd from King,

Shall ſeek, for Sport ſake, hence todraw their Lots;

Our Author ſays, that he provided not

For ſuch as thoſe; Becauſe it were too much

For him, to find out Fortunes fit for ſuch,

Who, (as he thinks) ſhould rather Aid ſupply

For him to mend his evil Fortunes by.

To them he therefore pleaſed is to give

This noble, and this large Prerogative;

That they ſhall chuſe from hence, what Lots they pleaſe

And make them better, if they like not theſe.

All other Perſonages, of High degree,

That will profeſs our Authors friends to be,

This Freedom, likewiſe have, that till they find

A Lot, which is agreeing to their mind,

They ſhall have liberty, anew to try

Their ſought for Chance: And ev'ry time-apply

The Morals they diſliked, unto thoſe,

Which are, ill-qualifi'd, among their Foes.

All others who this Game, adventure will,

Muſt bear their Fortunes, be they Good or Ill.

Directions for the Lottery.

The Figure or Lottery.

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THis Game occaſions not the frequent crime

Of ſwearing, or miſpending of our time,

Nor loſs of money, for the Play is ſhort,

And every Gameſter winneth by the ſport,

We therefore Judg, it may as well become,

The Hall, the Parlor, or the Dining Roem,

As Cheſs or Tables; and we think the price

Will be as low, becauſe it needs no Dice.

FINIS.

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Cite this text

Delights for the Ingenious, in above Fifty Select and Choice Emblems. London, 1684. Hermetic Cloud, https://hermeticcloud.com/library/delights-for-the-ingenious/. Public-domain edition reproduced from the TCP transcription; its gaps and missing figures are marked.

Transcription

Text Creation Partnership, TCP A35217, released under CC0 1.0. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Unreadable characters, unavailable passages and figures absent from the transcription remain marked.

Choice EMBLEMS Divine & Moral

THE AUTHOR UPON THE EMBLEM IN THE FRONTISPIECE

TO THE READER

B[•]na agere & maia[•••]i Regium eſt.

Majeſty in Miſery; OR An Imploration to the King of Kings.

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The Explanation of the Emblem In Latin and Engliſh.

In Engliſh.

An Epitaph upon King Charles the firſt.

Another.

Another.

Emblem I. Finis ab Origine pendet. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Finis ab Origine pendet.

THE Firſt Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 1.

Emblem II. Quo me vertam neſcio. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Quo me vertam neſcio.

THE Second Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 2.

Emblem III. Vivitur Ingenio, caetera mortis erunt. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Vivitur Ingenio, caetera mortis erunt.

THE Third Emblem. Illuſtrated.

Lot 3.

Emblem IV. [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] [Image not included in the transcription.]

[〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉]

THE Fourth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 4.

Emblem V. Ad Scopum, licet Aegre, & fruſtra. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Ad Scopum, licet Aegre, & fruſtra.

THE Fifth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 5.

M.

Emblem VI. Pedetentim. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Pedetentim.

THE Sixth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot. 6.

Emblem VII. Pro Lege & pro Grege. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Pro Lege & pro Grege.

THE Seventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 7.

Emblem VIII. Quid ſi ſic? [Image not included in the transcription.]

Quid ſi ſic?

THE Eighth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 8.

M.

Emblem IX. Fures Privati in Nervo, Publici in Auro. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Fures Privati in Nervo, Publici in Auro.

THE Ninth Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 9.

Emblem X. Fulcrum Tutiſſimum. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Fulcrum Tutiſſimum.

THE Tenth Emblem. Illuſtrated.

Lot 10.

Emblem XI. Serva Modum. [Image not included in the transcription.]

Serva Modum.

THE Eleventh Emblem Illuſtrated.

Lot 11.

Emblem I.
Finis ab Origine pendet.
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Emblem II.
Quo me vertam neſcio.
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Emblem III.
Vivitur Ingenio, caetera mortis erunt.
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Emblem IV.
[〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉]
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Emblem V.
Ad Scopum, licet Aegre, & fruſtra.
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Emblem VI.
Pedetentim.
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Emblem VII.
Pro Lege & pro Grege.
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Emblem VIII.
Quid ſi ſic?
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Emblem IX.
Fures Privati in Nervo, Publici in Auro.
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Emblem X.
Fulcrum Tutiſſimum.
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Emblem XI.
Serva Modum.
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Emblem XII.
Paupertate premor, Sublevor Ingenio.
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Emblem XIII.
Stultorum Adjumenta Nocumenta.
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Emblem XIV.
Pueros caſtigo, viroſque.
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Emblem XV.
Concordia Inſuperabilis.
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Emblem XVI.
Non Sceptro ſed Plectro ducitur.
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Emblem XVII.
Non obeſt Virtuti Sors.
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Emblem XVIII.
Noli Altum Sapere.
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Emblem XIX.
Tractant Fabrilia Fabri.
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Emblem XX.
Conſtante Fiducia.
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Emblem XXI.
Furor fit laeſa ſaepius Patientia.
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Emblem XXII.
In Spe & Labore tranſigo vitam.
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Emblem XXIII.
Tamen diſcam.
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Emblem XXIV.
Tranſitus Celereſt, & avolamus.
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Emblem XXV.
Tranſe at.
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Emblem XXVI.
Gaudet Patientia duris.
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Emblem XXVII.
Bella in Viſta, Dentro Triſta.
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Emblem XXVIII.
Captivum impune Laceſſunt.
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