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A PROPOSITION
to this Frontispiece.
THis Book e contayning Embiemj, 'twas thought fit;, A Title-page fhould ftand to uihcr it, That's Emblematicall : And, for that end, Our Av ihor, to the Graver did commend A pkine Invention 5 that it might be wrought, According as his Fancie had forethought. Infteed thereof, the Worktman brought to light, What, here,you fee 5 therein, miftaking quite The true Deftgne : And, fo (withpaines, and coft) Thefirft intended Front i sp i e c e, is loft.
The Av t h or , was as much difpleas*d, as Hee In inch Adventures, is inclin'd to bee ; And, haIferefolv'd,to caft this Piece afide, As nothing worth : but, having better ey'd Thofe Errors, and Confuftons, which may, there, Blame- worthy (atthe firftafpe#)appearei Hee law, they fitted many Fantafies Much better, then what Reafon candevife; And, that, the Graver (by meere Chance) had hit On what, fo much tranfeendsthe reach of Wit, As made it feeme,an Object of Delight, To lookc on what, Mi s fortvn e broughtto light : An d, here it ftands, to try his Wit, who lifts To punipe the fecrets, out of Cabalifis.
If any tninke this Page will, now, declare The meaning of thofe Figures, which arc there, They are deceiv'd. For, JD <?//);/> deny es I The utt'ring of fuch hidden Mjfterits, i In thefe re/peels : Firft, This contayncth nought i Which fin a proper fenfej conccrneth , ought, ! The prefent-Age : Moreover, tis ordain'd, That, none mult know the Secrecies contain'd Within this Piece ; but, they who are fo wife To finde them out, by their owne pudencies ; And, hee that can unriddle them, to us, Shall ftiled be,thefecondOEDipvs.
Tis,like\vife, thought expedient, now and then, To make fome Workc, for thofe All.knowing men, '(To exercife upon) who thinkc they fee The fecret -meanings, of all things that bee.
And, laftly, fince we finde, that, fome there are, Who heft affect Inventions, which appearc Beyond their undeiftandings j This, we knew AReprefentment, worthy of their view ; And, here, wee placed it, to be, to thefe, A Fron t 1 s p 1 r c n , in any fenfe they pleafe.
COLLECTION
OF
EMBLEMES,
ANCIENT AND
MODEHNE:
Quickened With Metricall Illvstrations, both JMoraU and Diyinz*, : And difpofed into
LOTTERI ES,
That Jnftruttion , and Good Qounfell , may bee furthered by an Honeft and Pkafant Rccrution.
By George W i t h e r. Tk Firfi Booke,
London,
Printed by »J. <£\4. for Henry Taunton, an J
are to be (old at his Shop in Saint Dunjlanes
Churchyard. MDCXXXV.
REcenfuihocToema, cut thuluscft ( A Collet ion and Uluftracion of Emblems Ancient and Mo- derne) in quo nihil reperio, quo minut turn Mi- litate imprimitury it a tamen, ut fi mn intra jeptem menfes ^roximcjequentes Typis mandetur ?bxc licentiajit ommno .nit a.
lix a»dibus Lambithanis
Htlsi. 1634. Gviu Bray.1
WRIT OF PREVENTION1 Concerning the Avthors 'Dedication of the foure following Bookes, to thofe KoyaBy Trincely, and Illujirioiu Perso- nages, whofe Names are mentioned in this Leafe .
IHave not often us'd, with Epigrams , Or, with Inscriptions unto many Names, . To charge my Bookes : Nor, had I done it, now, If I, to pay the Duties which I owe, Had other meanes ; Or, any better Wayes To honour them, whofe Venue merits praife.
In iA R CH IT £ C T, it giveth good content, (And paiTeth for a praifefull Ornament) If,toadorncthe FORE-FRONTS, Guilders reare The Statues of their Soteraigne-Trinces>thcre } And, trimme the Outftdes, of the other Scares With Portraitures of ibme Heroicke P E E R E S.
If, therefore, I (the more to beautifie This Portion of my Mvses Gallerie ) Doe, here, prefume to place the N A M FS of thofe To whole Defense my Love remembrance owes, I hope 'twill none offend. For, mod, who fee Their worthy mention ,in this BooKE,tobee, Will thinkc them honor 'd : And, perhaps, it may (To their high praife) be found, another day, That,in thefe Leaves their Names wil Hand unrae'd, When many fairer STRVCTVRFS , are defae'd.
fn this Hope, I have placed on the Fore^ Front (or before the Fjrfr, Booke of tbcfe Emblems} a Ioint-Infcrtpti- on to the K i n a and Qv p. e n e s moll excellent Maiistie.
Vpon the Right-Side- Front of thu BuiU ; I ding (or before the Second Booke} One \
Infcrip-1
ihfcriptton to the mofl hope full Prince, C H a r l e s, Trine e of Wales ■ And, piot her to hu decre Brother, { a m e s* 'cDu{c of Yorkt, &c,
On the other Side-Front, (or before the Third Booke) One Inscription to the
■, .gratious Trincejje, Frances Dirt- chejfe-'D onager o/Richmond and Lenox; Andy another to her m,fb\' blethQphew, Iames Duke 0/ Le- nox, &c.
On the Fourth Front of our Sd before the Fourth BoofcejG.< ticn to the right Honourable Phil i p £.:rle o/Pembrooke 4WMont»omerv, err. And another to the right Honou- rable', i~i emu Ear lee/ Holland, &c.
To the Majestie of Great
cBrttainL^9 France^, and f r eland, the Moft Illuftrious King,
CHARLES,
And his excellency beloved, tbe mod gratious §jn,eene MARY. /63£.
(|P^fi>r# Ev'n yeares are full expired, Royall Sir, H MNsS Since laft I kneel'd, an offring to prefcrre H-"^))f€ ^e^ore y°ur fcetc i where, now, my felfe I throw ^§&Usmi» To pay once more, the Tributes which I owe.
<_//j many ye arts Arepajt, moft beauteous Qve e n e, Since witneffes, mine eares and eyes, have beene of thofe Perfections ; which thegeneratl Fame Hath founded forth^in honour of your Name.
And, both your beaming-Jplendors (oh yee faire, Thrice blefied, and moft fitly-matched Pa i r e ) Vpon each other, make fuch bright reflections j And have Co fweetly mingled your affections,
j Your Praife, your Pow're, your Verities, ixA your Beaut ie i
I That, (if preferring of my Soveraignedutie,
j This may be laid) you doc appeare, to me,
j Two Per sons , in OneMAiESTY,to be;
; Towhom,there,apperraines (in veneration
: Of your large Worth ) the right of fomc oblation :
! And, beft, I thought, my Homage would be done,
I If, thus, the tender weretoBoTH-in-OsE.
• Which,in this humble Gv i ft, my Love prefents ;
I And, wifhet h it may adde to your Contents. Perhaps it fliall : For, though I dare not ihcw
■ Thefe Figures, as well meriting your view ;
I Nor boaft, as if their CM oralis couched ought, ; By which your facred Wi [domes may be taught : ; Yet,T have humble Hoping* ,tba.t, they might" ! Prove, fomc way, an occafion of delight ; J Since, meane and common Objects, now and then, 1 Beget contentments in the great eft -men.
But, that before this fiookc, I mould propofe YourprailefullNAMESj there is ( as I fuppofc) ; A faire. inducement : Fpr, considering thefe ; Are Emblems, whofe intention is to pleafe
■ And profit vulgar Lodgements (by the view, ! Of what they ought to follow, or cfchew.)
And, I well knowing, that your Ma i e s t r b s I Set foorth before my Btokejn Fmblem-n<i[e,
( * ) 3 Through-
"The € fifth
Throughout your Lands, more Vertues might convay, Than marry Volumes^ of thefe Emblems , mayj It feemed Petty -treafon, to omit This good occafion of endeavouring it.
j For, (if your M a i e s t i e s , wcl 1 heeded, were) Yov, double-treble-foure-fbld Emblems 'are 3 Which, fully to illuftrate, would require The Wit I want j or, meanes to raife, that, higher "Which I have gain'dj (and, which, as yet,hath flowne By noincouragementSjbut by her owne.) Of all the Vertues Oiconomicu,
I Of Duties Moral and Poiitkali,
, Your Lives are Patterns, and faire Emjlems; whether
j Considered apart, or both together.
Your Childhoods were bright Mirrours, which did {how What Duties, Children, to their Parents owe: And^ by the fequele, we now underftand, That, the}' who beft ebay'd, can beft command . The glorious Vertues of your Nvptiall -Jlate, Your Courtiers, find fo hard to imitate, That) they admins them, rather 5 and, would /weare, (Had others told, what, now they lee and hrare) That , all the former Times, were not acquainted, With fich a Pare, when Kings and gucenes were Sainttd. The charted Cupids, and the gamefbm'ft Graces, Are alwaies mingled in your D eare-cv.hr aces.
j The rauiuall enrcrchanges of your ZovtS,
I May teach affection to the Turtle doves .- And, fuch as are, with good! v fights, delighted, May (he inTou, all Excellent united.
You, S 1 r, whofcearfc loves Thunders in your Fift, And, {(Inkc dais ilavds ■ ' m ? t ° n whe 1 You !ift ) Did never in your Orb;, 1 TtTtrpffttnotC. But, by the Beautious M pr ,/ 1 f y ■ >ar Love I: might be calm'd. And., * your loft) Spheare, CM oft lovely Qv e eni r**r Motions ever were So fmoath, and, fo diretf ; that m u ca They have withdraivne bis Rota '-bej>i . From /tf/?Defignes 5 Which, loudly j ^wPraife,
^;^-/, intimates much m.irc , »*/>.»», ycr, .1 <'i es.
Yea both Your SpUadors disfo glorious growc.
j An, -I, You each other, have out-vyed fo, Inrhefe. and other
her Vertues 3 thar,o l You, Should I conferre what praife I thinkc is due, My Lines, (which from that ftaine have, ye:,beene cleare) Would Flatt'ry fceme,mro an envious eare.
But, what needs Flatt'ry, where the Truth may teach To praife,beyond immodeft Flatt'nes reach i Or, what needs he to fe ;rc a jltud'roM. mouth, WTho {eckes no meed, nor utters more th tn ' ruth i
Your Princely VertueSyXthxt v.v,
Than Peace, and Plenty, which have thrived fo,
Whil'fl
Dedicatorie-j-i
Whilft You hive nign'd that, yet, no people fee,
A Richer 7 or more Peaceful/ Jme, thin wee i
Your Civill Actions (to the.publike eye)
Are faire examples ofMoralitie,
So manifeft • That, if he Truth did fing,
Who faid, The World doth imitate the King;
My Mufes dare, with boldnefTe to prefage,
A Chart, a Pious, and a Profperous Age.-
And, that, the ftormes which, late, thefe Realities deterr'd ,
Shall all be quite removed, or deferr'd
Till you Afcend-. And, future times have Ccenc,
That, your Examples have no: followed beene.
Thus, you are living Emblems, to this Ration : Which being mirk'd with heedefull fpecularkm, May ferve, as well, to help? us how to fee Our Happinejfe, As, what our Duties be.
And, it' I might unlocke all My/leries, Which doe declare, how in a fiurc-fold-wife, Your Lives are ufefull Emblems; I, perchance, Should vexe blind Zeale, or anger Ignorance ; And, teach well-temper' d Sprits, how to fee, That ,we, for Bleflhgs, oft, Vnthankefull be. For, as you, Both, Prime Children are of thofe Two Sifter-Churches, betwixt whom, yet, growes Vnfeemely (trife ; So, Ton, perhaps, may be. An Emblem, how thofe Mothers may a^ree. And, not by your Example, oneiV, (how, How wrought it may be ; but, effect it fo. Yea, peradventure, God, united Tou, Thar, fuch able;Ted Vn ion might enfue : And, that, Your living-loviitglj, together ; Your Chriftian hopefklUeffe, of one another ; Your mild forbearance, harfli attempts to proove ; Your micnal-wa ting, untill God hall move By fomc c ilme -voice, or peacefull infiltration, That Heart Which need :th berter Information ; And, that, your Charities, might give a ftgne, How, ill the* Daughters, of the Spovs e Divine Might reco iclied be j Aid fh ?w, that, Swords, T lames, Threats, and Fnae,xi ike no true Accsrds .
Go d grant a better Vn iqs may appeare : Yet, wi'n I no: the tollerating h -re, Of Po'it.'cke-.lgreenents;Kf\rih.'iv than Our wholfome Lames, and, C iv ill. v owes to man, With Piety, approve) but, fuch, as may Make up i bleflcd Con cor d, every way : Might it be Co ; your Vertues, would become A Glorious Blefing, to all Christ en dome : Your Em a l e m hould,bv future Generations; Beplac'dam mgthe famous Conftellatons, And9aftcr-ti»ies [ though, Mee, this AgedcCpifc) Would thinke, thefe Verfes, had beenc Prophecies.
What
TheEpiftle,&
Vc.
What ever may fucceed, my Prafrsand Pervrs Are this way bent ; with Hope, that Tott or Tours Shall Help (at leaft) become, that Breach to clofe, Which, in the S e a m l e s -Rob e , yet, wider growes.
So Bb It : And, let bright your G/w/«bee?
Por ever, though Tm ftever mine on M i e .
TowMaiesties
mofl LoyaO Subjett,
Geo: Wither.
TO THE READER.
F there had not beene font* Bookcs concei- tedly compofed, andfutable to meant capa- cities, I am doubtfully whether I had even beene fo delighted in reading, as thereby te attaine to the little Knowledge I have : For, I doe yet remember, that, things ho- neftly pleafant. brought mee by degrees, to love that which tftruely profitable. And as David /aid, His Heart lhewed him the wickednefle of the Vngodly; I meaning perhaps }t hat hee felt inhimfelfe, fome Ex-, periments, of the fame natural/ Corruption , by which they are overcome, whorefifl notevillfitggeflions at their fir (I motions : ) Even fo, I may truly acknowledge, that mine owne Experience hathfbownc mee fo much of the common Ignorance and Infirmi* tie in mine owne per fon, that, it hath taught mee,how thofe things may be wrought upon in others, to their beji advantage.
Therefore, though I can fay no moye to diffwade from Vice or to incourage men to Vertuc, than hath, already beene fa.-din ma- ny learned Authors ; yet I may be anoccafim by ihefe Endea- vours, to bring that, the oftner into remembrance , which they have, more learnedly, exprejfed • and perhaps, by fuch ctrcum- fiances, as they would not defcend unto , may infwuate further \ dlfo with fome Capacities, than more applauded Meanes. Vini- • ger, Salt, or common Water, (which are very mcane Ingredi- i ents) make Sawces more pleading to fome tafles, than Sugar, and | Spices. In like manner, plaine and vulgar notions , feafoned with j a little Pleafantnefle, andrelijhed with a moderate Sharpnefle, | worke that, otherwhile, which the mofi admired Compositions could never effect in many Readers ; yea, wee have had frequent tiroofes, that a blunt left hath moved to more conftderatton, than a judicious Difcourfe.
I take little plea fu-res in Rymes, Fi<ftions,w conceited Com-
pofitions,/^ their owne fakes ; neither could I ever take ft
muchpaines, astofpendtimetoput my meanings into other words
than fuch m flowed forth, without Studie ; partly becaufe I dc-
I light more in Matter , than in Wordy Hourifhes, But,
I chiefely , becanfe thofe Vcrball Conceitcs, which by fome, are
j accounted mofi Elegant, arc not onely (for the greater part). Emp-
! tie Sounds and Impertinent Clinches in themfelves , but, fuch
Inventions, as do fometime, alfo,obfcurt the Senfe, to common
Renders ; and,ferve to little other purpofe, but for Wittie men
tofhew Tricks one to another : For, the Ignorant under fraud
them not ; and the Wife need them not.
So much of them, as (without darkning the matter, to them who mofi need tnflruclion) may be made ufe of, to flirre up the Affedions winne Attention, or help the Memory, I approve and make ufe of, to thofe good purpofes, according at my lei jure, and the meafure of my Facultie will permit j tltat , Vanilic K^i might
Loihe Reader.
might not, to worfe ends, get them wholly into her Poifc/Iion. For, I know that the meamfi of fin h conceit es are as pertinent to fame, as Rattles, and Hobby-norfcs to Children ± or as the A. B. C. and Spelling, were at firfl to thofe Readers, who are now paft them. And, indeed, to dejp fe Meane Inventions, Plca- fant Compofitions , and Verbal! Elegancies, (being quali- fied as is aforesaid) or to ban Jh them out of the world, becaufe there be other things of more excelltncie, were as alfurd, as 10 neglect and root out <i//Herbcs, which will not make Pottage; Or, to dtjlroy all Flowers wh.ch are lejfe beaut full than the Tulip, or leffe fweet than the Rofe.
/ (that was never fofullenly wife) have alwaies iniermmgled
Sports with Serioufbcfic in my Inventions ; and, takenin
Verball-concckes, as they came to hand, without / fre&ation ;
But, having, ever ayn.ed, rather to -profit my Readers, thanio \
game their praife, liever pumpefor thofe tli,.gs ; and am, o:>:zr-
while, cemented to feeme Foohfh, ( )ea, anu perhaps, more foci Jb
tl.an I am) to the Overweening-Wife; tlat^ I may make o:/crs
j Wifer than they were: Ksind, (as 1 now doe) am not afuimcd
J tofet forth a G; me nt Lots, or (as it were) a Puppet-play m
! Pi&ures, to allure men to the more fen cits obfervaticn of the
! profitable Morals, coucied in thefe Emblems. Nevcrthelefjc,(:f
\ feme havefayd, and thought truly) my Poems have infirucled,
and rect, fed many People ,nthe Courfe of Honeft-living, (which
is the heft WHttomc) much more than the Auftercr Volumes
i cf fome crittcall Authors; who, are by the Common-fort,
therefore enely, judged Wife, lecaufe they compefed Books, which
few under/land, fave they who need them not.
in thefe Lots and Emblems, / have the fame a<me which I had in my ether Writings : and, though I have not drtffcd them futably to turiotcs Fancies, yet, they yield wholfome mur-.fhment to flrengthen the confiitution of a Good-life ; and, have (blidity enorgh for a Play game, which was but Accidentally compofed ; and, by thu Occcfion.
Thefe EmblemSj^rrfiw in Copper by Crifpinus Pafilrus (with a Mo. to n Creeke, Lattne, or Ital.an^ roundabout every Figure; ar.dw.th two Lines (or Verfcs "i m one of the fame Languages, pcr;phrafng thofe Motto's) came to my hands, almofl twentie yeares paft. The Verfes were fo meane, that, they were after- wardcut off from the Plates; And, the Collector of the fid Emblems, (whether hee were the Veififier or the Graver, r.-.rs neither fo well advifedwthe Choice of them, nor fo exact in ebferv-ng the true Proprieties belonging to every Figure, as hee m git have1 cene,
Tet, the Workmm-fhip being judged very good, for the mofi fart ; and the refl excufable ; feme of my Friends were fo much dthghted <n the Grwcrsart, and, m thofe Illuftrations, which fir mine ownepleafure, I had made upon fome few of them, that, they tequefledmee to Moralize the refl'. Which I ' cendifc ended unto : And, they hadbeene brought to view many yeares agoe, but that the Corper Prints (which arc now gotten) could net be pro- cured out ^/"Holland, upon any rea finable Condit.ons. If they were worthy of the Gravers and Printers coft, being \
only
io (he Reader,
finely durnbe Figures, little ufefullto any but to young Gravers or Painters , and as little delightful, except, to Children , and Childjfh-gaZers : they may now be much more worthy ; feeing the life of Speach being adfad unto them, may make i hem fea- chcrs.and Remembrancers*/ profitable things.
I doe not arrogate pmUch unto my Illuftrations,/** to thinke, they w 7 II be able to teach any thing to the Learned ; ye, if they cajl their eyes upon them, perhaps , thefe Emblems, and their Morals, zwrfji remember them, either of fome Dutie, which they might clfe jorget , or minde them to beware of fome Danger which they m.ght otherwise be itnheedfull 0fft^/t . But, fare lam, the Vulgar Capacities, rn ay from them, be many nrai.es both Inltruc'ted, and Remembred; yea, they that have mofl need to be Intruded, and Remembred, {and they who aremoji backward to lijlento Inftru&ions, and Remembrances, by the common Courp of J etching, and Admonifhmg) pall be, hereby, informed cf their Bangers/r Duties, by the way of an honefk Re- creation before they be aware.
For, when levitie, or a child. p. delight in trifling objecJs, hath allin cd them to locks on the Pictures ; Curiofitie may urge them to pecpe further , that they might peke out alfo their Mea- nings, in our annexed Illuitrauous ; In which, may lurke fome Sentence , or ExpremVi fo evidently pertimnt to their E- ihv.es. Periods or Afiections, as -will (at that infant or after- ward) wake way for t hop Coi:(;d< rations, whic h will, at I Up, K j wholly change them, or much better them, in their Convcr- fation.
To feeke out the Author of every particular Emblem were a.
labour without profit 5 and, I have beene fofar fi<om endeavouring
; it, that,! have notfonmch as cared to findoufrfieir meanings in any
\ of thefe FigureS'j but, applied jhem, rather , to fuch purpofes, as
! I could t hi), ke of, at fir si fight; which, upon -a fecond view, I found
\ might ha 1 e beene much better d, if I could have fyared time from
\ other imployments. Something, alfo, I w a* Confined, £y obliging
my pip to obptvi the fame number ofli^cs in every llluftrationj
and, otherwhil1, 1 w is thereby con framed to conclude, when my
befi Meditations were but new begunne : whtch [though it hath
pleapdS am?,, by the more comely Vmformitte, in the Pages) yet,
it hath much in nred 1 he liber tie of my Mufe.
There be, no do^ibt fome frdts committed by the Printer, both Literal! met Materuid, and pme Errors of the Gravers m the Figures (as in the T e:r icrammaton •■, in the Figure of Anon ; a, dm the Proprieties due to forne other Hieroglyphicks^ bit*? for the mofi part, they arefuch, as Common- Readers j?///wv<'r. \ferce vc i, and I thinke, that they who are judicious, will.p plainly ft de them to be no faults of mine; that, leaving them t* he amended fa thop , to whom they apptrtame 3 arid, You, U accept op thefe Play-games ** you plcafe : I bid you Fare-1 well v.
^i 1
Tie
To the Reader.
The Occafion, Intention-, and uCc of the Foure
Lotteries adjoyned to thefe foure Books
of Emblems*
STultorum plena funt omnia. The world is grownefe in Love with Follic/^ir the Imprinting ofover-fulidandfer.ous Crca- tifcs would undoe the Book-fellers; especially, being fo char" as the many cojlly Sculptures have made this Books : there) (to advance their Profits, rather than to fit is fie my ervue Iu ment)i was moved to invent fomew hat, which might be likely to pleafe the vulgar Capacitie, without hindrance to my ch:ete End. And, though that which I revived on, be not fo PfaufiWe to Critic all under/landings, yet I am contented to hazard anwig them,fo much of my Refutation, as that comes to.
1 have often observed , that where the Summer-bowers of | Recreation are placed neare the Church, it drawes thither more : people from the remote Hamlets, than would ei 'fe be there. A'«;r, though I praife not their Devotion, yet I am glad if any thing {which is not evill in itfelfe) may be made an occsijion of Good : (beeaufe, thofe things may , perhaps, be continued , at hft , for Confctence fake, which were at fir (I btgunne upon vaine occuflons ) and, have therefore added Lotteries to thefe Emblems, toocca- ; fion the more frequent notice of the Morals, and good Counicrl% tendredin their Illuftrations ; hoping that, atone time or other, fome fiall draw thofe Lots, which will make them the belter , i and the happier, whilejl they live. I confeffe that this Devife maf '- probably be cenfured, asunfutabletothe gravitie expected in my rtpeyeares : and be reputed as great an Indecorum^ at erecl,nga» I Ak-houk at the Church-ftile ; yet,tbefame having hadbigr,;- ning in my younger dayes, I do now refolve not to be ajlamedof it, for the Keafons aforementioned. To fuch as I was, t; will be ■ fomeway avayleable : and perhaps, if the \Vi£c(x did otbcrwb/le, when they walke abroad, to Vncertaine purpofes , take up this ! Booke,4#</ (without Superftitious Conceites)w<z£? try all what their Lots would remember , or give them caufe to thmke on; It might, now and then, either occapon better Proceedings ^ or pre- vent Mifchieves.
Some Games were ever in ufe ; ever, I thinke, will be, and for ought I know, ever may be without exception. And, 1 bi li <eve \ tins Recreation, will be as harmleffe as any, if it be ufed accor- ding to my Intentions. For, my meaning is not , that any jhcuhi ufe it as an Oracle, which could figmfie , infallibly , what is divine- ly ailoted; but, toferve onelyfor a Morall Paftiine. And, that / may no way encourage the fecret entertaining of fuch a Fantafie, . I doe before hand off irme unto them, that none but Children, cr Ideots may be tolleratedto be fofoolijh, without laughing at.
Tet, if any one fh all draw that Lot wherein his Secret vices are reproved; or fome good Counftlspropofed, which in his owne underfranding are pertinent to his welfare, let not fuch ,# thofe, faffe them over as meert Cafualties to them ; for9 whatfoever \ thefe Lots are to others, or in themfclves, they are to all thefe,
mad:
Tothr Reader,
pertinent in fitch cafes , both by their particular Know- ledges andOcczfions.
Some will thinke perhaps , that I have pttrpofely invented this Game, that I might finde meanes to reprove mens vices, without being fujpected, (as I have hitherto un]u(lly beene) to ayme at par- tictilar per fins : For, if any who are notoriously G\x\\i\c,jhallby drawing their Chanccs^among other Companions, be fo fitted with Lots, (which may now and then happen ) that thofe Vices be ther- by intimated to the by-Jlanders, of which the world knowes them guilty ; they do therin make their owne Libels ; and, may (/ hope) bee laughed at without my blame, if not ; I doe here warne'all fuch as are worthily fufpeUed of Haynous crimes, and Scanda- lous converfations, either to forbear e thefe Lotteries j ortoex- ctife me if they bejuflly fhamedby their own Act.
Having thus declared the Reafon of this Invention, and made thefe Anticipations ; every man hath his choice, whether hee will make ufe of thofe Lotteries or no ; hee that will, is left to his Chance, of which, how hee Jhall make tryall, direction is given in the two lajl Pages of this Booke.
This Game occafions not the frequent crime, Of Swearing, or mifpending of our Time ; Nor loffe of money : For, the Play is Jhort, And, ev'ry Gamefter winneth by the fport. Wee, therefore, know it may afwell become The Hall, the Parlor, or the Bining-roome, As Cheffe, or Tables ; and, we thinke the Price Will be as low 5 becaufe, it needs no Dice .
What I WAS , is pafsed b, , What I AM. , away doth Jhc ; What I SHAL BEE, none do see , jet, in that, ^Beauties bee.
The AvTsofcs Meditation upon
fight of his Pictvre.
'yyUcn I beholi my Pi&ure, and \ ereeh*
Howiine it it, our Portraitures to Uare In Lines, ani bhadowes, (Twicb m.ike Ibsvss, to i Of that Ttbich T»iB, to mono v} fa ie avay)
_ And
And, thinke, what meane Refemblances at bcfl,
Jr^^MechanikcInilruments^vj)r-?y?j
/ thought it better, much, to leave behind me,
Some Draught,/?/ wbich,my living friends might find me
The fame I artij in that, which will remaine,
Till all is ruin'd, and repair' d againe :
And j which, inabfence, will more truelyfhow me,
X/^»,outward Formes ,to thofe, loho think they knowme.
For, though my gratiom Maker made mejucb, That, where Ilo\>e, beloVd I am, as much As 7 defire ; yet, Forme, nor Features are, Thofe Ornaments, in which J would appeare To future Times j Though they were found in mey Farye better, than I can beleefe they be. Much lejfe, off eel I that, which each man knowes. To be no more, but Counterfeits of thofe, Wherein, the Painters, or the Gravers toole, Befriends alike, the Wifeman, *tf^ */>£ Foole : And, (when theypleaje) can gi"ve him-, by their Art, The faireft-Face, that had the falieft- Heart.
A P i c tv re , though with mofi exaBnejfe made, Is nothing, but the Shadow of a Shade. For, citnour living Bodies, (though they feeme To others more* or more in our efteeme) Are but the fhadowes of that Reall-being, Which doth'extend beyond the Flefhly-feeing • Jnd, cannot be decerned* till we rife Immortall-Obje&s, fir Immortall-eyes.
Ojjt Everlafting-Subftance lies ttnjeene, ^Behinde the Fouldings,of a CarnalUScreene, Which is, but, Vapours thickned into Blood, (By due concoclion of our daily food) And,flillfupplied, out of other Creatures, To keepe us living,^ their wafled natures ; Renewing, and decaying, eVry Day, Vntill that Vaile muft be rcmorfdaway. For, this hVd Flefh, wherewith, yet cloth'dwego, Is not t be fame, Wee had fev'ny tares ago ; 'But, rather, fomething which is taken-in, To [en>e infteed of -fchat hath wafled bin, }n Wounds, in Sicknefles^'w Colds, dWHeates, In all Excrcicions,Ww Fumes,W Sweates.
Nor,
JSlorJhaU* this prefent Flefti , long flay with us : Jind*Ttee may well be pleas' d, hjhould ^Thus.
For* as 1 <view* tbofe ToWnes* and Fields, that be In Landskip drawne j Etenfo* we thinks* Ifee A (jlmpes* farre off* (through Faith's Projective Of that, which after Death, ViU come to paffe ; glafie) And* likewife* gained bave^fuch meatus of feeing* Some things* which Vere,before my Life bad. being, That, in my Soulc, ifhould be dij content* If* this my Body were* more permanent ; Since ,Wec,and all God's other Creatures^*, Are but the Pictures, of whatJbaB appeare.
Tet* whilfl they are, I thankfully Trotddmake That ufe of them* for their Creator's fake* To 'tobicb bee made them 5 and, preferte the Table, Still* Fairc and Full, afmuch as I loereable* Ttyfiniflring* (in my aimed place) Tbofe Workes,/or Whuh* bee Jits me by his Qracs. Jnd* if a Wrcnne, a Wrcnn's juft height fha&f oar e, No i£gle,/or an -<£gle, can doe more.
If therefore, of my Labours, or of M E e, Ought /hall rcmaine, when 1 remold* mujl be, Let it be thai, therein it may be <view'd, JMy Makers Image, "frasinmcrenew'd: And,fo declare* a dutifull intents, To doe the Workc I came for, ere I Vent j That* I to others, mayfome Patrerne be, Of Doing- well, as other men to mee, Have beene, whilfl I had life : And, let my dates Be fumvmed up, to my Redeemer's praife. So this be gained, I regard it not, Though, all that J am elfc, be quite forgot*
By Knowledge onety* Life "Me gaine, <AU other things to Death pertains.
Illvstratio I.
Book. I ,
|Ow Fond are they, who fpend their precious Time In ftill purfuing their deceiving Pleasures ? And they ,that unto ayery Titles clime
Or tyre themfelves in hoording up of Trtafures ?
For, thefcare Death's, who, when with wearinefle
They have acquired moft, fweepes all away 5
And leaves them, for their Labors, to pofleffe
Nought but a raw-bond Carcajfe lapt in clay.
Of twenty hundred thoufands, who, this hourc
Vaunt much, of thofe Poflefions they have got ;
Of their new purchae'd Honours, or,thc Power,
By which, they feeme to have advanc't their Lott ;
Of this great Multitude, there lhall not Three
Remaine, for any Future age to know j
But perifh quite, and quite forgotten bee,
As Beajls, devoured twice ten yeares agoe. Thou, therefore, who defir'ft for aye to live.
And to poiTeffe thy Labors maugre Death,
To needfull Arts and honeft A ft ions, give
Thy Spanne of Time tand thy fliort blaft of Breath.
In holy Studies, excrcife thy Mind i
In workes oiCharity, thy Hands imploy ;
That Knowledge, and that Treafure, fceke to find,
Which may enrich thy Heart with perfect ley. V
So, though obfeured thou appeare, awhile,
Defpifcd, poore, or borne to Fortunes low,
Thy Venue fhall acquire a nobler ft:lc,
Then grcateft Kings act able to beftow: And,gaine rhec thofc Pofefions, which,nor Thy, Nor Time, nor Deatb,hzve power to take away.
B The
The Man that hath true Wifdome gou Qontinues firmc, and wavers nou.
[Till fixt,and with triumphant Laurellciovm'd, Istrueft Wifdome • whom,exprefled thus, Among the old Imprest's, we have found ; And, much, this Emblem hath inftru&ed us. For, hence we learne • that JVtfdome doth not flow From thofe unconftant men, whom ev'ry il*ft, Or fmall Oecafion, turneth to and fro ; But, from a Settled- bead that ftandeth/*/?. Wno'evcr (houldcrs,him, he gives no place • What Storme foe*re, his Times or Fortunes, breath, He neither hides his Brew, nor turnes his Fate • But, keepes his Lookes undaonted, ev'n in tftmA The Ldureat bead, upon the Pillar fet, Thus fignifies ; And that B*j-tvre*tb doth fhow That conftant Wifdome will theconqueft get, When giddy Politic prevailes not fo.
If, therefore, thoudcfireft to be taught, Propofc good Ends with honeft Manes thereto, And therein Conftant be, tillthon haft brought To pcrfed tnd, that Worke,thou haft to dee. Let neither flatt'ring Pleafurcs, nor Difgrace, Nor f< offing Cenfures, nor the cunning Sleights Of glazing Sycophants, divert that Race To which, a harmelefte Prttdenct, thee invites. Though others plot, confpire, and undermine, K epc thou a plaine right Path • and let their Cot/fa For no advantage, make thee change from thine, Although it (for the prefent) fecmes theworfe. He, thus rhat workes, puts Politic to Schoolc, And makes the Machavilian prove a f oolc.
The Law ugiyen to dived: ;
The Sword, to punifh W protect.
Illvstr. III.
Book. I
►Hen God- Almighty fird engrav'd in (lone His holy Law -^ He did nor give the fame As if fome common Act had then beene done5
For, arwi'd with Fires and Thunders, forth k came.
By which, that great Law-maker, might inferre
What di eadf ull Vengeance would on thofe attend,
Who did againft thofe holy Preceptscne •
And, that, his Power, well doers could defend.
Thereto, this Emblem, a!fo doth agree ; For, loe, before the Tables of the Lawe,
A naked Sword is borne, whofe ufe may bee
As well to keepe in Safety, m in Awe,
Whence, Princes (if they pleafe) this note may take3
(And it (hall make them happily to raignc)
That, many good and whoHome Lams to make
Without an Executioner, is vaine. It likewife intimates,that fuch as are
In Soveraigne place, as well obliged be
Their zeale for true Religion to declare.
As, what concerneth -Manners, to forefec.
It laftly, fhowes that Princes fhould afhdl
Not onely, over others to Command,
Bur Swords to weat c, their Snivels to protect ;
And, for their Guard, extend a willing hand.
F >r, Lawcs, or Peace to boa't of- and, the whiles,
The Pabl/que-wealc, to weaken or difarme,
Is nor the way to hinder CivtU Hroy/es,
Nor to fecurc it from a Fnnaigne.harme. For, As by Lanes a. I/and is kept in frame j So, Annes is that, which mutt protect the fame.
K 2 OccafJnui
Occafions-paft'dr* fought inline ; But , ofti they whcele-about againe.
ILLVSTR. IV.
Book.
[Nwife are they that fpend their youthfull In Vanities $ as if they did fuppofe That men, at pleafure, might redeemc the Tim j For, they a faire advantage fondly loie. ^
As ill-advis'd be thofe, who having loft The firft Occaftons, to Defrsiring runne : Tor^Time hath Revolutions j and, the moft, For their Affaires, have Seafim more, then one. Nor is their Folly fraall, who much depend On TrAttfitorie things, as if their Powre Could bring to pafTe what fhould not have an End 5 Or compaiTe that, which Time will notdevoare.
The firft Occafions, therefore, fee thou take (Which offred are) to bring thy hopes about ; And, minde thou, ftill, what Haffe away they make, Before thy fwift-pac't houres are quite runnc out. Yet, if an Opportunity be part, Ddpaire not thou, as they that hopeleiTe be • Since, Time may fo revolve againe, at laft, That Netv-Occajiom may be offred thee. And fee, thou truft not on thofc fading things, Which by thine owne Endeavours thou acquir'ft : For, Time (which her owne Birtlis to ruine brings) Will fpare, nor thee, nor ought which thou defir'it. His Properties, and Ffes,\\hat they are, In-vainc obferv'd will be, when he is fled: Th.it, rhcy in feafon, therefore, may appeare, Our Emblem, thus, hath him deciphered ;
Baldt lave before, and ftanding on a Wheelt ;
A Razor in his Hand, a Winged Heelc.
B)
By Labour, Vertue may begaitid^ By Vertue, Glorie is attain' d.
Illvstr. V.
Book.
[Vppofe you Sin, thofe mimickc Afes you meet In ftrange fantafticke habits i or the Rabble, That in gay clothes embroyder out the ftreet,
Ar^iTfruely oiWorfhtffull or Honorable ?
Or can you thinke, thar, To be borne the Sonne
Of fome rich Alderman, or ancient Peere,
Or that the Fame our Predcceffors wonne
May claime thofe Wreathes which true Deserving weare i
Is Honour due tothofe, who fpend their dayes
In courting one another i or confuming
Their Fortunes and themfelves, on Drabbs and Flayes i
In flceping, drinking, and Tobacco- fuming «?
Not fo. For, (though fuch Fooles, like children, place
Gay Titles on each other ) Wift-men know
What fluves they be ; how miferably bafe ;
And, where fuch Attributes would better (how. An idle Body clothes a vitiou<; Minde ;
^nd, what (at beft) is purchae'd by the fame,
'Is nothing clfe, but (linking Smoke and Wmdt -3
4<* frothie Bubbles of an empty Fame ,
Jnie Clary y none did ever purchafc, yet,
Tifl, to be Vertuous they could firft attaine ,. . ill thofe mm faitc Vertnes favour get,.
Who labour nor, fuch Dignities to gnine.
^fnd'^ this Imprefa doth hferre no leffe :
For, by the Sp-idc, is Labour here implide •
The Snake, a vertaous Prudence, dorhexpicffc ;
And, Glorie, by z\v:i'r,eaib isTvpifide.
where a vertuous Indt/ftry is found, She, fliall with Wreaths of Cory, thus be crown'd
Though Fortune prone true Vermes Foe, It cannot worke her OverthroTPe^.
ILLVSTR. VI.
Book. I.
[Nhappy men are they,whofe Ignorance So (hvesthem to the Fortunes of the Time, That they (attending on the Lot oichante) \ Neglect by Virtue, and Deferts, to clime. ^ ,
Poore Heights they be which Fortune rcarcs unto ; And, fickle is the Favour {he beftowes : To-day, (he makes 5 to-morrow, doth undoc -y Buildsup, and in an inftant overthrowes. Oneafie Wbeelts, to Wealth,and Honours high, She windes men oft5 before they be aware j And, when they dreame of raoft Projperitie, Downe, headlong, throwes them lower thca they were.
You, then, that feeke a moreaflur'd eftate, On good, and honeft Objecls, fixe your Minde, And follow Venue, that you may a Fate Exempt from feareof Change, or Dangers,£ndc. For, he that's Virtuous, whether high or low His Fortune feemes (or whether foule or faire His Path he findcs)or whether friend, or foe, The Werld doth prove ; regards it not a haire. His Lofle is Gaine ; his Poverty is Wealth $ The Worlds Contempt, he makes his Diadem j In SickneJJe, he rej oyceth, as in Health : Yea, Death it felf e, becommeth Lifc^ to him. He fcaresno difrefpect, no bitter fcorne, Nor fubtile plottings, nor Opprcflions force ; Nay, though the World fliould topfie-turvie turne, It cannot fright hirr, nor divert his Courfe. Above all Earthly powreshis Virtue reares him 5 And, up with Eglets wings, to Heav'n itbeareshim.
A fickle Woman wanton growne* Preferres a Crowd, before a Crowne,
Illvstr. VII.
Book, i „
>Oole .' Doft thou hope, thine Honours, or thy Gold, >hall gainethec Love ? Or,thatthou haft her heart Whole hand upon thy tempting Baytfoyes hold i ALb ! fond Lover, thou deceived art. She that with Wealth, and Titles,can be wonnc, Or woo'd with Canities, will wav ring bee ; And, when her Love, thou moft depended on, A Ftddle-fiicke (hall winne her heart from thee, To Toutb and Muficke, Venut leaneth moft ; And (though her hand (lie on the Scepter lay) Let Greatne]fc,oi her Favours never boaft: Tor^Heart and Eye, are bent another way. And lo, no glorious Purchacethat Man get1;, Who ha;h with fuch poore Trifles, woo'd, and wonne: Her footing, on a Bali, his Mtftnfle fets, Which in a moment (lips, and (he is gone. A Woman, meerely with an Out fide caught, Or tempted with a GaUtard, or a Song, Will him forfake (whom (lie moft lovely thought) Fo- Players and for Tumblers, ere't be long.
You,then, rhat wifh voui Love (hould ever lair, (And would enjoy /fffcclten wlhout charging) Love where yoiir Loves irny worhily beplac t ; And, kecpe your ownc Affect -on, frill from ranging, Vfe n >blc Mean's, y°ur Longings ro attaint 5 Seeke cquall Mtndes, and well befeemfng Teares ; Thev are (at beft) vainc Fooles, whom Follte gainc ; But, there is Bl.'ffe^ where, Fertue moft endeares i
And, wherefoe're, Affc&ion fixe procures,
In fpightof all Temptations, it endures.
This 1
This Ragge of Death, -nkick thou/halt feey Qonfider it; And Pious bee.
ILLVSTR. VIII.
Btek. i.
?Hy, filly Man ! fo much admired thou [Thy prcfent Fortune ? overvaluing fo Thv Ferfon, or the beauty of thy Brow ? And Cloth d, {o proudly, wherefore doft thou goe i Why doft thou live in riotous Excejp ? And Bw/f, as if thy Flefli immortall were f Why doft thou gather fo f Why fo oppreffe i And, o'rethy FelIow-creatures,Z>wwwfe ? Behold this Emblem -3 fuch a thing was hee Whom this doth reprefent as now thou art ; And, fuch a Flefhleffe Raw bone fhalt thou bee, Though, yet, thou feeme to ad: a comelier part, Obfcrve it well b and marke what Vglineffe Stares through thefightleGe Eye boles from within: Note thofe leane C aggs, and with what Gajllinep, That horrid Countenance doth f. erne to grin. Yea, view it well ; and having feene the fame Plucke downe that Pride which puffs thy heart fo high j Of thy Proportion boaft not, and (for ftiarae,) Repent thee of thy finfull Vanity. And, having learn'd, that, all men muft become Such bare Anatomies ; and, how this Fate No mortall Potvre, nor Wit, can kcepe thee from ; Live fo, thatl>f4//; may better thy eftate. Confider who created thee ; and why : Renew thy Spirit ^ ere thy Flefl> decayes : More Pious grow 5 Afre& more Honefiie s And fceke hereafter thy Creatours praife. So though of Breatband Beauty Time deprive thee, New Life, withcndleffe Clerk, GWwill give thee.
Before
Before thou bring thy Workcs to light* Qo-dfderon tbemJBtbeMght.
9
Illvstr. IX.
Book.
^N OwU (the Hieroglyphicke us'd for Night) ffiSB Twixt Mercury and Pallas y here takes place3
\ :-d \^pon .1 crown'd Grimm fat ^poght j And, each a Cornucopia doth imbrace. Through which darke Emblem, I this Light perceive 5 That, fuch as would the Wit and Wealth acquire, Which may the Crowne of approbation have, Muft wake by Night, to compafle their defire. For, this Mercurian-Wand, doth Wit cxpreflc j The Cornu-copia, WealthineJJe implies ; Both gained by a ftudious Watchfnlntffc^ Which,here,the Bird of Athens fignifies.
Nor, by this Emblem, 2te we taught alone, That, (when great Undertakings are intended) We Sloth, and lumpifh DrowfineJJe muft fhunne j But, Rajhnefle, alfo,herc is reprehended. Take Council of thy Ptfev^fahh our Sawe) And, ere in waighty Matters thou procccde, Confider well upon them ; left they draw Some Aftcrclaps, which may thy Mifchiefc breed? .
I, for my feriou'ft */*/«, chufe the Night s (More friend to Meditation, then the Day) Thatneither Noyfc, nor Objects of the Sight, Nor bus' ncflcs, withdraw my Thoughts away, By Night , we beft may ruminarc upon « <ui Purport . Then, beft, we may enquire What Actions wee amifle, or well, have done : And, then, may beft into our Selves retire :
For, of the World-mihout, when imft wc fee,
Then, blinddr, to the World-xvithin, arc wee.
C ' Sri
ID
tAn Innocent noDrnvptfeares* Boy great foeper it apjtares.
ILLVSTR. X.
&ok. I.
|Hcn fome did feeke Arionto have drown'd, He, with a dreadlefle heart his Temples crown'd • And,when to drench him in the Seas they meant, He playd on his melodious- Inftruntent -t To fliew, that lnmce»ce difdayned Fearc, Though to be fwallow'd in the Deeps it were. Nor did it perifh : For, upon her Backe A Dolphin tooke him, for his Mufick's fake : To inrimate,that r«*«ffriallprevaile With Bruittjl) Creatures, if with Men it faile.
Moft vaine is then their Hope, who dreame they can Make wretched, or undoc, an Honefl.Man -. For, he whom Vertuous Innocence adornes, Infults o're Cruelties j and, PeriUfcomes. Yea, that, by which, Men purpofe totwdoe him, (In their defpight) (hall bring grear Honours to him.
ArtonMVe, the Malice of the World, Harh inro Seas of Troubles often hurl'd Deferving Men, although no Caufc they had, But that their Words and Workes lwcet Mufickc made. Of all their outward Helps it hath bertfc them \ Normeanes,nor hopes of Comfort havebecne fefi theraj But fuch, as in the Houfe of Mourning are, And, what Gotd-Conjcience can afford them there. Yci^Dolphin-likc, their Innocence hah rcai'd Their Heads above thofe Dangers that appear'd. GodXnxh vouchfaf 'd their harmelcffe Cjnfe to heed, And.ev'n in Thraldoinc, fo their Heai ts hath I
1 hat, whil'ft they feem'd opprclfcd and forlt
They Ioyd, and Sung, and 1
v^FooIe, in Folly taketbPaine, Although he labour flill in vaine^.
II
ILLVSTR. X I.
Book.x,
! Maflie Mil-ftone up a tedious Hill, k With mighty Labour, Sifyfhus doth roll » Which being rais'd-aloft, downe-tumbleth,fiiII, To keepe imployed his afflicted Souk. On him, this tedious Labour is impos'd • And (though in vaine) it rauft be ftill aflayd : But, fome, by no Neceflity inclos'd, Vpon themfelves,fuch needlefle Taskes have Iayd„ Yea, knowing not (or caring not to know) That they are worneand weary'd out in vaine, They madly toyle to plunge themfelves in Woe ; And, feeke uncertaine Eafi, in certaine Paine.
Such Fooles are they, who dreame they can acquire A Minde-content, by Lab'rwgflMfor more : For, Wealth encreafing, doth encreafe Deftre, And makes Contentment letter then before.
Such Fooles are they, whofe Hopes doevaincly ftretch To climbe by Titles, to a happy Height : For, having gotten one Ambitious-Reach) Another comes perpetually in fighr. And, their ftupidity isnothing Icfle, Who dreame that Flejh and Blood may rayfed be Vp to the Mount of perfett-Holineffe : For (at our beft) corrupt and vile are we. Yet, wc arc bound by Faith, with Love and Hope, To roll the Stone of" Good-Endeai our, ftill, As neere as may be, to Perfections top. Though backc againe it tumble downe the /////.
So ; What our Workes had never power to doc.
Cod's Grace, at laft, fliall freely bring us to.
C 2 As
t2
As* to t EWorld /naked earnest So> naked-ftript I leave the fame^.
ILLVSTR. XII.
Book.i,
|Hrice happy is that Man whole Thoughts doc reare k His Minde above that pitch the Worldling &kss And by his Contemplations, hovers where He vicwes things mortall, with unbleared eyes. What Trifles then doe Villages andTowoes Large Fields or Fltckes of fruitfull CatteU fceme i Nay, what poorc things are M iters, Scepters, Crownes, And all thofe Glories which Men mod efteeme i Though he that hath among them, his Delight, Brave things imagines them (becaufc they blinde Withfomefalfe Luftrehis beguiled fight) He that's above them, their meane- Worth may finde.
Lord, to that Blejfed-Station me convey Where I may view the World, and view her fo, That I her true Condition may furvey ■ And all her Imperfe&ions rightly know. Remember me, that once there was a Day When thou didft weane me from them with content, Ev'n when fhut up within thofe Gates I lay Through which the Flague-infitcling Angel wenr. And, let me ftill remember, that an Hourc Is hourely comming on, wherein I fhall (Though I had all the World within my powre) Be naked ftripr, and turned out of all. But minde me, chiefcly,that I never cleave Too clofely to my Selfe j and caufe thou me, Not other Earthly things alone to leave, But to forfake my Selfe for love of Thee:
That I may fay, now 1 have all things left,
Before that I of all things, am bereft.
To
To bim abappy Lot befalls
Tbathatb a Ship, Wprofp'rous Gales.
n
ILLVSTR. XIII.
Book. i.
lO wonder he a profp'rous Fey age findes f hit hath both Sailes and Oares to ferve his rurne, rAnd,ftill,rhrough meanes of fomc propitious Winds Is to his wifhed H arbour ,Cwih\y borne. Nor is it much admir'd, if they thatlacke Thofe aydes(on which the Common faith depends,) Are from their hoped aymes repelled backe, Or made to labour for unfruitfull ends. Yet neither in the Ship, Wind, Oares, or Saiks, Nor in the want of Outward meanes, alone, Confifts it, that our Hope fuccccdes or failes ; But, moft. in that, which Men leaft thinke upon.. For, feme endeavour, and their Paincsare bled With Gales which are fo fortunate, that they Fly fafe, and fwiftly on, among the belt, Whiffl; others labour, and are caftaway.
Some others, on this Worlds widcOcean floare, And neither Wind, nor Tide affiftant have, Nor Saile^ nor Oare, nor Anchor, nor found Boatt, Nor «ake fo much as heede thcmfelves to fave 5 And yet are fafe : A third fort, then, there are Who neither want fit Meanes, nor yet neglect The piinciulllnduftie, or honeft Care, Which Need requires ; yet find fmall good effec"t. Therefore, lerthat which you propofe, be Iufi j Then, ufc the faireft Meanes^ to compafTc it: And, though Meanes faile, yet fotrer no miftrufl: ; Butfcarelefly,to God, your Courfe commit : For, Hec, to Faitbfu'll- Hearts, and Honefl-Mindes Turnes Lofft to Gaiae ; and Stormes.zo profp'rous Windes.
Though he endeavour all he can, jin Ape, Tt>iB never be a Man.
LLVSTR. XIII I.
S»k,i,
►Hat though an Api(h-Pigmie, in attire, His Dwarfifh Body Gyant-like, array ? TutneBrdve,znd get himSfc/tttofeem the higher? What would fo doing, handfome him I pray t Now, furely, fuch a Mimicke fight as that, Would with exceffive Laughter move yourSpIeene, Till you had made the little Dandiprat, To lye within fomc Auger-hole, unfeene.
I mull confefle I cannot chufc but fmile, When I perceive, how Men that worthlcffe are, Piece out their Imperfections, to beguile, By making fhowes, of what they never were. For,in their hncw'd Shapes, I know thofe Men, And (through their Maskes) fuch infight of them have 3 That I can oftentimes difclofe(ev'n then) How much they favour of the Feole or Knave.
A Pigmey-ftirit, and an Earthly- Minde, Whofe looke is onely fTxt on Objects vaine ; In my eftecme, fo roeane a place doth finde, That ev'ry fuch a one, I much refraine. But, when in honoured Robes I fee it put, Bctrimm'd, as if fome thing of Worth it were, Looke big, and on the Suits ofGreatneffe, (tru't 5 From [corning it, I cannot then foibeare. For, when to groiYeFrworthineJJc, M^nadde Tho/cDues, which to theTrucJI- worth pertaine5 Tis like an Ape, in Humartt-Vcfitncitschd, Which, when mod fine, deferveth moftdifdaine :
And, moicabfurd, thofeMcnappearetomc,
Then this Fantajlicke-Monkey feemes to thee.
/pine
J pine,i#/tf others may not per ift>-> tAndwa&c my Sclfe, their Life to cheri/h.
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ILLVSTH. XV.
Book, i,
'Bfervc I pray you, how the greedy Flame The FeweS, on an Altar doth confume. How it deftroyeth that which feedes the iames And how the Nourijher away doth fume. For, fo it fares with Parents that uphold Their thriftleffc Children in unlawfull Pleafures t With Cares, it wearcsrhem out, ere they are old ; And ere their Lives confume, confumes their Trcafures. So fares it with fuch Wantons as doe fcede Vnchaft Defires ; for, ev'ry day they grow Vntill their Longings, their Supplies exceede, And, quite devouiethofc men that fed them Co. So fares it with all thofc that fpend their Toutb In lab'ring to enrich ungrateful! Men, Who, growing Great, and Wealthy, by their Truth, Returnc them Smoke and Apes backeagen. So fares it with good Statefmen, who to keepe A thankeleiTe Commonwealth in happy Peace, Deprive their Mindes of Reft, their Eyes of Sleepe, And, waftethcmfelves, that others may encrcafe. And, fo it fares with Men that parTc away Their time in Studtts, (and their Healths impaire) That helps to other men become they may, And,their defective Knowledges, rcpaire.
Rut, let my Flefb, my Time,md my Efltte, Re fo confum'd j fo (pent • fo wafk-d bee, 7 hat they may noiu ifii Grace , and pci fit that For which all thefe were firftbeftovvd'd on incj
So when 1 quire am vanifh'd our ov feeing,
I (hall enjoy my Nt-v- concealed Being.
IVh-
When to fuppretfc w% Men intend* They make ui higher to afcend.
!Hen weobferve the Ball, how to and fro
The Gamefters force it j we may ponder thus : That whU'ft weliveweihall beplaydwith fo, And that the W«rld will make her Game of us. Adverfities, one while our hearts conftraine To ftoope, and knock the Pavements of Dtfiaire 5 Hffpt^ like a Whirle-wind mounts us up againe, Tilloft it lofc us in the empty ayre. Sometimes, above the Battlements we Iooke ; Sometimes, we quite below the Lint arc toft : Another- while, againft the Hazard ftrookc, We, but a little want, of being loft.
Detra8ion,Envie, Mifcbief, and Delight, , One Partie make, and watchfully attend To catch us when we rife to any Height ; Left we above their hatred mould afcend. G tod- For tune, Praifer, Htptsy and Tndujlries, Doe fide-together, and make Play co plcafe us ; But, when by them wc thinke more high to rife, More great they make our F all, and more difeafe us. Yea, they that leeke our £*/<r,advance oar Gainet And to our Wtjhes, bring us oft the nigher : For, we that elfeupon the Ground had laine, Are, by their (hiking of us lifted higher. When Balls againft the Stones are hardeft throwne, Then higheft up into the Aire they ly ; So, when men hurle us ("with moft fury) downe, Wee hopefull are to be advane'd thereby :
And,when they finite us quite unto the Ground, Then, up to Heav'n, we truft, wc (hall rebound.
TiS
Till God hath trough tu to his Will, The Hammer vejbattfujftrftilt.
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ILLVSTR. XVII.
Botk.l.
[Hy fhould the feolifh World difeeurage Men, In juft endurances i or bid them fhunne Gots&Aftms, 'caufe they fuffer now and then, For "Doing n>f/f} as if fome ill were done t Ere Plans extended are, they muft abide A thoufand hamm'rings ; And, then that which fHPdj So little roomc, it fcarce your Hand could hide, Will ferve a goodly Monument to gild. So, he that hopes to winne an honeft Namt, Muft many blowes of Fortune undergoc, A*id hazard, off, theblaft of Evili Fame, Beforea Cood-Reftrt her Trumpc will blow,
A thoufjnd Worthies had unworthily Been raked up in Afhes and in Clay, Vtiknowne and bury'd in Obfcuritj, If Malice had not fil'd their Ruft away. But, lo ■ their lading prayies now arc fpread, And rais'd, by Adverfe Chance, to fuch a height, That they mod glorious are, now they arc dead $ And live in Injuries, and Deaths, defpighr. For, by Afflifiions, man refined growes, And, (as the Co>d prepared in the Ftrt) Receivet h fuch a Forme by wrongs and blowes, Thar hee becomes the Ittoett we defire.
To thee therefore, oh God ! My Prayers are Not to be freed from Grkfcs and Troubles quite : But,that they may be fuch as I can beare j And,ferve to make me precious in thy Sight.
This pleafe me (hall, though all my Lite time, I
Betweenc thine Anvt/larvi the Hammer, lie.
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From tbence^bere Nets and Snares are lqyd> Make-haft j left els you bebetrafd.
ILLVSTR.XVIII
Btok.i,
[He nimble Sfider from his Entrailes drawes A futtle Thread, and curious art doth fliow In weaving Nets, not much unlike thofe Lams Which catch SmaB-Thitves, and letthe<7r&«/-«wgoe. For, as the Cob-web takes the lefler Flyes, When thofe of larger fize breake through their Snares 5 So, Twrt-mtn fmart for little Injuries, When Rich men fcape, whofe Guilt is more then theirs.
The Spider, alfo re prefenterh fuch "Who very curious are in Trifling things, And neither Coft, nor Time, nor Labour grutch, In that which neither Gaine nor Pleajure brings. But thofe whom here that Creature doth implye Are chiefely fuch, who under cunning fticwes Of fimple-Meanings (or of Curtefie) Doe filly Men unwarily abufe. Or elfe, it meanes thofe greedy- Cormorants Who without touch,of Confcience or Compaflion, Seeke how to be enricht by others wants, And bring the Poore to uncr Defolation.
Avoyd them therefore, though compell'd by need ; Or if a Storme inforce, (yee lab'ring Bees) . That yee mud fall among them 5 Flie with fpeed From their Commerce, when dimes your paffage frees. Much more, ler wa^rfull CalLnis hafte from thelc ; Elfe, when thofe Idling-paintcd-flf/ff^cr, Have fl utter'd -out t heir Summcr-tjme, ineate, (And fpent their Wealth in foolilli Vaniries)
The Blafts of Want m.iy force them to be brought For lhelter thither, where they (lull be caught.
Wbentbou a Dangerous-Way doftgot, Walke farcly, though thy pace be llowe.
ILLVSTR. XIX
Book, i,
\Xperitnce proves, that Men who truft upon Their Nat'rall parts, too much, oft lofe the Dsy^ And,faile in that which els they might have done. By vainely trifling pretious Time away.
It alfo fliewcs, that many Men have fought With fo much Rafhneffe, thofe things they dehYd, That they have brought mod likely Hopes to nought 5 And, in the middle of their Courfes,x\x'd. And, not a few, arc found who fo much wrong Gods Gratioujnejp, as if their thinkings were, That (feeing he deferres his Judgements long) His Vengeance, he, for ever, would forbeare: Bur, fuchas thefc may fee wherein they faile, And, what would fitter be for them to doe, If they would contemplate the flow-pae'd Smile ; Or, this our Hieroglypbicke looke into :
For, thence we learne, that Perfeverance brings Large Workes to end, though flowly they creepeon ; And, that Continuance perfects many things, Which feeme,at flrft, unlikely to be done.
It warnes, likewife, that fame /} fares require More Heed then Hafte : And that the Courje we take, Should fuite as well our Strength^ as our Drfire ; Elfe (as our Pr over be faith ) Ha fie, Waflt may make. And, in a Myfttcke-fcnfe, it feemes to preach Repentance and Amendment, unto thofe Who live, as if they Hv'd beyond God< reach ; Beco'ife, he long deferres deferved Blow s : For, though Jutt -Vengeance movcth like a Snailt,
And flowly conies • her coinming will not faile.
O?. As
u/4 Sivc, of (belter maketbJboTP • But ey'ryStorm^mRlhrougb ttgoe.
Illvstr. XX.
B':-.l.
[ Ome Men, when for their A&ions they procure A likely colour, (be it nere fo vaine) Pioceede as if their Projects were as fure, As when Sound Rufin did their Courfe maintayne : And rhefe not ranch unlike thofe Children are, Who through zStorme advent'ring defp'rately, Had rathei on their Heads, a Sivno bea-e, Then Cov'rings, that may ferveto keepe them dryc. For, at a diftance thar perchance is thought A helplill Shelter 5 and, yet, proves to thofe Who ncede the fame, a Toy, which profits nought; Becaufc, each drop ot Raine quite through it, goes. So, they, whofe foolifh Projects, for a while, Doe promife their PrejecJors hopefull ends, S^all finde them, in the Try all, to beguile ; And, that both Shame and Want, on them attends*
Such like is their eftate, who, (to appeare Rich men to others) doe, with Inward -pay ne, A gladfome out- ward Pert defire tobeare $ Though they at laft nor Wealth nor Credit gaine. A^d, fuchare all thofe Hypocrites, who ftrive Falfc Hearts beneath Faire(poke» Words to hydc : For, they o'-evaile themfelves but with a Srvey Through which, their purpofes at length are fpyde. And, rhen, they either woefully-lament Their Br uttifh -folly , or fo hardned grow 1 1 Sinking, th at they never can repent, Nav, jeft and kotfe at their owne Overthrow.
Bu: nofalfc Fade can ferve (when God will finite
To fave a Scomer, or an Hyftcnte.
D a:h
Death is no LolTe, but rather, Gaine } For Tree by Dying, Life amine-.
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ILLVSTR. XXI.
Book, i ,
?Will not blame thofc grieved Hearts that fhed Becoming- team, for their departed Friends ,• Nor rhofe who figh out Pajsiom for the Dead •
Since, on Good natures, this Difeafe attends.
When Sorrow is conceiv'd, it mul have Vent
(InSighes or Moyfture) or the Heai twill breukej
And, much they aggravate our Difcontent,
Who, out of Seafon, Rtajon feeme to fpeakc.
Yet, fi ice our Fiailty may require we mould
Remembrances admit tokeepcus from
Excefle in Gricfe : this Emblem here behold,
And take fuch Hope as may our Tearts beco ne. The W'Aw*, although a while it lyes in Earth,
(And feemeth loft) condoles not quite away 5
But, from that Wombe receives another Birth,
And, with Additions, x\KzA\ from the Clay.
Much more thai I Man revive, whofe worth is more :
For, Death, who from our D.'ofle will us refine,
Vn.o that other Life,hccom "sthe Doore,
Where, we in immortAttie (hall (bine.
When once our Gb/Je is runne, we prcfr nt'ly
Give up our Sou es o Death; So Death mu(\ t give
Our Bo^/wbacke agrnc,rhat we, thereby,
The Light or Life tier nail, may rcc ivc.
The Venom'd Snug )f Death is tookc away ;
And, now, theGrwc, that wasa Place of Furti
Is made a Redo Reft, wherein wc may
Lye downc in H </< \ and bide in farcry, there.
When we are Botru, to DMiA-wardftraighr werunne j And by out Death, our Life is newbegnnue.
When
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When Vice 4»rfVertue Touth JbaQ-wooe, Tis kardtofajyVmch way 'twill gge^.
Illvstr. XXII.
Book. i.
hopefull Friends at thrice fiveyeares and three, Without a Guide (into the World alone) To feeke ray Fortune, didadventure mee ; And, many hazards, I alighted on. Fit ft, Englands grearcft Rcndevenz, I fought, Where Vi c e and Ve rtve at the hig heft fit; And, thither, both a Minde and Bodie brought, For neither of their Services unfit. Both, woo'd my Touth : And, both perfvvaded fo, That (like the Young mm in our Emblem here) I flood. 'and cry'd, Ah \ which way frail l goe ? To me fo pleating both their Offers were. Vi ce, Pleafuresbeft Comentmentspromift mee, And what the wanton Flefh defires to have : Quoth Vertve, ImtlWtJdomegive to thee, And theft brave things , which noblat Mtndes doc crave* Serve me faid Vice, and thoufraltjoone acqmre Allthofe Atchievements which my Service brine , • Serve me (aid VeRtve, and lie raife tbee higher, Then Vices can, and teach thee better things. Whil'rt thus they ftrove to gair.e me, I e fpyde Grim Death attending Vi c e . and, that her Face Was hu a painted F/^rd, which did hide The foul'if Deformity that ever was. Lo R d , grant me grace for evermore to view Her Fglme(Je : And, that I viewing it, Her Falsehoods and 'allurements may efchew . And on f dire Ve r t v e my Affeclior. fet*.
Her Be if/ties contemplate, her Love embrace,
And by htrfafe Direction, rmne my Race.
ipiac
By Paine, on Pleasures "»><? doejei^e-t And-rtoe by Suff'rmcCjpunhafe Eale.
Illvstr. XXIII.
Book. 7,
PH^He lick'rifli Beare to rob the Htney.Bees
fj§ {& Among their ftinging-Swarms thrufts in his pawes;
^^^ Adventureth to climbc up hollow Trees,
And from their Cells , the well- fiU'd Combes he drawes :
Right fo, the SenfuaU Man that he may gaine
His bruitifh Luff, a thoufand perills dares ;
And, that his Lawltffi will he may attainc,
Nor Cenjcience, Credit, Coft,x\ox Labour fpares.
'Twercfhamefull bafcnelTe, therefore, ifthat he Who knovveth Venue, and is thought her Lover, .Should fo by any Perills flighted bee, To make him fuch Affections to give-over. For, why mould that Vaim-Crew whofe Valour fprings Frombeaftly Fury, or inflamed- Paffion^ Enabled be to compaflc bolder things, Then Sober. Wit, and Grave Con fi deration ? Or, why fhould lifping Wantons, for their Lufi So much adventure as one finger, there, Where we our Lives in hazard would not thruft For Vertues Glory, if it needfull were c For, though her Sweetncffe faft isclofcd-in With mmy Thornes, and fuch a Prickling-guard, That we mulr fmart, before that Prize we winnc, The Pawe'\-> follow'd, with a Rich Reward. By Sujf'rwg, I have more Contentment had, Then ever I acquir'd by Slotbfull Eafe ; And, I by Grufc-^ fo joyfull have bcene made, That I will beare my Crtffe, while oWlhall pleafc.
For, fo at laft mv Soulermy loj procure,
I care not, in my Fltjl) what I endure.
Who by goddMtints^gsodthings would gaine, Shall never fceke, nor aske in <vaine.
,N vaine fairc Cynthia never taketh paines, Nor faints in foll'wing her defired Game • And, when at any Marke her Bowe (he ftraines,
The winged Arrow tardy hits the fame.
Her Piflttre, therefore, in this place doth (hew
The Nature of their Mindts who Cjnthia-likc,
With Conftandc their Purfofes purf ue,
And faint not till they compaffe what they feeke.
For, nought more GocUlike in this World is found,
Then fo Refolv'da mart, that nothing may
His Resolution al ter or confound,
When any taske of Worth, he doth aiTay.
Nor, is there greater Bafeneffe, then thofe Umia
That from znHonefl-purpofe, can be wrought
By Thr earnings, Bribes, Smooth- Gales or Bojfl'rous.Windes^
What ever colour or excufe be brought.
Youthen, that would,with Pleafure,Glory gaine, Diana like, thofe modefl things require, Which truely may befeeme you to attainc j And ftcuTly follow that which youdefire: For, changing though the Moonc to us appeare, She holds a firme Dependence on the Sunne ; And, by a Confl ant -Motion^ in her Sphxre With him, doth in Conjfinflion often runne : So, Conflant-mcn, ftill move their hopes to winnc ; But, never by a Motion-indirecl ; Nor, will they flop the Cou1 fc mat they are in, Vnril! they bring their purpofc tocfieft. For, whofoever Honcfi things requires, A Promife hath of all that he defires.
Oft Shooting, doth not Archers make • Bttty bitting right the Marke they takz~>.
ILLVSTR. XXV.
B ok.
►Hen to the Fields we walke to 1 ioke upon Someskilfull Mark.man ; fo much heede we not How many Arrows fiom his Bowe are gone, As weoblerve how nigh the Marke he /hot : And, juftly we deride that Man who fpends His Time and Shafts, but never ayaie doth take To hit the J^//e ; or foOlifhly pretends, The number of the Shots, doth Archers make. So, God, who marketh our Endeavours, here, Doth not by tale, account of them reccivt ; But, hecdeth rather how well meant they were, And, at his Wilt how i ightly ay m'd we have.
It is not mumbling over thrice a day A Set or Ave Maries, or of Creed*, Or many hourcs formally to fray • Wnen from a dull Devotion it procecdes : Nor is it, up and downe the Land to feelce To finde thofe well breath'd Lecturers, that can Preach thrice a Sabbath, and fixe times a wecke, Yet be as freih, as when they firft bee-inn;- : Nor, is it, fuch Ike things performed by Number Which God refpe&s : Nor doth his Wifdome crave Thofe many Vanities, wherewith fomc cumber Their Bodies, as if chofe their Soulcs could five. For, not Much.doing,hvx Well- iouig, that Which God commands, the Doer, juftifies. To pray wirhout Devotion, is to Prate i And, Hearing is but half c our Ex Wc ought nor, therefore, to regard,aIone, How often, but how We//, the Wo> ke be done.
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With Patience, I the Storme fujiaine t For, Sun-fliine ftill doth follow Rainc.
Illvstr. XXVI.
5;;*.' 2.
[He little SqutrreH, hath no other Food Then that which Natures thrifty hand provides 5 And, in purveying up and downe the Wood3 She many cold wet Stormes, for that, abides . She lyes not heartlefle in her Moffie Dray, Nor feareth to adventure through the Ratne ; But skippeth out, and beares it as (he may, Vntill the Scafon waxeth calme againe.
Right thus, have I and others, often far'd ; For, when we firft into the World were brought, We found but little, for our Vfe prepar'd, Save that, which by Hard-Labour, muft be fought. In many Stormes, unheeded, we are faine To foeke out needfull things ; and, fmilingly To jeft, at what fome others would complaine : That, none might laugh at our Ncctfiitj. Yea, fome have Iiv'd on Hmkts, whil'ft others fed On that which was their Labours due Reward ; And, were purfu'd (till theyalmoft were dead) Without the Worlds Compaflion or Regard. Yet, by Enduring, they out-liv'd the Blaft Of ' Adverfe-Fertum j and, with good fucceflr, (Expecting calmer Seafons)at the kift, Arrived at the Portof Hafpinetfe,
Their Stijfrtng.mtuh, hath made their Suffrings nose 5 And brought forth fioptf, by which, perceive they may, That Nights have but their Turnes j and (they once gone) Their Darkencflc, makes much wcIcomer,the Day.
All Griefe (hall have an ending, I am fure ;
And, therefore, I with Paticue, will Endure.
Where Hellen is, there, will be Warre • For, Death andLuft, Companions are.*.
ILLVSTR. XXVII.
Book.
[Heir foolifli Guife, I never coold affecY, Who dare, for any caufe, the Steves frequent: And, thither, where 1 juftly might fufpeft A Strumpet liv'd, as yet, I never went. For, when (as /W« pretend) they goe to feeke Experience, where more Ji7then Good, they fee j They venture for their Knowledge, Adam-Vkc^ And, fuch as his, will their Achievements bee.
Let, therefore, thofe that would loofc Trulls deteft, Convcrfe with none, but thofe that model* are i For, they that can of Whoredome make a left, Will entertaine it, ere they be aware. C baft. Company ,and Chaft-Difcoarfe, doth make The Minde morepleafed with ir,ev'ry day ; And, Frequent views of Wantonneffe, will take The Senfe and Hatred, of the Vice away.
Some, I have k»owne, by Harlots Wiles undone, Who,but/o/?* their Fafhions, firfl: pretended; And, they that went for Company , alone, By fuddaineQuarrells, there, their Daycs have ended. For, in the Lodgings of a Lufifuti-JVoman, Immodeft Impudence hath ftill hrr Being h There, Furit, Fraud, and Cruelties are common: Andj there, is Want, and Shame, and Difagreeing. Ev'n Beauty, of it felfe, ftirres loofe Defircs, Occafioning both Iealoufics, nridFeares • It kindleth in the Breft, concealed Fires9 Which burne the Heart, before the Flame appearcs :
And, cv'ry day, experienced arc wee ;
That, there, where Htlien is, Trcycs Fate will bee.
E 2 ' A*
No liWardGtitk, nor outward Smart* Qm oter»me a Patient-Heart.
ILLVSTR. XXVIII.
Book, i
* Omc Trees, v.'icn McnopprefTe their Aged Heads, (With vvaighty Stones) they fru&ifie the more j And, when upon fame Herbs, the Gardner treads, They thrive and prof per, better then before j So, when the Kings of&gyft did opprefle The Sonncs of laab, through their Tyrannies * Their Numbers, every day, did more encreafe, Till they grew greater then their Enemies. So, when the lews and Gentiles, joyn'd their Powrc The Ur </,and his Amuyitedjo withftand ; (With raging F«r/>,lab'iing to devoure And roote the(7*$<r/,outof cv'ry Land) The more they rag'd, confpired, and envy'd, The more they flander'd,fcorn'd,and raurthered ; The more, the Faithfull, (till, were multiply'd: And, ftill, the further, their Profepw fpred. Yea, fo it fpred, that quite it overthrew Evh Tyranny it felfe ; that, at the lafl-, The Patience fftke Saints, moft pow'ifuil grew, And Perfections force, to ground was caft.
The fclfe-fame Pow'r, true Patience, yet rctaines, And ("though a thoufand Suff rings wound the lame) She ftill hath Hope enough to eafe her paynes j That Hope, which keepethoff, all Fm« and Shame s For, 'tis not Hunger, Cold, nor Fire, nor Steele, Nor all the Scornes or Slanders, we can heare, Nor any Torment, which out Fleflt can feele, That conquers us ; but, our owne Tray t'rous Feare. Where, Hontfi Mindes^and Patient Hearts, are Mates -7 They grow victorious, in their Hardcjl-Fates.
By many Strokes, that Workeis done, Which cannot be performed a One.
I LLVSTR
Book. I,
>Efpaire not M in, in what thou oughtft to doe, Although thou faile when one Attempt is made 5 But,addea Netv.Endeavour thereunto,
And, then another, and another, adde :
Yea, till thy Pow'r and Life (hall quite befpent,
Pcrfift in feeking what thou fhouldft defire ;
For, he that falleth from a good Intent,
Defervesnot that,to which he didafpire.
11 ich Trafures, are by Nature, placed deepe ;
And, ere we gaine them, we mud pierce the Rocket .•
Such Per Ms, alfo, them, as Guardians keepc,
That, none can winne them without wounds and knockes.
Moreover, Glories, Thrones are fo fublime,
Thar, whofoevcr thinkes their Top to gaine,
Till many thoufand weary ftcps he clime,
Doth foole him(clfe,by Mufings which are vaine. And, yet, there is a Pathway, which doth leade
Above the higheft things that Man can fee ;
And 'though it be not knowne to all who tread
1 he Common-Tracl) it may afcended be.
As, therefore, none fliould greater things prcfume
Then well becomes their Ihcngth •, So, none fhould fearc
fThrough Folly, Sloth, or BafineJJe) to alTumc
Thofe things upon them, which befeeming are.
In Taw, and by Degttt\ -.nay things be Wrought,
Tha. feem'd impofliblc to have beene done,
Wnen they were firft conceived in the thought ;
An< !. Inch a-, theft, \vc may adventure on. Mine Arm, I know, in time will fell an Oke ; But, 1 willnev'r attempt it, at a Stroke.
AffiBim
Afflictions Yuzconjumeth Sinne; But, \ crtue taketh Life therein.
Illvstr. XXX.
Book, i
[Hether the Salamander be a Beaft,
Or Precious-Stone, which overcomes the Flame, •It skills not ; Since, by either is expreft The Meaning which we purpofe by the fame : Both br joke the Fire unhurt • And (more then Co) The fiercer and the longer Heats there are, The livelyer in the fame the Bcafl will grow ; And, much the brighter, will the Stone appeare.
This Crowned- Salamander in the Fire, May, therefore, not unfitly, fignifie Th^fe, who in Fiery Cbamots, doeafpire Elijah-like, to Immortality : Or, thofe Heroicke-fpirits, who unharro'd Have through the Fires of Troubles, and Affliction, (With Venue, and with Innocencie arm'd) Walkt onward, in the Pathway, of Ptrfeciion.
The Fiery. Tryall, which like Woorfand Hay, Confumts the Workesof ev'ry Wicked-one - (And maketh all their Hopes to fume away) Doth purific what F aithfull-men have done. Thy triumph in the Flames, and (hall obtainc The glorious Crowne of EndleJp.Happinejfe, When ?>]\ that fnovv of Blifje appcareth vaine, Which Worldly men haveieemed to pofllfle. For, though fome Sinnes and Follies, gilded arc, And ftiinc like purcft Gold, and Prelum -Stows . This 77/?, will finde of wh.it A If ay they were, Andj make '■hem knowne but Counterfeited Ones .-
For, in this Fern.ice,all fuch Vermes expire ;
And, none bu; Kcrtue liveth in this Fire.
Hee, oyer all the Starres doth r*igne7 That unto Wil dome can attains.
f v
ILLVSTR. XXXI.
Book. i,
Am not of their Mtnde, who thinkc the Sun, The Miont , the Planets, and thoft- glorious Lights Which trim the Spheres, doe in their Motions run
To no more purpofe, then to pleafe our Sights.
Norfordiftinguifhment of Wights, and Dayts,
Or of the Seajons , and the Times, alone,
Can I foppofe the Hand of (Wdifplayes
Thofe mzny Starres, we nightly gaze upon :
For, both by Reafon, and by Common-fenfe
We know (and often feeie) that from above
The Planets have, on us ,an Influence ;
And, that our Bodies vari<% as they move. Moreover, Holy WW* inferres, that thefc
Have fomc fuch pow'r ; ev'n in thofe Places, where
It names Orion, and the Pleiades -}
Which, Starres of much inferiour Nature are. Yet, hence conclude not, therefore, that the Mindt
Is by the Starres conftraincd to obey
Their Influence j or,fo by them inclin'd,
Thar, by no meanes refift the fame we may.
For, though they forme the Bodies temp'rature,
( • nd though the Mindt inclmeth after that)
Bv Grace, another Temper we procure,
Which guides. the Motttns ofSiippofid Fate,
The Soule of Man is nobler then the Spheres ;
An I, if i gaine the- Place which may be had,
Not here alone on Earth, the Rule it b:arcs,
Bur, is the Lord,oi all that Goliath rr)a
Be wife in him • an-1, if juft cuifc there bee, The Sunne and Mo me, mall ftand and wayt on
//lYm es
iA Princes moft ennobling Parts, Jre Skill in Armes,<*»i Lanpcto Arts.
Illvstr. XXXII.
Book, r
[Ight blcftare they on whom G#ihath beftowne A King, whofc Fortius have approved him To be an Ornament unto his Throne, And as a Luftre to his Diadem. Hec feekes not onely how to ke epe in awe His People, by thofc meanes that rightf ull are • But, doth unto himfelfe, become a. Law, And, by Example, PiousWayes declare. He, loveth Peace, and afier it purfucs • Yet, if of Wane a juft occafion come^ Doth nor BeBona's Challenges refufe, Nor feare, to beat Defyance on his Drum- He is as ready, alfo,to advance The Lib'rall Arts,znd from his Lands to drive All falfe Religion, Scbifme, and Ignorance, As other publike profits to contrive. And, fuch a Prince is not a Ca frail-thing, The Glories of a Throne, by Chance, pofTefling; Nor meerely from his Parents, dothhe fpring, Bur, he is rather Cods immediate Blefing.
If thou defireft fuch a Prince to be, Or, to acquire that Worth which may allure Such Princes to vouchfafe fomc Grace ro thee -3 . Their Kingly Vertues^ labour t» procure. In Military Practices delight, Not for a wicked, or vaine-glorious end • Bur, to maintaine the Caufe that is upright, Or thy diftreffed Countrey to defend.
And, ftrivethat thou, as excellent mayft bee
In Knowledge, as, thou art in thy Degree.
True
True-Lovers Lives, in one Heart lye, Bothhi\ey or both together Dye.
Illvstr. XXXII
|Ee that (hall fay he Loves, and was againe Sowell-beIov'd,that neither Hee nor Shee Sufpc &s each other, neither needs to gaine New proofes,that they in all Defir.es agree ; And, yet, fliall coole againe in their Ajfetlien, (And leave to Love) or live till they aie Lovers The fecond-time ; It fomegrofTe Imperfection In One (if not in Both) of them difcovers.
It was not Love which did between them grow; But, rather/omewhat like unto the fame ; Which (having made a faire deceiving Show) Obuin'd, a while, that honorable Name. * For, Falfe-Affetttom will together play So lovingly • and, oft, fo a<fr tlv>fc Parts t Which reall fecme ; that, for a time, they may App.are the Children of Vnfagntd Hearts : Yea, Many-times, rrtic Turtles ai e decciv'd By counterfeited Paftons^uW their Love Of her true ohjecl findc^ her felfe bereav'd 5 And, after it, is forced ro remove: But, where True Love be gettei h, and enjoyes The proper objett, which fhee doth defire, Not Time, nor Injury the f tmc deft royes ; But, it continues a Pcrpcttu/1 Fire.
Like am'rous Thishe to her Pyramus, On all occafions^ it continues true: Nor Night, nor Danger, makes it timorous ; But, through all Pcrills, it will him pr.rfuc. Thus, both in Lr(etin Death, inallcftajtes, Tiuc- Lovers will be itwc-Jlfociaics.
I When
3+
When Two agree in their Deflre, One Sparke mUfet them both o»Fire.
ILLVSTR. XXXIV.
Book.
|He Wefierne- Indians , when they want a Fire ' To warme their naked limbs, or drefle their Food, At ev'ry need, accomplifh their Defire, By often rubbing of two Sticks of Wood.
From whence,the(e Observations we may take ; Firft,that in them whole Natures gentleft are, Along Contention fuch a Change may make, As did, before, fcarce poflible appeare.
Next, that when Two in opposition bee, Whofe power and ftrength and Malice is the fame. Their ftrugling Hearts but feldome doe agree, Till they beget, a Selfe devouring- Flame.
And, thirdly, it informes, that thofe chaft Fires Which on Loves Altars kcepe a Lafting-Heat ; Are thofc, which in two Hearts, two Lihe-Defircs Vpon each other, mutually beget. Hence, therefore, Icarncthou,1firft, not to contcmne Their Mildncfft, who to anger arc not prone ; Left, many wrongs doc irirxe up Fires in them, And worke thee Mifchiefe, when diou look'ft for none,
Be wary, next, though thou thy felfe he ftrong, Hew with a pow'rfuil Foe thou doft contend -3 For, they that wraftle in Contention, Ion?, Will, fure, befl;rcw their Madncffe, in the end.
And if to warme thec by Loves Fires thou fcckc3 Thy Tare in J cares, and Manners, pray to finde ; Let both your Aytnes, and Longings, be alike • Be one in Faith, and Will • and, one in Minde t So, you (hall i cape the fruits of your Dcfiie, And warme each other with a kindly Fire.
Hee
He that delights to Plane and Set, Makes After-Ages in bis Debt.
ILLVSTR. XXXV
(Hen I behold the Havockc and the Spoyle, ' Which (ev'a within the compare of my Dayes) Is made through every quarter of this lie, In Woods and Groves (which were this Kingdomes praife) And, when I minde with how much greedinefie, We feeke the prefent Gaine, in every thing • Not caring (fo our Lufi we may poifefTe) What Dammageto Pofierity we bring: They doe, me-thinkes, as if they did forefee, That, fome ofthofe, whom they have caufcto hate, Should come in Future-times, their Hf ires to be: Or clfe, why mould they fuch things perpetrate i For, if they thinke theit Children (hall fuccccd; Or, can believe, that they begot their Heires ; They could not, furely, doefo foule a Deed, As to deface the Land, that mould be theirs. What our Forefathers planted, we deftroy : Nay, all Mens labours, living heretofore, And all ourownc, we lavifhly imploy Tofcrve our prefent Luffs ; and, for no more.
But, let thefe carclefle Wafers learnc to know. That, as "ame- Spoyle is open Injury ; So, Planting is a £>«£/, they truely owe, And ought to pay to theh Po(ferity. Selfe love, for none, bur for it felfc, doth care j And, oncly, for the prefent, takcth paine : ?>\x\., Chanty for others doth prepare-, And, joyes in that, which Fv.ture-7.7n: .lull ^aine.
If, After- Agts may my Labours blcfTc ;
I care not, w^, how Lulel pofleiTe.
F 2 To
To Have, andnot to Vfc the fame ; Is not our Glory, but our Shame.
ILLVSTR. XXXVI.
Book, i ,
■ He Eftridgt (though with many Featherstt\mmdy And deckt with goodly Plumes of no mcanc fizc) Is fo unwieldy, and fo largely limb'd, Thar, up into the Aire he cannot rife. And, though in Wings and Feathers, he appcares A goodly Fowle, and beares his Head fo high, As if he could oretop the lower Spheres j And, farre above the towring Eagles flie ; So ufelt-flc are thofe Feathers, and thofe Wing sy To game him Name among their aiery Race 5 Thar, he muft walke with iuch Infeiiour things, As in this Common- Region, have their place.
Such Fowles as thefe, arc that Gayplumed-Crew, Which (to high place and Fortunes b ing borne) Are men of goodly worth, in ourward view ; And, in themfelve<,,dcferve nought els but fcorne. For, though their Trappings, thei, bigh.lifttd Eyest Their Lefty Words, and their M uch- feared Pw'rs, Doe make rhem feeme Heroic ke, Stout , and Wife, Their Hearts are oftas jW, and feint as ours. Such Animals as thefe, are alfo thofe That Wife, and Grave, and Learned Men doe feeme In Title, Habit, and all Formalizes ; Yet, have nor Wit, nor Knowledge, worth eftceme.
And,laftly, fuch are they . that, having got Wealth Know I dge, and thofe other Gifts, which may Advance the Publilee-Good, yet, life them not ; But Ftcde, and Sleepe,am' laze their time May.
He, may be bur a Go<fe, which weares the ^
But, him we praife, that ufcth it with Skill.
Hee
Hctbatbis Courfe direttly Steeres,
Nor Scormes, nor Windy- CenCur cs fear es.
37
ILLVSTR. xxxvir.
Book. I.
^^^Ec ro the Sea, this World may well compare - ^^® For, ev'ry Mart which livech in the lame, ^^s Is a< a Pilot, to fome Fejjell there, O i little fize, or elfe of larger frame.
Some, have the Boats of their owne Lift to guide, Some, of whole Families doe row the Barge , Some, govci ne petty Tewnefiips too, befidc, ( To thofe compar'd, which of fmall Barkes have charge) Some others, rule great Provinces ; and, they Refemble Cap lames of huge Argofes : But, whe n of Kiagdowes, any gayne the Sway, To Ceneralls of Fleets, we liken thefe.
Each hath his proper Cow ft to him aflign'd, His Card, his Compajfe, his due tackling* , too -3 And, if their Bu'.ncffe, as they ought, they mind, They may jccomplifli all they have to doe. But, moff Men leave the Care of their owne Courfe, To judge or follow others, in their wayes ; And, when their Follies make their Fortunes wotfe, They curfc the Defiiny, which they fnould prayfe. For, Waves, and Windes, and that oft-changing Weatbtr Which many blame, as caufeof all their Loffcs, (Though they obfervc it not) hclpes bring together' Thofe Hopes, which their own. Wifcdome, often croflTcs. Regard not, therefore much, what thofe things be, Which comc,wirhourthy fault, to thwart thy Way j Nor, how, Rafl). Lookers- on will cenfure thec • But, faithfully, to doeihy part,affay: For, if thou i hair not from this Connfcllvary, Let my Hopes f.iilc me, if thy Hopes mifcarry. Ajnddin
3*
AJudden Death, yeitb Shame, is due Tohim,tbat,(yreares What is untrue.
ILLVSTR. XXXVITI.
Book, v
Hen th' Ancients made a folemne League or Fow3 Their Cuftome was to ratifie it, thus ,- Before their idoll Gody they flew a Sow, And fayd aloud ; So be it unto tu. Implying, that, if orherwife they did Then had been vow'd j or, if within their Brcft A Fraudulent- Intention had beene hid, They merited fuch Vfa^e, as that Beaji. For, by the Swine that they had flaughtred fo, (Which^ during Life, was he'pe full unto none) Of Life deprived by a fudden blow, And, then,caft out, that none might feed thereon ; They, myftically did inferre • that, he Who falfify'd that Oath which he had fworne, Deferv'd, by Sudden-Death y cut off to be j And, as a Beaft uncleane, to lyeforlorne.
That Heatheniih Hieroglyphic ke, doth implye This Cbrifiian DocJrine ; that , we fhould in Voms, In Leagues, and Oatbcs, aflume no Liberty, But, what fincereft Honejlj allowes.
Ry Swiite,thc b lbbling Stpbijlcrs are meant, In Hieroglyphic all Signification ; Which wee doe Sacrifice, when our intent Is free from Falftbood^ and Equivocation. And, this, let ev'ry Man endeavour for, Who loves theBleffings, for juft men prepar'd - Or, if the Sinne he doe not much abhorre, At I raft, the Danger ler him wtll regard:
For, to purfuc him, Vengeance never leaves,
That falfely Swearcs, or willingly Deceives.
Where
Where ftrong Defires are entertain dy
The Heart 'typixt Hope, and Feare, z> pain 'd.
39 I
lLLVSTR. XXXIX.
Book. I.
Troubled Minde, ore-charged with Defires, ** Betweene great Hopes, and no IcflTe Fures opprefr, And payned inwardly with fecret Firest Was thus, by fome, in former times expreft. A Smoking Hem, they placed juft betwixt A Fafined Anchor, and a Bended Bow -y To which a Barbed- Arrow fecmed fixr, And, ready from xheStrayned-String to goc. The Smoke doth Sighcs, the Anchor doth declare That Hope, wh ch keepes us from Dcfpairing quite 5 The bowe and Arrow, fionific that Feare, Wfvch doth, perpetually, the Soule affright.
And, by this Emblem, it appcares to me Tharthcy which are with ftrong Defires oppreft, ("Though good or bad the Ohj*. d of them be) In f. eking i'leafures, findc no (mall unrcft: For, they are not by Feares, alone, difturbed, Rut, as the Wtfeman faithyev'n Hepe-Delayd Torments the Heart 5 and, when Dcfirc is curbed, The Soule becommcth fad, and ill-apayd.
A Croundleffe-Hope, makes en-ranee for Defpaire^ And with Deceiving fliowes the Heart betrayes : A CaujelcJJe- Feare, doth Reafor.s force impairc, And, terrific s the Soule, in doubtfull wayes. Yet, quite negled them not • For, ffnpc repel Is TintCricfe fomctimes, which would our Hearts opprciTe. And, Feare is otherwhilethe UcnumH Which vouzcth us from dang'rous Cartlesmjfe.
Thus, Both arc good : bur, Both arc Plagues to fuch,
Who either Fondly feare, \,x Hope too m
Tfofe
4-°
ThofeV oolts "»hm Beauties Flame aoth bli nict Feek Death, fvbereLiic they thngbttojinde.
Hen ycu doc next behold the wanton Fljts About the mining Candlt, c< me ro play, Vntill the Light \ hereof hath dimm'd their Eyes, Or, till the F/*w«hath fing'd their Wings away : Remember, then, this Emblem ; and, beware You be not playing at fuch harmefull Games : Confider, if there fit no Female, there, That overwarmes you, with her Beauties Flame:, Take heed, you dop not ovei dally fo As to inflame the Tinder of Defire*, But, fliun the Mifchiefe, e're too late it grow, Left you be fcorched in that Fooli/h-Fire.
For, as thofe Wandrin%.Fite$ which in the Night, Doe leade unwary Traueltcrs aftray, Alluring them, by their deceiving Sigrty Till rhey have altogether loft their way ; Right fb fannfticke Beaaty dorh amaze The Luft full Eye, allures the Heart afide, Cap-ivcs the Senfes (by a fudden blazO And, leaves the ludgement wholly ftupify'd. Nay, if Men play too long about thofe Tmeit^ Such is the Nature of their wanton Flame, Thar, from their B idies (unawares) it fcorches Thofe Wings and Feet, on which they thither came. Ic wafteth (cv'n to nothing) all their Wealth, Confumes their precious Time, deftroyes their Strength Befpots their HoneJlFiime, impaires their Hea ib, And (when their Fatall Thread is at the length) That thing, on which their Hope of Life is plac'r. Shall bring them to Deflrucim^ at the lafi.
Let
Letbim, that at Govs Altar ftandsi In Jnnocenci'e, wajh his Hands.
41
Illvstr. XLI.
Book. i.
IMS-Hen (Redder) thou haft firft of all furva'yd
l^ffiM That Reverend Priejl, which here ingraven ftands,
^^ In all his Holly Vestments array'd,
Endeavouring for Purifyed- Hands •
Collect from hence, that, when thou doP^ appeare
To offer Sacrifice ofPrajfe or Prayer,
Thou oughrft the Robes of Righhoufr'.fjc, to weare,,
And, by Repentance, thy defects repairc.
For, thou, thar, with polluted Hands prefum'ft
Before Gods Altar to prcfent thy Face •
Or, in the Rags of thine owne Merits com'ft,
Shalt reape DifJ/leaftirc, where thou look'ft for Grace. Then, ifthou be of thofe that would afpire
A Priejl, or Prelate, in Gods Church to be ;
Befure,thou-firft thofe Ornaments acquire,
Which, may be Turing to that High-Degree.
Intrude not, as perhaps too many doe,
With Gifts unfit, or by an Evill mtane:
Dcfire it with a right Intention too 5
And,feeketokeepc thy Conversation clcane.
Tor, they that havcafTum'd this Holy -Calling,
Wirh Hands impure, and Hearts unfanrtify'd.
Defame the Truth • give others caufe of Falling,
And, fcandaKze their Brethren, too, befide :
Yea, to themfclvcs, their very Sacrifice
Becomes unhallow'd ; and, their Thanhs and Prayers,
The GodofPuriiy, doth fo defpife,
That, all their Hopes, he turneth to Deff aires i And, all their b ft Endeavours, countermands, Till they appcavc with unpolluted Hands.
G ^"
No Heart can tbinke>toTt>batflrange cudst TfoTong ues unruefy Motion tends.
Illvstr. XLII.
Book, i.
[Ell-worthy of our better Heeding were, That Btly Vcn-mAtu Leflbn, who hath fayd, We mould be Jim u Spetke, andfvifi tt Hetre .
If, well, the nature of theTengue we waigh'd.
For, if we let it loofe, it gctteth Wings,
And, flies with wanton CarelefnefTe, about;
It prateth in all places, of All things ;
Tells Truth and £^«,and babblcth Secrets out.
To fpeake, of things unknowne, it taketh leave,
As if it had all Knowledge in PoiTeffion 5
And, Myfteries (which no Man can conceive)
Are thought fit Objects for the Tongues ExprefSon.
With Truth it mixeth Errers • fayes, unfayes ;
And, is the Preacher of all Herefies.
That Heart, which gives it motion, it betrays ;
And, utters Curfes, Oathes,and Blafphemies.
It fprcads all Slanders, which bafe Envie raifeth -,
It moveth Anger, and begetteth Hates :
It blameth Vertue j filthy Deeds it praifeth 5
And, caufeth Vproares, Murthers,and Debates.
Yea, tis the cbiefeft Fsffor for the Devill ;
And, yet, with fpeeches fcignedly-fincere,
It otherwhile reproveth what is Evill,
And, will in Lowly-words, a Saist appeare.
Now this is knowne j we, next of all, mould learne,
How wc may munne the Mifchiefc being knowne ;
How, we bad Tongues, in Others, may difcerne ;
And, how to guide and moderate our Owue. And, reafon good ; for, none can apprehend, What Mifchiefc doth an Evill Tongue attend.
The.
The }Ainde/houIdbaye a fixed Eye On Objettsjbat areplac don High.
43
ILLVSTR. XLIII.
Book. i.
>a\M Heart> which bore the figure of an Eye *» Wide open to the Sume^ by fome,was us'd, When in an Emblem,they would fignifie A Minde, which on Celeftiall Matters mus'd : Implying, by the fame, that there is nought Which in this lower Orbt, our Eyes can fee, Soiit an Objedt for a manly thought, Asthofethings, which in Hcav'n above us be.
God, gave Mankinde (above all other Ci caturcs) A lovely forme, and upward-looking Eye, (Among the red of his peculiar Features) Thar he might lift his Countenance on high : And (having view'd the Beauty, which appcarcs Within the outward Sights circumference) * That he might elevate above the Spha?t es, The piercing Eye,of his Intelligence, Then, higher, and fill higher (hive to raifc His Contemplations Eyes, till they afcend To gaine aglimpfe of thofe eternall Rayes, To which all undepraved Spiritstend. For, 'tis the proper nature of the Minde ( Till flefhly Thoughts corrupt if) to defpifc Thofe Luis whereto rhe Body ftands inclin'd •, And labo.ir alwayc s, upward to arife. Some, therefore, thought thofe Gob/ins which appearc To haunt old Graves and Tombes, are Soules of fuch, Who tothefe loathfomc places doomed were, Bccaufe, they doted on the Pbfh too much.
But, (lire we are, well-minded Men fliall goe
To live above, when others bide below.
C % Thofe
Thofe Fields, which yet appear e not fo, When Harvcft comes-, will yellow grow*
ILLVSTR. XLIV.
Book, i -
[Hen, in the fweet and plcafant Month of May, We fee both Leaves and Bloflbmes on the Tree, And view the Meadows in their bell array, We hopefull are a Ioy full-Spring to fee ,. Yet, oft, before the following Uigbtht pafr, Itchanceth, thztzfafor, or a Frofl, Doth all thofe forward bloomings wholly wafte ; And, then, their SweetneJJe and their Beauties loft.
Such, is the ftate of ev'ry rnortall Wight : In Totitb, our Glories, and our Lufts we fhew j We fill our felves with ev'ry vaine Delight, And, will moft thinke on that which may infue. But, let us learne to heed, as well as know, That, Spring doth pafle ; that, Summer fleales away 5 And, that the Flotv'r which makes the faireft fhow, E're many Weckcs, mutt wither and decay.
And, from this Emblem, let each Lab'rntg.Smine (In whatfoever courfc oflife it be) Take heart, and hope, amidft his daily painc, That, of his Travailes, he good fruits mall fee. ThePlow'd and Harrow'd Field, which, tothineeye, Seemes like to be the Grave, in which the Seeds Shall (without hope of rifing) buryed lye, Becomes the fruit full Wombt, where Plenty breeds. There7 will be Corns, where nought but Mire appearcs j The Durty Seed,\vi\\ forme a grceniHi blade ; The Blade,xvi\\ rife to Stemmes with fruitful! Fares ; Thofe Eares, will ripen, and he yellow made:
So, if in honcit Hopes, thou perfevere,
A Ioy full Harvefi will at laft appease.
As
tAsfoone^as wee to bee, begunne ; We did beginner to be Vndone.
ILLVSTR. XLV.
Book.
[Hen fome, in former Ages, had a meaning An Emblem, of Mortality, to make, They form'd an Infant, on a Deaths-bead leaning, And, round about, encircled with a Snake. The Cbilde fo pi&ur'd, was to fignifje, That, from our very Birth, our Dying fprings i The Snake, her Taile devouring^ doth implie The Revolution, of all Earthly things. For, whatfoever hath beginning, here, Beginnes, immediately, to vary from The fame it was ; and, doth at laft appeare What very few did thinke it fnould become.
The folid Stone, doth molder into Earth, That Earth, e're long, to Water, rarifies -3 That Water, gives an Airy Valour birth, And, thence, a Fiery-Comet doth arife : Thac, moves, untill it felfc it fo impaire, That from a burning- Meteor, backc againc, It finkcth downe, and thickens into Aire ; That Aire, becomes a Cloud-, then, Drops of Rainti Thofe Drops, defcending on a Rocky Ground, There, fettle into Earth, which more and more, Doth harden, ft ill ; fo, running out the round, It growes to be the Stone it was before.
Thus, All things whcelc about ; and, each Beginnings Made entrance to it ownc Deduction, hath. The Lift of Nature, cntreth in with Sinning ■, And, is for ever, way ted on by Death :
The Life of Gr.uc, is form'd by De*th to Sinne •
And, there, doth Lifc-eternall, ftraight beginne.
Though
¥
Though very fmall, at fit -ft, it be, A Sprout, at length, becomes aTree.
ILLVSTR. XLVI
WoKi,
£Ee finde it common (but not comely thou) Thar, when a good Endeavour is begor, Vnlefle,at very firft, it ecpall grow With our Expectance, we regard it not. Nor Wit, nor Patience, have we to conceive, That ev'ry thins, which may by Man be wrought? Proportionable 7*B»f,and Meaner, muft have ; Before it can be to Perfection, brought. Yet, ev'ry day, in things of ev'ry kinde, Experience hath informed us, herein j And, that, in many things, a change we finde, Which, at the firft, would fcarce believ'd have bin.
For, though a Gopng will not prove a Swan, Vnruelj-Colts become well-trajncd Steed's i A SiHy Chtlde growes up a Mighty -Mm, And, Lofty-Trees doe Spring from Little Seeds.
Lrame, therefore hence, that, nothing you defpife, Becaufe it may, at firft, imperfect feeme : And, know, how alithings (in fome forrj to prife, Although, you give them not the beft efteeme.
From hence, moreoverjearnejnot to defpaire, When you have juft occafion, to purfue A toylefome worke, or any great affaire : Since, alt- things, at the firft, from nothing, grew. And, I rry Rife will, alfo, learnc,fiom hence, (Of all my Paines, though little fruits I fee) Nor to repine, nor to receive OnVnce ; But, rather joy in what befallerh mee.
For, though my tfo/wappearc but meanefy growne,
They will be Great, when fomc flbalj thinke them none.
When
When "&•<? abcrpe the CrofTe can r fa ^i Crowne,/or tu, prepared ties.
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ILLVSTR. XLVII.
Beck. I.
Serpent rais'd above the Letter Tau, Afpiring to a Cromne, is figur'd here: From vihtnc^aChrlftian-Meratlvit may draw, Which worth our good- regarding will appeare. For, by thofe Characters, id briefe, I fee Which Way, we muft to Happincfie afcend 5 Then, by what Meanes, that Path muft clymed bee • And, what Reward, fhall thereupon attend.
The Crop, doth (hew, that Sufring is the Way-y The Serpent, feemes to teach me, that, if I Will overcome, I muft not then, affay To force it ; but, my felfe thereto apply e . For, by embracing what we fhall not fhunne, We winde about the Crcjfe, till wee arife Above the fame ; and, then, what Prize is wonne, The Crotvnc, which overtops it, fignifks.
Let me, O God, obtaincfrom thee the Grace, To be partaker of thy Bleffed Papon ; Let me, with Willingneflc, thy CroJJe imbrace, And, fharethe Comforts of thy Exaltation, To bearc that Part, whereto I doomed am, My Heart, with Strength , and Courage, Lord, infpire : T hen, Crucifie my Flejh upon the fame, As much as my Corruption fhall require. And, when by thy Afliftance, I am reat'd Above that "Burthen, which lyes yet upon me 5 And, over all, which (juftly may be fear'd) Shall, during Life-time, be inflicted on me j
Among thofc B/effed Souks, let rue be found,
Which, with eternal! Glory, fhall be Cmvn'd.
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In Dotth, no Difference is made* Ber^ee^e-thfSct^tct^andthe Spade.
ILLVSTR. XLVIII.
Ink. i
Et no man be fo fotcifh as to drearae, Though all Men in their Death made equall arc, That, therfore, they may gather by this Jhtame, That, Parity, [a Life-time, fitting were. For, as the Bodies Members (which in Death Have all the like efteeme) had their Degrees, And Honours, differing in time of breath $ The fame (in States) Difcretion comely fees.
Nor, mould we hence inferre, that it were juft To difefleeme the breathleffe Careajfes Of Kings and Princes, when they fleepe in Daft ; For, Civill-Rcverence is due to thefe. Nor, ought we, in their Life-time, to apply The Truth, which by this Emblem is declar'd, The Dignities of Men to vilifie ; Or, bring upon their Perfons lefle regard.
That, which from hence, I rather wifh to preach, Is this ; that ev'ry Man of each degree, Would marke it fo, that he, himfelfe might teach What thoughts and deeds, to him rnoft proper be. Jf he be great • let him remember, then, That (fince, nor Wealth, nor Title, can procure him Exemption f« om the Doomcs of other Men) He ought to feeke, how J'crtue may fecure him. If he be Poorc • let him tlvs Comfort take, That, though, awhile, he be affli^ed here, Yet, Death .ray him as fully happy make, As he,that doth a Crowne -lmperiallwcsxc.
For, when his Fatall-blow, Death comes to (hike, He, makes the Beggar, and the King, alike.
What
What cannot be by Force attain' V» By Leifare, cM Degrees, is gain d.
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[Ome Foolifh Boyes (and fuch a Boy was I)
! When they at Schoolc have certain? houres to pafle,
V fo which the y are compell'd unwillingly)
Much time they fpend in ihaking of the Glajfe .•
Thus, what they pra&ife, to make-fhort their ftay,
Prolongs it more 5 for while they fceke to force
The Sands, to runne more fpeedily away,
They interrupt them -} and, they paiTe the worfe. R ight fo, in other things, with us it fares 5
( And , feeming wife, we a<5t a foolifli part)
For, oiherwhile, what Time alone prepares,
We feeke to make the fubjecl: of an Art.
Sometimes, by RaJhne(Je,wc endeavour what
We ought with Leifure, and Advice^ to doc :
Bur, if a good Sttccejfc doth follow, that,
Our Wit was nothing helpefull thereunto.
Sometime, againe, we profecuteua thing
By Violence •, when our defir'd effect,
No other mcanes fo well to paflecan bring,
As Love and Gentle>te(Je,v}hich we neglect.
But, let this Emblem teach us to regard ^
What Way of Working, to each Worke pcrtaines !
So, though fome Portion of our Hopes be band,
Wc mall not, altogether, lofe our paines.
Some things zxeftrong, and, othcrfome areweake-
With Labour, fome ; and, fome with Eafibe wrought
Although the Reed will bend, the Kexe will brcakc j
And, what mends one thing, makes another naught. Marke this ; And, when much Hafle will marrc thy Spied, That, then, thou take good Lttfarc , take thou Need. H
Of Litde-Gaines, let Care be had j
Ftr9 offmaU Ewes, great Mowes are made.
Illvstr. L.
Beok.i.\
^Mong the many Faylings of the lime, This Emblem givcth Caufe to mention one, Which, unto me, doth feeme the gteater Crime, Beciufe, to many, itappeareth none.
I finde, that petty things are fo negledh d (Well nigh of all) in Lofmgs and in Winnings, As if, what ere they thought to have effected, Subfifted without Members, or Beginnings. The Man, that lofeth every Month a Penny, May falve-up Twelve-months Loffes, with a Shilling. But, if of other Loffes he hath many, To fave a Pin, at leneth, he (hall be willing. For, he that fees his Wine-fill'd FeJfeU diopy (Although a Drop, in value,bebut fmall) Should, thence, Occafion take, the Leake to flop, Left many Droppings draine him drye of all. Moreover, th;-y, that will to Greatntfje rife, A Courfe, not much unlike to this, muft keepe : They ought not Small-Beginnings to difpifc • Nor, ftrive to runne, before they learne to crcepe. By many fingle Eares, together brought, The Hand is fill'd ; by Handfulls,vts way gaine A Sheaf e ; with many Sheaves a Barne is fraught : Thus, oft, by Little, we doe much obrainc.
Confidcr this ; And, though I wifli not thee To take, of Trifling-things, too great a care • Yet, know thus much (for truth) it befl will bee, If all things may be weighed as they arc :
By Jlender Lofles, gr w/-ones arc begunne ;
By many trifling Gaines, much Wealth is wonne. Finis Libriprimi.
THE FIRST
LOTTERIE.
fc^p|?Hou, doft overmuch refpccl H| |p. That, which will thy harme eflfecl 5 IK^I Lut, fome other things there bee, Which will more advantage thee: Search thy heart ; and, thou ihalr, there, Soone d.fcover, what they are : Yea, thine Emblem (hovves thee, too, What to frunne ; and, what to doe. Sec, Emblem I,
Itisalittlefear'd,thatyou Are to your owne Defignes, untrue 5 And, that, if you more conftant were, v You would be richer, then you are, (It may lr, alfo, wifer, too) Louke, therefore, what you are to doe i Then, follow it, and, you will fay, That, well advis'd,you were, to day. See, Emb. 1 1.
How rich or poore foe're thou be, Thou, art a Prince, in fome degree ; And, o're thy iclfe, thou fliouldft command, As doth a Monarch, in his Land. Within thy Heart, therefore, ingrave The Lawes, that Grace and Nature gave : F«n-, thus (to counfellthee) inclines That Emblem, which, thy Lot aflignes. See, Emb. 1 1 1.
4 Much Liberty, thou haft afliim'd ; And, heretofore, fo much prefum'd On Time, which, alway rideth poaft, That, tor awhile, fome Hopes arc croft. Bur, loc, to keepe thee from Dejpaire, And, thy Misfortune, to repaire, Mai kc, what to thee, by Lot, befell, And, pia<5Ufc,whaciscounfelPd, well. Scc,£«*. IV.
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Thou
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The tirft Lottene.
Thou feekeft Honour, to obtaine, By mcanes, which fruftrate all thy painc. Thy Predeceflbrs rich were made, By ufing of the Plough and Spade : Thou, honourable wouldft be thought, By taking Courfes, that are naught j But, if, right noble, thou wilt be, Lookc, what thine Emblem counfells thee. See,Emb. V.
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This Man, what ever he may feeme, Is worthy of a high efteeme : Though Fortune may, his perfon, grinde \ She, cannot harme him, in his Minde, Right bleft, this Company would be, If all of them, were fuch, as He. Reade that Imprefa, which he drew ; For, that, in part, the fame will mew.
Sec, Emb. VI.
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If fome, now prefent, this had got, They, would have blufhed, at their Lot 5 Since, very fir, the fame doth prove For one, that's either light of Love, Or, troubled with a fickle Mate : If you enjoy a better Fate, Yet, hearken, what your Lot doth fay 5 Left, you, hereafter, need it may,
Sce,Emk VII.
8 For ought, that, plainely, doth appeare, You may out-live the longeft, here -3 Yet, feeing, now, of all this crew, The Lot oi Death, you, onely, drew, Sec what, your Emblem hath injoyn'd ; And, ftill, that MoraIl,beare in minde : * So, Deaths defonn'd and ghaftly Shade Shall, Meanes of Life, to thee, be made. See, Emb. VIII.
Though you have Wit, and, know it well 5 That, rafli you are, your Friends can tell j Yea, Sleepe, and Safe, poflefle you fo, That, fome doe feare,you'l fottifh grow : But, lo, your hindrance, to prevent, This Lot, was, peradventure, fent ; For, in the Moralls, that, infuc, Aretf**^ifr,fit,forfuchas you.
Sce,Emb. IX.
You
The Fir ft Lotterie.
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You, have becne wronged, many waves, Yet, patient arc • and, that's your praife : Your Anions, alfo, feem'd upright ; Yet, fome there are, that,beare you fpite: Left, therefore, you difcourag'd grow, An Emblem, you have drawne, to {how What other Innocents have borne, And, howjthe worlds defpites,to fcorne. See., Emb. X.
M u
Do'ubtlefle, you are either wooing, O r, fome other Bus'neJJe, doing s Which, you (hall attempt, invaine, Or, much hazzard all your paine : j
Ycr, if good, your meanings are, Doc* not honeft meanes forbeare ; For, where things are, well, begunne, God, ofr, workcs, when Man hath done. See, Emb. XI.
Ec not angry, if I tell Thar, you love the World, too well ; For, this Lot, perhaps, you drew, That, fuch Faults, you might efchew. Marke, to what their Soules afpire, Who, true Blejfednejfe, dcfire: For, if you can doe, like thofe, Heav'n you gaine, when Earth you lofe. See, Emb. X 1 1.
You love the Rich . and, honour them j The necdy-pcrfon, you contemne : Yet, Wealthy nor want of Wealth, is thar, Which, wretched makes, or fortunate : From other Caufes, thofe things flow ; Which, fince, you either doe not know, Or, hecde not much, this Emblem came, Thar, you might learne to minde the fame. See3Emb. XIII. M 14.
Thy Chance is doubtfull ; and, as yet, I know not, what to fay of it ; But, this I know, a foe rhou art To what thine Emblem hath, in parr, Exprcflcd by a Mimickc Shaft • Or, thou, thy fclfc, ait fuch an Ape. Now, which of thefc, pcrraines to thee, Let them, that know thee, Iudgcs bee. See, Emb. X I V.
Thy
H-
Tbe birjl Lottery.
Thy Vermes he may wrong, that fayes Thou fpend'ft thy felfe, in wanton wayes ; Bu-, fome have thought, and !ayd of late, 1 hat, thofe thou lov'ft, conhime ihy ftate ; Yer,fpare nor Time, nor Subftance, tho, Where, them, thou oughteft to beftow 5 But; to thine Emblem turne, and, fee When Life, and Wealth, well ventur'dbee. Ste,£mb. X V.
16 Though Troubles, you may have (or had; Enough, to make Dme others mad ; Yet, be content : I >r, they, that are As weake, have had as much to beare 5 An Vhar, which Malice did contrive, To make them poore, hath made them thrive. That Emblem, which, by Lotyyou drew, Piognofticates, as much, for you.
See, Emb. X V E.
Though, you fuffer blame and painc, You, at laft, may Comfort gaine, (Sharing Honours, truely gotten, When, your Foes are dead, and rotren) For, of this, you have a pawne, In the Lot, that you have dra wne ; And, by that, it may appeare, What your paines, and wages, are.
Sie,£»*. XVII.
18 Take you ferious heed, I pray, Whither, you doe goc to day ; Whom you credite ; and, for whom You, ingaged, ma!l b- come ; And, unlefje you wifh for Sorrow, Be as provident, to mon ow : For, there are fome traps and Snares, Which, may take you unawares.
See,£«*. XVIII.
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Your Wit, fo much, you truft upon, That, weaker Meanes,hith yours out-gone ; Sometime, you runne, when there is need Of much more Warineffe, rhen Speed. Bur, you, to God ward, worfc have err'd ; And, yet, Amendment is defori'd. Sf e, therefore, what your Chance doth fay, And, take good Counjell, while you may. See, Emb. XIX.
Take
The Firfl Loiterie.
Take heed, you doe not quite forget, That you are daunting in a Net : More, then a few, your Courfe doe fee, Though, you, fuppofe, unfeene tobc. Your Fault, we will no nearer touch j Me-thinkes your Emblem blabs too much : But, if, you minde, what is amifle, You, fliall be nere the worfe, for this.
See,Emb. X X.
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Let fuch, as draw this Lot, have care, Vox Death, and Sorrow, to prepare AluimeSjtocome, left one ofthefe, Their perfons, unexpected, feizc : lor, them, or fome of theirs,to flay, Pule Death, diawes neerer, ev'ry day. Yer, ler them not, diftieartned, bee: For, in their Emblem, they fhall fce^ Dcirb, may (though, in appearance, grim) Become, a Mefitng,\mto them.
See, Emb. XX I.
With Mary, thou art one of thofe, By whom, the better part, is chofe } And, though, thou tempted art, aftray, Continu'ft in a lawful 1 way. Give G^the praife, with heart unfaign'd, That, he, fuch Grace to thee, hath dain d j And, view thy Lot, where thou malt fce^ What Hag, hath layd a Trap, for thee.
See, Emb. XXII.
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Although, that, thou demure appeare, For Pleajure, there is no man here Will venture more : And, fome there arc, Who thinke you venture over farre : Hereof, confider well, therefore, Pre, fo, you venture, any more 5 And, in your Lotted Emblem, fee, For what, your Sujfrings ought to bee.
See, Emb. XX II I.
If ought, thou purpofe, to aflay, Purfue the fame, without delay ; And, if thou meane to gather fruit, Be conftantin thy Hopes purfuit : For, by thine Emblem, thou mayft finde, Thy Starres, to thee, arc wcll-inclin d j Provided, thy Attempts be good : For, that, is ever undcrftood.
Sec, Emb. XXIV.
Take
^_ :
The Birfi Lottene.
2J
Take heed, thou love not their deccip*, Who Number give, in fteed of Weight • Nor, let their Fanfies, thee abufe, Who, fuch-like foolifhC*/?fl««r^ ufe. Perhaps, it may concernc thecjmuch, To know the Vanities of fuch s And,who they are: Marke, therfore,what Thine Emblem, will, to thee relate.
Sec, Emb. XXV,
Thou, to Impatience, art indin'd s And, haft a difcontented Minde ; That,therfore,thou mayft Patience learne, And, thine owne Over-figbts difcerne, Thy Lot (as to a Schoole to day) Hath fent thee to the Sqmrrells Dray j For, (he inftru&s thee, to indure, Till, thou, a better fiate, procure.
See, Ew£. XXVI.
Your Z-tf, is very much to blame, Or elfe, your perfon, or, your Name Hathinjur'd beene, or, may have wrong By fome loofe wanton, erc't be long ; Therfqre, e're, hence, you<pafle away, Marke, what your Emblem, now^doth fay. Perhaps, by drawing of this Lot, Some Hartmt prevention may begot.
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Vpon your head, thofe weights were laid, Which, your Endeavours, downeward waigh'd . For, thofe, who doc your malt envie, Much feare, your top will fpring too high 5 Nay, yet, fome Burthen, you fuftaine : Bur, what their Malice will obtainc, Your Emblem prophefies 5 if you, With Patience, Honeft-nMjtt, purfue.
See, Emb. XX VI II.
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This Lot, befell thee, for the nonce ; For, if things come nor, all at once, Thou, to defpairing, foone, doit runne, Or, leav'ft the Worke, that's well begun : Which, to prevent, regardfullbe Of what thine Emblem counfcWs thee.
See, Emb. XX IX.
L
Afflictions
The Firft Lotterie .
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Afflictions, are thy chicfeft Lot ; Yea, great ones, too : yet, murmure not. For, all, muft fiery tryalls bide. And, from their DrofTebe purify 'd. Therefore, though this, in fporr,be done. Thy Morall'd Emblem, looke upon j And, learne, thofe Femes to acquire, Which, will not perifh in the Fire.
Stc.Emb. XXX.
You feeke a Lot, which, proving bad, Wqjildj peradvcnturc,make you fad j Eur, this may pleafe : for, you are taught To mend a Fortune, that is naught • And, armed, with fuch Counfell, here, Thaf, you, no Dejliny, need feare. Now, if you .come to Harme, or Shame, Vpon the Starres, lay not the blame.
Sec.Emb. XXXI. M 32
In Court, thou mayft have hope, to clime, This prefent,or fomc other timc5 But, fomcthing thou doft want, as yet, Which, for that place, muft make thee fit. Prefume nor, therefore, on thy Lot, Till, thofe accomplishments arc gor, Which, in thine Emblem, are expreft ; And, then, march on, among the beft.
Se^Emb. XXXII.
S3 Some thinke,you love j 'tis true, you doc -, And, are as well beloved too : Bur, you (if we the truth fhall fay) Love not fo truely, as you may. To make a perfect Love, there goes Much more, then ev'ry Lover knowes. Your Emblem, therefore heede j and,then, Beginnc, anew, to love agen.
Sec,Ew£.XXXIII.
34 Now,fome good CounfeU, thou doft need j Of what we fay, take, therefore, heed. Beware, left thou, too much, offend Araeeke, and, gentle-natur'd, Friend : Though pow'r thou haft, be carcfull,too, Thou vexe nor, long, thine able Foe -, And, e're thou love, be furc to finde Thy Match, in Manners, and in Minde. If thou drmand a Reafon,why, To thee, ihme Emblem will replie.
• See, Emb. XXXIV.
I Beware
57
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The Fitfl Lett en*.
3? Beware, rhou (hare not in rhcir crim?, Who care, but for the prtfenr tlrr.e: For, by thy Let, wee may fufpe <fr, Or that, or things, to that cffe/l. If fo it be, or if thy Mindc, To fuch an Errour, be inclin'd, Thy Chance, unto an Emblem, brings, Which, will advife to better things.
Sec, Emb. XXX\-
3* You, love to fame h this, all Men fee : But, would you lov'd, as w.i 11, to bee . If, alio, better ufr were made Of thofegood Bltft>ngs,yo'x have had ; Your praife were more. Mai ke, therefore, well, What Mcraffs, now, your Embhm, tc il j And, gather, from it, what you may, To f etyou in a better way.
See,£^.XXXVI.
37 Tofcape a Storme,great thought you take 5 But, little heed _, vthztmeanes you make. You, love your cafe, and, Troubles, feare ; But, carelelTe are, what Conrfe you fteere. Which Indtjcretions, to prevent, . You, to an Emblem, now, are foot 1 Whereof, if you regardfull are, You, leffe will feare, and better fare.
See, Emb. XXXVII.
38 What you have, done,confider, now • For, this your Cbaxce, doth feeme tn fhow Thar you have fworne, or vow'd, o{ late, Or promifed (youbeftknow what) Which, you have, fince, unwilling bin. To keepe ; or, elfe, did faile, therein. Ifitbefo5 repent, or els, What will befall, your Emblem tells.
See, Emb. XXXV III.
39 Thy Hofings, and thy Feares, are fuch, That, they afflicl,'and paine thee, much 5 Bccaufe, thou giv'/t toogreat afcop* Vnto thy Feare, or to thy Heft : For, they will paine, orplcalurc thee, As they enlarg'd, or cut bed be. Bur, lo 5 thine Emblem, if thou pleafe, Inftru&s thee, how, to mannage thefe.
See, Emb. XXX IX.
Let
The Firft Lotterie.
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40 Let them, who get this Chance, beware. Left Cupid fnarle them in a Snare: For, by their Lot, they mould be apt To be, in fuch-Iike Ginnes, intrapt. Some helpe, is by their Emblem, gor, If they, too late, obferveitnot ; But, then, no profit will be done them : For, Cottnfell will be loft upon them.
See, Emb. X L.
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Whether, meerely, Chance, or no, Brought this Lot, we doe not know; But, received, let it be, As, divinely, fentto thee: For, that, merits thy regard, Which, thine Emblem hath declar'd ; And, the beft, that are, have need, Such Advijements, well to heed.
See, Emb. XL I.
43 Thou, haft already, or, e're long, Shalt have fome dammage by the Tongue : But, fully, yet, it is not knowne, Whether the Tongue fhall be thine owne, Or e!fe,anothers tongue, from whom This Mifchiefe, unto thee, fliall come: But, much the better, thou (halt fpeed, If, now, thine Emblem, well thou heed. See, Emb. XL II
43 Vnworthy things, thou doft aflfe&, With fbracwhat overmuch refped 5 Vnto the World, inclining fa, As if thy Hopes were all below : Bur, now, to rowfe thee from this crime, Good Counfell 'comes in happy time. Make ufe thereof ; and,thinke it not Meere email, or a needleiTe Lot.
Scc,Emb. XLIII.
44 Thou, either, too much love, haft plac't On things, that will not alway laft ; Or clfe, thou art a little fcnt'd. Becaufe thy Hopes ire long deferr'd : Nay, thou art touch'd, in both ofthefe.. Thy Profir, therefore, and thine eafe, It will effeft, if well thou minde What, in thine Emblem, thou (halt fin^e. See, Emb. XLV. I 2
When
6o
The Fir (I Lottcne.
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45 When thou haft Changes, good, or bad, Ore- joy 'd, thou art, or over- fad j As if it Teemed very ftrange To fee the Windt or Weather, charge : Lo, therefore, to remember thee, How changeable, things Mortall, bee, Thou, art affifted by this Lot ; Now, let it be, no more, forgot.
See, Emb. XLV.
46 Of thy juft Aymes, though meanes be flight, Thou mayft attaine their wifhed height 5 Vnlefle, thy Folly Hiall deftroy The Weale, thou feekeft to injoy, By thy Defpaire, or by negleci Of that, which, may thy Hopes effect : For, by thine Emblem, thou mayft know, Great things, from fmall Beginnings, grow. Scc.Emb. XL VI.
47 Thou muft have Crtfies • but they, (hall, To Blefitngs, be converted, all ^ And Sujfrtngs, will become, thy Praife, If, Wtjedome order, well, thy wayes: Yea, when thy Crofjes en Jed are, A Crowne of Glory, thou fbalt weare. Yet, note, how this to pafle is brought : ' For, in thine Emblem, it is taught.
See.Emb. XL VI I.
48 If they, who drew this Let, now be Ofgrear Eft ate, or high Degree, They fh ill ere long,bccomcas poore, .As thofe, rhat beg from doore to doore. If p -ore they be 5 it plaineappeares, They mall become great Princes Peeres : And, in their Emblem, rhey may know, What very day, it will be, fo.
See, Emb. XL VI 1 1.
49 You, have attempted many a thing, Which, you, re paffe, could never bring $ Not, that, your V\ orkc was hard to doe , ?>ut,'cau(c,you us'd wrong M f«««,thereto. Hereafter, therefore, lrainc, 1 pray. The Times ot Wot king, and, the Way • And, of thine Emblem, take thou heed, If, better, thou defire to Ip^ed.
See,Emh. XL IX. '
The Fir ft Lotterie,
Ifyou, to greater Wealth, will rife, You rnuft not, (lender Gaine, defpife -3 Nay, if, you minde not, to be poorc, You muft regard flight Lofles, more* For, Wealth, and Poverty, doe come, Not all at once, but, fome andfome. If this, concerne you, any wayes, See,what your Emblem, further, fayes.
See,£w£. L.
5i Your Fortune, hath defcrved thank, That fhe, on you, beftowes a Blank : For,as yOu,nothing good, havehad j So, you, have nothing, that is bad. Yea, fhe, in this, haih favour fhowne, (If, now, your Freeaome well be knowne) For, you, by l0/,thefe Emblems, mift, That you, may chufe out, which you lift.
You, by an Emblem, feeke to get What Counfel your /if aires may fit ; But, in particular, there's none, Which, you, by Lot, can light upon: And, why i becauie, no Moral/, there, Doth, worthy of your Heed, appeare i No ■, but becauie you rather, need, Of cv'ry Emblem, to take heed.
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TheStarres, arc, now, no friends of your, Or this is not their lucky houre: For, at this time, unto your Lot, They, by an Emblem, anfwer not. If, therefore, you defire to know . What good advice they will allow, Some further Meanes, you mutt aflay, Or, tryc your Chance, another day,
You, in your fecret thoughts, defpife Tothinkc an Emblem fhould advile, Or "ivc youcaufe to minde or heed Thofethings, whereof you may have need And,thcrcfoic, when, the Lot, youtry'd, An anfwer, juftly, was deny'd. Yet (by your leave) there arc but few, Who, need good Com fell, more then you.
tn
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The birjl Lotterie.
55 In fome extrcame, you often are, And, (hoot too fhort, or elfe coo farrc ; Yea, fuch an crrour, you were in, When, for a Lot, you mov'd the Pin : For, one touch more, orlefle, bad layd Our Index, where it mould have ftayd. But, if you can be warn'd, by this, To keepe the M eatuy which oft you mifle, You have obtain'd as good a L$ty As any one, this day, hath got.
Among thefe Emblems, none the*re be, Which, now by Lot will fall to thee 5 However, doe not thou repine : For, this doth fcemc to be a figne, Thar, thou, thy Portion, (halt advance By Vettne, not by fickle Chance. Yet, nerethclefle, defpife thou not What, by good ttntmt , may be go t.
FIXCIS.
COLLECTION
OF
EMBLEMES,
ANCIENT AND
MODERNE:
Quickened
With TVIetricall Illvstrations; And,
difpoied into Lotteries, both cMoraU
and Divine.
That Jnftruttion > and Good Qounfell, may bee furthered by an Honeft and Pkafant Rccreatttn.
By George Wither.
The Second Booke.
London,
Printed by Avcvstink Math e vv e s.
M DCXXXIV.
TO
THE HIGH AND MIGHTY Prince, Q H A\L E S, Prince*
Of VV A L E S, &C.
FAir'ft Bloffoms of our hopes ; and Morning-flarre To all thefe Hands , which inclofed are HyNeptunes armes,within our Northern dimes- And who (wee truft) fliall rife, in future times, To be die brighter!: Light, that, then will friiae> Betwixt the jArtick-Circle and the Link.
To Y o v (as now you are) that I prefent Thefe Emblems, 'tis not Co impertinent As thole may thinke it> who have neither leene What, of your Cradle -jpjrts, hit h heeded beene • Nor heard how many ferious ^"lionings, Your Chili-bood frameth, out or trifling things : And, if mineaime I have not much iniftooke, I come not overfoone with (uch a Books,
So long as in this Infant- Age you are, (Wherein, the fpeechletTe Portraitures appeare A pleaiurefull delight) your Highnesse may Among our Emblems, findea Har me lejfe* play : And, thofe mute ObjeSis will from time to time, Still ^iper, fe.-me,.till you to ripeneffe clime. When their dumb Figures , no morefport can make, Their / ",'lrations, will begin tofpeake • And, ev'i y day, new matter ftill dilclofe, " Vn.iii your ludgement to perfection growes.
They likewile, who their Services, to do Frequent your <Trefence, may have plealure too, From this your Play-game: yea, and fome perchance^ May cut e a Folly, or an Ignorance By that, which they lhall either heare ox view In thefe our Emblems, when they wait on Ton • Or, (hall be called, by your Exceli enC£, To try what Lot, they fhall obtame from thence.
It may, moreover, much increafe th (port, Which is allowed in a vertuous Covr rj When they whole faults have long (ufpe&cd bin, Shall draw forth private Cenfures of their Sin,
K And.
And, heare their Emblems, openly, difplay, What, others dare not, but in private, fay ; Nor will, to Yov, the Morals be in vainc, Ev'n when to manly Knowledge you attaint } For, though to Teach, it will not them become To be Remembrancers* they may prefume : And, that which in their (hild-bood, men (hall heed, Will fooneft come to mindc,in time of need.
Incourag'd by thefe Hopes* I thought it meet To lay this humble Prefent at your feet. Accept itynox»y and, plcafe to favour mey When I growc •/</, and, You a Man (hall be.
fojour Higbntjfe mjt bamblj Atvited,
Geo: Wither,
TO
THE MOST Hl6EiBOR;N!E
and hopeful Prince f A A48S, T)ul^c of Yo RKZ, (JTC
Sweet PRlNCfe,
Y Our hand I kifle ; and, thus my Lines addretfe Vnto your wife, and vcrtuous * Gov e rn esse.
For, Madame, (as his P roxy) it is fit, That, Yov both Read, and anfw ere for him,yet. To Yov for Him, J therefore tender, here, To Welcome-in ^New-beginning Yeare, This barmelejfe Play- Gam e . that, it may have place, When fomewhat riper Daies, '/ball Make his GRACE, Affeclfuch Objects ; Tthich,to looke upon May pleajure yeeldhim, e> re this Yeare begone,
'Tis nottheleafl Difcretion,z'ȣr^ Covrts^ To know "tobat Recreations, and what Sports Become young Princes ; or, to find out thofe , Which may, with barmelejfe pleafantncfe, difyofe Their JMindes to VERT VE : neither in their Cradles, Should this be heeded leffe, than in their Sadies : Becaufe, whenfirft to know, ice doe begin, A JmaQ Occafion, lets much Evill in.
Among thofe things, which both Inftruct <Wplea(ej *~But few, {for Children ) asefurpafiing thefc : For, they, to looke on Pictures, much defire ; And, not to Looke alone, but, to enquire What things thofe are, that reprefented be, In ev'ry Map, or Emblem, which they fee.
And,that which they /ball view, or fball be told, (lly meanes of any Figure they behold) Experience breedes-, afiifleth Memory j Or, helps to forme a Witty Fantalie : Jlud, if thofe Formes to good Injiruclion tend, OJtfieads them, alfo, till their lives have end.
Tben^fincc ev'n all of us, much Good receive Bj'TJertuow Princes j A»dfljould,thercforc,ftiiVc To addefome helpes, whereby they might acquire That Excellence, Tubitb Wee in them defre.
1 (being
* The ! CotiKtcjfe of
Vorfct.
I (being abIe,toprefent bit Q R ACE, With nothing but a Rattle, or a Glafle, Orfomejucb Cradle- play-game) bring ,to dayy This BOOKS, to be as ufefull as it may : iAndy how? and when, >t -will mofl ufefull groTr7 Without try Teaching, TOV can fully jboi*. For, what ii of your Abieneffe belief d, Through all thefe famous Hands, hath receiv'dr iA large applaufe j in that, from out oftbofe Which ableft were, both King and State bttoe cbtfc Your Faith and Wifedome, to be TREASVRESSE Oj their chief e Iewcls ; and the GOVERN ESSi. Of our prime Hopes. And, noT* Jtbu hale K>£igi?dy 3lAe thinks > there needs no more, by me, be faid, *~But, {bareing pray3 d jour BONOVLtoricciipe Thu PR£S£NTfor the tVK£)to takemykafc^ And Verfifie to him, feme other a>?y, When Hee can under ft and meet what I fey.
Till then, let it pleafe your Hetmr foraetimcsiD remember Him, that
I am has Graces daily and humble
Oratonrs
Geo: Withe**
We beft /ball quiet clamor out Thronges, When, Toe our [elves* can rule our Tongues.
<%
Illvstr. I.
Book, :
*Hen I obferve the Melancholte Owles, JConfidering with what patience, they fuftaine •The many clamours, of the greater Fmles j And, how the little Chirpers,they difdaine : When I remember, how, their Injuries They Height, (who, caufeles give them an offence) Vouchfafing, fcarce to caft afide their eyes To looke up m that foolifh Infolence. Me thinkes, by their Example, I am taught To Height the flaunders of Injurious Tongues • To fct the fcoffts ofCenjurers, at naught, And, with a brave neglecl, tobearc out Wrongs,
Hee, doubtles, whom the Pfalmifl, long agoej Vnto a lonely Defert-Owle compar'd, Did practife thus ; And, when I can doe Co, I, (hall for all affronts, become prepar'd. And. (r hough, this Doctrine, Flefh and blood gainc-fay) Yet, fure,to ftoppthe malice of Dejpight, There is no better, (nay, no other,) way : Since, Rage by Opposition gathers Might.
Coed God \ vouchfdfe, fufficient grace and firengtK That (though I have n«t yet, (ttch Patience £*/ J) J may attaine this hafpy gift, at length . And, fade the caufe, that, yet, I have it Mot. Though me, my Neighbours, and my Foes revile * Make me ofaU their words, a Patient-bearer ; When er'e I fuffer, let me be, the while, As u the {dent Lambc before the Shearer.
So . though my fpcakings, cannot quiet any,
My Patience may rtjlrame the Tongues of many*
L " When
*+
Wbemvee by Hunger, Wifdome gaint* Our Guts, are "toifer then our Braine.
ILLVSTR. I I.
Book.z
He Crowe, when deepe within a clofe-mouth'd-JW. She water finds, her thirftinefle to flake ; (And, knoweth not where elfe it might be got) Her Belly, teacheth her, this courfe to take : She flies, and f etcheth many Ptbbles thither, Then, downe into the Feffell, lets them drop . Vntill, fo many (tones are brought together, As may advance the water to the top.
From whence, we might this observation heed5 That, Hunger, Tbirfi, and thofe ttecefities, (Which from the Bellies craving, doe proceed) May make a Toole, grow provident and wife. And,though(in fport) we fay , the brums of feme. Not in their Heads,but in their Gutts, doe lye ; Yer,that,by wants, Men wifer mould become, Diflenteth not from true Phihfophy : For, no man labours with much WiU'mgnefle, To compafle, what he nought at all defires ; Nor feeketh fo,his longing to poflcfle, As, when fome urgent neede,the fame requires. Nay,though he might, a wiSingtieJfe ,retaine, Yet, as the Belly, which is ever full, Breeds fumes, that caufe a fottifh.frtiles-brain* . So, plenteous Fortunes, make the Spirits dull. Airborne to Riches, have not all-times, witt To keepe, (much lefle,to better) their degree: But, men to nothiog borne, oft, paflage get, (Through many wants) renown'd, and rich ro bee :
Yea, Povcrtic and Hunger, did produce,
The bc(iInvenUons,and} of chiefeft ufe.
Though
Though Mufickc be of/one abhor' d^ Shcyisthe Handmaid of the Lord.
6i
|0 Mttfcke^nd the Mufes,many bcare I Much hatred j and, to whatsoever ends * Their Soule-deltghting-Raptttres tuned are,, Such peevifhdifpofitions, it offends. Some others, in a Moral/ way, affect Their pleafing Sir awes (or, for a fenfuall ufe) But, in GodsWerfhi^ they the famefufpc£ • (Or, taxc it rather) as a great abufe. The Firft of thcfe, are full of Melancholy ; And, Pitty need, or Comfort, more then blame jj And, foone, may fall into fome dangerous folly ^ VnlefTe they labour, to prevent the fame. The Lap, are giddie-things, that have befool'd Their Judgements, with beguiling.Fautafies, Which (if they be not, by difcretion, fchool'd; Will plunge them into greater Vanities.
For, Mnficke, is the Handmaid of the L o &. d3 And, for his Worjhip, was at firft ordayncd : Yea, therewithal (he fitly doth accord j And, where Devotion thriveth, is retcyned. Shee, by a nat'rall power, doth helpe to raife, The maid to God, when joyfull Notes are founded : And, Papons fierce Diftempcratures,alaies ; When, by grave Tones, the Mtlltdy is bounded, It, alfo may in Myflickefenfc, imply What Muj-cke, in our-feives, ought ftill to be ; And, that our jarring.livcs tocertifie, Wee fliould in Voice, in Hand, and Heart, agree : And, fing out, Faiths new-fongs,with full concent, Vnto the Lams, ten-ftringed Inflrumcnt.
Mark
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66
3iarU> "tohat Rewards, to Sinnc, are due, *And, to»*>uprightneiTe topurfue.
ILLVSTR. 1 1 1 1.
Book.z
f^^S»trd unfbeatbed, and zfirangling-Snare,
Is figur'd here ; which,in dumbe-Jhewes ,doe preach, Of what the tMalefatttr fhould beware 5 And, they doe threatens, afwell as Teach. For, fome there are, (would God, that fumme werelefle) Whom, neither good Advife, nor, wholeforae Lawe, Can turne from Pathwaies of Vnrighteoufnefje, If Death, or Tortures, keepe them not in awe. Thefe, are not they, whofe Conjcicnce for the lake Of Goodmflc onely, GodlinejJ'e, purfues 5 But, thefe are they, who never fcruple make What Guilt, bur, what great puaifl>me»t enfues.
For fuch as thefe,this Emblem was prepar'd : And, for their fakes, in places eminent, Are all our Gallops-trees, and Gibbets, rear'd . That, by the fight of them, they might repent. Let, therefore, thofe who feele their hearts inclin'd To any kind of Dcatb.defervwg-Crime, (When they behold this Emblem) change their mind, Left, they (too late) rcpcnt,anothcr time. And, let not thofe ourCounfell, now, contemne, Who, doome^wrr T beeves to death $ yet, guilty be Of more, then molt of thofe whom they Condcmne : Bur, let them Learne their pet ill to forelee. For, though a little while, they may have hope To fceme upright, (when they are nothing lefle) And, fcape the Sword, the Gal/owes, nnd the Rcpe, There is a ludge, who fees their wickedneffe j.
And, when grim Death,\ha\l fummon them,from hence,
They will be fully plagu'd for their offence.
That
That Kingdome Tfrifl eftabli/b'd bee, Wherein the People leell agree.
Illvstr. V.
Book.
^LCrowned Scepter Meve is fixt upright,
^®,3etwixt tourcFowles, whofe pofturcs may declare^ ' f hey came from Coa-jls, or Climats oppofite, And, that, they diflf ing in their natures are. In which, (as in fome others, that we finde Amongft thefe Emblems) little care I take Precifely to unfold our Authors rainde 5 Or, on his meaning, Comment shexe to m;;ke. It is the fcope of my Intention, rather From fuch perplext Inventions (which have nought 5 Of Ancient Hierogljpbick) fenfe, to gather. Whereby, fome uierull Moral! may be taught.
And, from thefe Figures, my Collections be^ That, King domes, and the Royall-digmtie, Are beft upheld, where Subjecls doe agree, To keepc upright the date of Soveraignty. When, from each Coal and quarter of the Land, The Rtcb, the Pwe, the 5 'xv ainey the Gentleman, Lends, in alltvants, and at all //»»«,his hand, To give the beft aflfiftance that he can : Yea, when with Willing-hearts, and lVingedjj>eed, The men of all Degrees, doc ducly carry Their Aides to publike- workes,in time of need, And, to their Rings, be freely tributary i Then (hall the Kingdome gaync the gloricft height j Then (hall the Kingly-Title be rcnown'd ; Then (hall the Royall-Scepter (land upright, And, with fupremeft Honour, then, be Crown'd.
But, where this Duty long neglect, they (hall -3
The King will fuflfcr, and, the Kingdome fall.
L ; From
<58
From that, by which I fbmewhat am, The Caufe of my Deftru&ion came.
Illvstr.
Bock, z
^Hc little Spar kit which rak'd in ErxbtrsUc, > Are kindly kindled by a gentle blaft : 'And, brands in which the fire begins to die Revive by blowing j and, flame out at laft. The felfe fame wind, becomming over ftrong, Quite bloweth out againe that very flame 5 Or, elfe,confumes away fere it be long) That wafting fubftance, which maintain'd the fame.
Thus fares it, in a Thoufand other things, As foone as they the golden Meane exceed ; And, that, which keeping Meajure, profit brings, May, (by cxcejje) ourlofle, and mine, breed. Preferments (well and moderately fought) Have helpt thofemen, new Virtues to acquire, Who, being to fuperiour places brought, Left all their goednejft, as they climed higher. A little wealthy may make us better able To labour in our Callings : Yet, I fee That they, who being poore, were charitable, Becomming rich, hard-hearted grow to be. Love , when they entertainc it with difcretion, More worthy, and more happy, maketh men ; But, when their L$ve is overgrowne with Pdfion, It ovcrthrowes their happinclte,agen. Yea, this our 'Flejh, fin which we doe appeare To have that being, which we now enjoy) If we fhould overmuch the fame endeare, Would our Well-being, totally deft roy.
For, that which gives our Plcafurcs nourishment, Is oft the poyfon of our beft Content.
Fy
By Guiltines, Death entred m Andy Mifchiefeftilpurfuetb Sinne."
69
Illvstr. VII.
Book.
\Xions wheele,andhc himfelfe thereon Is figur'd, and (by way of Emblem) here, Set forth, for Guilty men to looke upon 5 That, they, their wicked Courfes might forbeare. To gainc a lawleffe favour he defircd, And, in his wicked hopes beguiled was : For, when to clafpe with luno,he afpired, In ftead of her, a Clowd, he did embrace. He, likewife, did incurre a drcadfull Doome, (Which well befitted his prcfumptuous Crime) A terror, and, a warning, to become, For wicked men, through all fucceeding time.
As did his longings, and his after taine, So, theirs affe<2eth, nor efTeCteth ought, But, that, which proveth either falfc or vainc ; And, their falfe Pleafurcs, are as dearcly, bought : Yea, that, whereon they build their faircft Hope, May, bring them (in conclufion of the Deed) To clime the Galhves, and to ftretch a Rope 5 Or, fend them thither, where farre worle they fpced : Ev*n thither, where, the never. ftanding-Whccle QfeverUJling'TortHrcs, turneth round, And, racks the Conscience, till the foule doth feele All Paincs, that arc in Senfe, and Rcajon found. For neither doth black Night, more fwifily follow, Declining Day -light : Nor, with Nimbler Motion Can waves, each other, downe their Channell follow, From high -lais'd Mouniatnei, xo the bieg-womb'd Ocean,
Then,/«/?;'« will,whcn flic doth once begin,
To profecute, an Fnrcpinted-Sin.
When
When "free bate greateU Gricfcs and Feares, 7° Tben^CorLfohxiotifweet'ftappeares.
ILLVSTR. VIII.
2w*.S
►Hen, all theyeare, our fields are frefli and grccne, f And, while fwect F /«wj,and Sunjhine, every day, fy As oft, as need requireth) come betweene 1 he Heav'ns and earth h they hecdles paffe away. The mines, and continuance, ot ablefimg, Doth make us to be fenfeks ot the good: And, if it fometimc flie not our poffeffing, The fweemefTe of it, is not underftood.
Had wee no Winter, Sommer would bethought Not halfe fo pleating : And, ifTempefts were nor, Such Comforts could not by a Calm, be brought : For, things j faveby their oppofites, appeare not. Both health, and wealth, is tallies unto forne 5 And, fo is cafe, and every otherf leafare, TXWpoore, oxficke, ox grieved, they become : And, then, they relimthefe,in ampler meafure.
Cod, therefore (full as kinde, as he is wije) So tempreth all the Favours he will doe us, Thar, wee, his Bounties, may the better prize • And, make his CbajUfewents Iefle bitterto us. One while, a fcorching Indignation burncs The Flowers and Blofomes of our H o p e s, away • Which into Scarfitie, our Plentie turnes, And, changeth vntnotwe-GraJfe to parched Hay j Anon, his f'ruitfull /Ww,and plcafing denes, Commixt with chcerefull Rayes, he fendeth downe j And then the Barren-earth her cropp rcnewes, Which with rich Harvefts, Hills, and Vallies Crowne r
For, as to relifh byes, he forrow fends,
So, Comfort on Ttmptation,i\i[\y attends.
Tt
To hawk for Gaine, the Cocke dotifleigh ; But, for bii Females, &* -nillf^h.
7*
0
/ !
Illvstr. IX.
#^£. 2
[O me,are fo qumeHous, that chey will draw, And Bratvle, and Fight ,lot every toy chey fee; Grow furious, for the wagging of a ftraw5 And, (otherwile) for leffe then that may be. Some, are more ftaid, a little, and will bearc, Apparent wrongs (which to their face you doc ; ) But, when they Lye, they cannot brooke to heare That any mould be bold to tell them fo. Another fort, I know, that bloms will take, Put up'theXjf, and give men leave to fay What words they pleafe j till fpoile they fcekc to make Of their eftates • And,then, they'le kill and flay. But, of all Hackjlers, farre the fiercclr arc Gur Cockrillsoftbegante, (Sir Cupid's knights) Who,(on their foolifh Coxcembcs)ofrcn wearc The Scarres they get in \hc\xVewtan-figbts. Take heede of thefe ; for, you may pacific The firft, by time : The/w/?</,willbeplcas'd If you fubmit, or elfe your words denie 5 The third, by fatisfaction, arc appeaf'd : But, he that for his Female, takes offence, Through Icaloufy, or madneffe, r3gcth fo • That, he accepteth of no recompcncc, Till he hath wrought his Rivals overthrow.
Such Fury,fhun ; and, (hunne their Vulgar minJ. . Who for bale trafh defpitefully contend ; But, (when a juft occafion, thou (halt finde; Thy Vcrtuous MtflreJJe, lawfully defend.
For, he, that in fuch cafes turnes his face,
Is held a Capon, of a Dunghill Race. M
If Safely, thou dejire to goe, Bee nor too fwift, nor overflow.
ILLVSTR. X.
Book.z
|Vr Elders, when their meaning was to (hew " A native-fpeedinejje (in Emblem wife) The picture of a Dolpbin-Fifh they drew; Which, through the waters, with great fwiftneffe, flies. An Anchor, xhey did figure, to declare Hope,ftayednejfe, or a grave -deliberation: And therefore when thofe two , united are, It giveth us a two-fold Intimation. For, as the Delpbio putteth us in minde, That in the Courfes, which we have to make, Wee mould not be, xojletbfulnefte enclin'd 5 Bur, fwift to follow what we undertake : So, by an Anchor added thereunto, Inform'd wee are, that, to maintaine our fixed, Hope, muft bee joyn'd therewith (in all we doe) If wee will undifcouraged proceed. It fheweth (alfo) that , our fpeedincjfe, Muft have fomcftaydnejje ; left, when wee fuppofe To profecute our aymes with good fuccefle, Wee may,by BaflweJJe, good endeavors lofe.
They worke, with mod fecuritie, that know The Times, and beft Occasions of delay ; When, likewife,to be neither/rw/2, norjfcw; And, when to praclifeall the jpeed, they may. For,whether calme, or ftormie-paffages, (Through this life's Ocean) (hall their Bark attend; This double Virtue , will procure their eafe : And, them, in all neceflities, befriend.
By Spcedineft, our works are timely wrought;
By Staydnejfe, they, to paile are, lafely, brought. Tbey,
Thy that in Hope, and Silence, Zrjv, The bett Contentment, mayatcbiye.
TT~
Illvstr. XI.
Book.
,F thou defire to cherifh true Content, And in a troublous time that courfe to take, Which may be likely miichieves to prevent;, Some ufe, of this our Hieroglyphick, make. The Fryers Habit, feemeth to import, That, thou (as ancient Monkes and Fryers did) Shouldft live remote,f rom places of reforr, And, in retyredneffe, lye clofely hid. The cfaJped-Booke, doth warncthee, to retaine Thy thoughts within the compaffe of thy breaftj And, in a quiet filevce to remaine, Vntill, thy mindemay fafely be txpreft. That Anchor, doth informe thec, that thou muft Walke on in Hope ; and, in thy Pilgrimage, Bearc up (without despairing ox dijlmft) 1 hofe wrongs, and fufTcrin<;s,which attend thine Age.
For, whenfoerc Opprefion groweth rift- obfcurencjfe, is more fafe than Ermuer.ce ; Hcc, that then kcepes his Tongue, may keepe his Lifti Till limes will better favour Innocence. Truth (poken where untruth is more approved. Will but enrage the malice of thy foes 5 And, othcrwhile, a wicked man is moved Toccafe from wrong, if no man him oppofe.
Let this our Emblem, therefore, counfcll thee, Thy life in fafe RetyredneJJe, to fpend : Ler, in thy breaft, thy thoughts referved bec, Till thou art layd, where none can thee offend.
And,whilft mod others,givc their Fanctefcepe,
Enjoy thy felfc, in Silence, and in Hope.
M 2 Let
74-
Let none dejpaire of their Eflate, For,l?m<\ence7greater itjhan Fate.
ILLVSTR. XII.
Botk.t
ByJEe merry man, and let no caufeleflcfearc ^ Of Cancellation, fatal! Dejlinie,
Or of thofe falfe Decrees, that publinYd are By f oolifh braines , thy Conscience terrific To thee, thefe Figures better Doctrines teach, Than thofe blind Stoikes, who neceffitate Contingent things ; and, arrogantly teach (For doubtleffe truths) their dreames of changeleffe Fatt. Though true it bee, that thofe things which pertaine, As Ground- rvorkes, to Gods glorie,and our blifle, Are fixr, for aye, unchanged to reraainej All, is not fuch, that thereon builded is. God, gives men power, to build on his Foundatiw-, And, if their tvorkes bee thereunto agreeing, No Power- created, brings that Variation, Which can diftutbe, the Workman happy being. Nor, of thofe workings, which required are, Is any made unpoffible, untill Mans heart begins that Counfell to prefcrre, Which is derived from zcrooked-mll.
The Starres, and many other things, incline Our nat'rall Confitutioits, divers wayes; But, in the Soule, God plac'd a Power. divine, Which, all thofe Inclinations, overfwayes. Yea, God, that Prudence, hzxh infus'd, by Grace, Which, till Selfe-will, and Lufi, betray es a man, Will kecpe him firmely, in that happy place, From whence, no Confteltation move him can.
And,this is that, whereof I notice take,
From this great Starre, enclofed by a Snak.
Their
Their Friendfhip/m<? "bill eDer bide* Whofe hands unto the Croflc are tide.
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ILLVSTR. XIII.
Book,
[Hen firft I knew the world,(and was untaught By tryde experience, what true Friendjhip meant) That I had many -faithfuli friends, I thought- And, of their Love, was wondrous confident. For, few fo young in yeares, and meane in fortune. Of their Familiars, had fuch troopes, as I, Who did their daily fellowship importune -3 Or,feemc fo pleafed in their company. In all their friendly meetings, I was one ; And, of the Quorum, in their honed game: By day or nighr, I feldome fate alone- And, welcome fcemed, wherefoere I came.
But, where are now thofe multitudes of Friends ? Alas I they on a fudden flafht away. Their love begun, bur, for fome fenfuall ends, Which fayling them, it would no longer Hay. If I to vainc expences, would have mov'd them, They,nor their fames, noipurfes, would have fpared; But, in a reall need, if I had prov'd them, Small ihowes of kindnefle, had bin then declared. Of thrice three thoufands, two, perhaps, or three, Are left rac now, which (yet) as Friends I prize 5 But, none of them, of that great number be, With whom I had my youthfull Iollitics.
If, therefore, thou defuc a Friend, on Earth, Let one pure-faith betwixt you b:e begot, And, fee ke him not,in vanities, or mirth, But, let Afflictions tycyour true-love-knot i
Tor, they who to thcCrofJe, arc fivmcly tyde,
Will faft,and cvcrlafting Friends, abide.
M ? ^ Candle
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<A Candle that affords no light, What profits it, by Day-> or Night '{
ILLVSTR. XIIII.
Book.
|Here be of thofc in every Common-male, Whom to this Emblem we referable may* The Name of none I purpofe to reveale, But, their Condition, heere, I will difplay. Some, both by gifts of Nature, and of Grace, Are fo prepared, that, they might be fit To ftand as Lights, in profitable place; Yet, loofe their Talent , by negle&ing it. Some, to the common Grace, and nat'raH parts, (By helpe of Nurture, and good Discipline) Have added an accomplifhment of Arts, By which , their Light may much the brighter fhine. Some others, have to this, acquired more : For, to maintaine their Lampc, in giving light, Of Waxe, and Oyle,and FatneJJe, they haveftore, Which over-flowes unto them, day and night. And,ev'n as Lampes, or Candles, on a Table, ("Or, fixt on golden Candleliicks, on high) To light AJJemblies, Great and Honourable, They, of:, havc(alfo) place of Dignitie. By meanesof which, their Splendor might become His praife, whothofe high favours did bequeath: They might encrcafe the Light of Chrijlenaome, And, make them fee, who fit in dudes of Death.
Bur, many of them, like thofe Candles bee, That ftand unlightcdin a Branch of gold : For, by their helpe wee nothing more can fee, Than wee in grofTcft darknefic, may behold. If fuch there be, (as there bee fuch, I feare ) The queftion is, For what good ufc they are.
The
The Sacrifice, God Iwetk befl*
Are Broken-hearts Jvr Sin9opprcfl.
ILLVSTR. XV.
Book. 2
i O Age, hath had a people , to profelTe Religion, with a (hew of holinefle, Beyond thefe times -3 nor, did men facrifice, According to their foolilh fantafies, More oft than at this prefent. One,bcftowes On pious -moths, the hundreth part, of thofe Ill-gotten goods, which from the poorC he feazedD And, thinkes his God, in that, is highly pleafed.
Another, of her dues, the Church bereaves i And, yct,himfelfe a holy man conceives, (Yea, and right bount^ull) if hce can fpare From thofe his thefts, the tenth, or twentieth flure, To fome new Leclurt 5 or, a Chaplaine keepc, To pleafe Himfelfe, or, preach his Wife ailcepe.
Some others, thinke they bring finccre oblations, When, fir'd with zeale,they roaie out Imprecations Againftall thofe, whom wicked they repute : And, when to God, they tender any hire, They dreame to merit what they would obtain?, By praying-long, with Repetitions vaine.
■With many other fuch like Sacrifices Me n come to God ; but,hc fuch gifts defpifes : For, neither £ ifts, nor workes,nor any thing (Which wc can either dpe, ox fay, or bring,) Accepted is of God-, untill heflnde A Spirit- humbled, and atroubled-minde. A contrite Heart, is that, and, that alone, Whicli God with love, and pitie,l> okes upon.
Such he affc&s • therefore ( oh Lord) to thee ;
Such, let ray Heart, and, fuch,my Spirit bee.
A King
0 j iA Ki n §, that prudently Q>m mands,
Becomes the glory of his Lands.
ILLVSTR. XVI.
Book.z
' He Rcy all-Scepter, Kingly power, implyes ; The Crorvne-lmperiall, Gl o r i e , fignifies : And, by ihefe joyn'd in one, we understand, A King, that is an honour to his Land.
A Kingdome, is not alwaies eminent. By having Confines of a large extent j For, Povertie, and Barbarouf»ej[e,z.xc found Ev'n in fomc large Dominions, to abound : Nor, is it Wealth, which gets a glorious -Name • For, then, thofe Lands would fpread the widcft Fame, From whence we fetch the Goldand Silver-ore • And, where we gather Perries upon the more : Nor, have thofe Countries higheft exaltations, Which breed the ftrongeft, and the Warlikft Nations ■ For, proud of their owne powrc, they fometimes grow, And qmrrell, till themselves they overthrow. . Nor, doe thechiefeiTg/w/w, of a Land, In many Cities, or much People, (land : For, then, thofe Kingdomes, moft renowned were. In which Vnchrijlian Kings, and, Tyrantsarc.
It is the Kingby whom a Realme's renowne, Is cither buildcd up, or overthrowne. By Solomon, more fam'd was ludah made, Then, by the Multitude of men it had ; Great Alexander, glorified Greece, Throughout the World, which, elic had bene apiece Perhaps obfeure h And, Cijar added more To Rome, then all her greatnefTe did before. Grant, Lord, thefe lies, for ever may be bleffed, With what, in thu oat Emblem * expreffed.
EL
By Studk , and by Watchfuineife, Thejemme of Knowledge^ po(]e]p.
ILLVSTR. XVII.
Book.
Thinke you would be wife; for,raoft men feeme To make of Knowledge very great efteeme. If fuch be your defires, this Emblem vicwj And, marke how well the Figures, counfell you. Wee by the Bird of Athens, doc exprefle, That painefull, and that ufefull watchfubejje, Which ought to bee enjoyned, unto them, Who feeke a place, in Wtfdomes Academ. For, as an Owle rnewes up her felfe by Day, And watcheth in the Night, to get her prey5 Ev'n fo, good Students, neither muft be fuch, As daily gad ; or nightly fleepe too much.
That open-booke, on which the Owle is pcrch'd, Affords a Morati, worthy to be fearch'd : For, it informes, and, darkly doth advife, Your Watching* be not after Vanities ; (Or,like their Wakings, who turnedayes to nights. In following their unlawfull appetites) And, that, in keeping Home, you doe not fpend Your houres in floth,or,to fome fruitlcfle end. Bur, rather in good Studies; and, in that, By which, true Knowledge, is arrived at. ,
For, if your Studies, and your Wakings, bee To this intent ; you (hall that Path-way fee To Wifdome, and to Honour, which was found, Of thcm,whole Knowledge hath been mod renownd. Bur, if your Watch/ ngs, and Retyredncflci Be for your Lujl, or, out of SettifbneJJe^
You are not, what rh ' Athenian-Owk implies.
But, what our Englift-Qwlet fignifies.
N IV hen
When Mars, and Pallas, doe agree, ^reat -ftorkes, by thenh effetted bee.
ILLVSTR. XVIII.
Bcsk.i
|T profpers ever beft, in all Eftates, When Mars and ftllas arc continuall Mates. And,thofe affaires but feldome luckie be, In which,thefe needfull Pewers,doe not agree. 1 hat Common rvtdth, in which, good K^irts are found Without a Guard, will foone receive a wound : And,Souldiers, where good order beares no (way, Will, very quickly, rout themfelves away.
Moreover, in o\jr private Adions too, There muft bee both a Knowledge, how to doe The rvorke proposed • zn&ftrcngth to finifli it; Or, wee (hall profit little by our Wit. Difcretion takes effect where Vigour failcs; Where Cunning fpeeds not, outward-force prevailes; And, orherwhile, the prize pcrtaines to neither, Till rhey have joyn'J their Venues both together.
Confidcr this ; and, as occafions are, To both of thefe your due refpc&s declare. Delight not fo in Arts, to purchafe harmes By Negligence, or Ignorance of Armes : If Martiall-Difcipline thou (halt affec^ Yet, doe not boneft- Policie, neglect. Improve thy Minders much as e'rethou may; But foole thou not thy Bodies gifts away. The Vcrtues both of Body, and of Mi*d, Are, {till, to be regarded in their kind. AndjWeefhould neither of the twodifgrace; Nor, either of them, raifc above his place :
For. when thefe two wee value as wee ought,
Great work*, by their joym paer,io paffe arc brought. _____ TbcJ>
They* after fuffring, /hall be cro wn'd, In ypbov/i-, a Conftant-faith,w found.
Illvstr. X IX.
Book. 2
|Arke well this Emblem-, and,obfcrve you thaice The nature of true Christian-confidence* Her Foot is fixed on afquared-Stone, Which, whether fide foe're you turne it on, Stands faft 5 and, is that Corner. pnt, which props, And flrraely knits the ftru&ure of our Hopes.
S£f*,alwayes,beares a Crojfe ; to fignifie, That, there was never any Conjlancie Without hex Tr jails : and, that,her perfection, Shall never be attain'd, without Afftttfton.
A Cup fliec hath, moreover, in her hand; And, by that Figure, thou mayft underhand, That,fhee hath draughts of Comfort, alwayes neerc her, (At ev'ry brunt) to (trengthen, and to cheare her. And, loe, her head is crown* d ; that, wc may fee How great, her Glories, and Rewards, will be*
Hereby, this Virtues nature may be knowne r Now, prac'tife, how to make the fame thine owne. Difcourag'd be not, though thou art purfu'd With many wrongs, which cannot be efchew'dj Nor yceldthouto Desiring, though thou haft A Crojfe (which threatens death) to be embrac'r; Or, though thou be compell'd to fwallow up, The very dregs, of Sorrows bitter Cup : For,whenfoever grief es, ortorments,paine thee, Thou haft the fame Foundation to fuflaine thec : The felfe fame Cup of Comfort, is prepared To give thec Htcngth,whcr\ fainting f is are feared:
And,whcn thy time of tr jail, is expired,
Thou flialt obtaine the Croxvne, thou haft defired.
N 2 Love
?1
Love,*- Mufician it profcft* And, of all Mufickc, it the beft.
ILLVSTH. XX.
Bfek.i
>F to his thoughts my Comments have aifented, By whom the following Emblem was invented, Fie hereby teach you (Lxditt) to difcover A tr ue-bred Cup id, from a fained Lover $ And, (hew (if you have Wooers) which be they, That worth'eft are to beare your Hems away.
As is the Boy, which, here, you pictured fee, Let them be young, or let them, rather, be Of friting-yeares (which is inftead of youth) And, wooe you in the nakednejje, of Truth} Not in the common and difguifed Clothes, Of Mimick-gefiures, Complements, and Oatbest Let them be winged with a fwift Defirei And,not with jkw-afetfioni, that will tyre. But, looke to this, as to the pi incipall, That, Love doc make them truly MuficaU.- For, Love's a good Mufician ; and, will (how How, every faithfull Lover may be Co.
Each word he fpeakes, will prefently appearc To be melodious Raptures in your care: Enchgejture of his body, when he moves, Will fecme to play, or (ing, a Song of Loves t The very looke* , and motions of his eyes, Will touch your Hurt-firings, with fwcet H*rmtn$es-y And, if the Name of him, be butexpreft, T'will caufe a thoufand^/wi/m*^ in your brcaft. Nay, cv'n thofe Difcords, which occafion'd are, Will make your Muftcke, much the fweeter, farre.
And, fnch a mooving Dupafon ftrikc,
As none but Love, can ever play the like.
_^ 7%y__
Tby (eeming-Lover,/^; spill hee^ *Andt km>e tby Moneyi more than The€.
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Illvstr
Bvoi.%
►Hat may the reafen be, fo many wed, And mifle the bleffings of a joy full-Bed, But thofe ungodly, and improper ends, For which, this Age mod Marriages intends i Some, love plumpt-flejh i and, thole as kinde will be To any gameibme Wanton, z& to thee. Some,doate on Honours ± and, all fuch will prize Thy Per/on, meerely, for thy Dignities. Some, fancy Pleasures •, and, fuch Flirts as they, With ev'ry Hobby-horfe, will runne away. Some (like this Couple in our Emblem, here) Wooe hard for Wealth jand, very kind appeare, Till they have wonne their prize : but, then they fhow On what their beft ^iffeclions they beftow.
This Wealthy is that fwcet Beautie , which preferres So many to their Executioners. This, is that rare Perfection, for whofe fake, The Pol tician, doth his Marriage, make. Yea, moft of thofe whom you (hall married find. Were coufned,(or did coufen) in this kind j And, for fomc byreftetls, they came together, Much more, than for the fakes, of one another. If this concernes thee, now, in any fenfe^ For thy inftruclion, take this warning hence: If thou halt crr'd already, then, lament Thy pa(Tcd crime, and , beare thy puni(hmenr« If thou, as yer, but tempted art to crre } Then, let this Emblem be thy Counfeller:
For, I have (aid my mind^ which, it thou flight, Goe, and repent it, on thy wedding night. N } Gn
(jive Credit ; buufir^i^eU beware* Before thou truft them-, who they are.
ILLVSTR. XXII.
Mt % '
Rather would (becaufc it feemeth juft J Deceived be, than caufelefly diftruft • Yet, whom I credited j and, then, how fane i Bee Cautions, which I thought worth heeding were } And, had not this been taught me long agone, I had been poorer, if not quite undone.
That, others to fuch warinefle, may come, This Emblem, here,hath filled up a roome j And, though a vulgar Figure, it may feeme. The Morall, of it, meriteth efteeme. That Seeing- Palme, (endowed with an Eye, And handling of a Heart)may fignifie What warie Watchfulnefje, obferve we mutt, Before we venter on a wcightie Trust r And,that,to keepe our kindnejfe from abufe, There is of doubk-dtdgence, an ufc. Mens hearts, are growne fo falfe, that moft are loath To truft each others Words, or Bands, or Oath : For, though wee had in every part an Eye, We could not fearch out all Hypocrifie^ Nor, by our utmoft providence, perceive How many wayes, are open to deceive.
Now,then (although perhaps thou artfo wife, To know already, what I would advife) Yet may this Emblem, or this Mem, bee Inftcad of fome Remembrancer, to thee. So, take it therefore ; And, be iiire, if either This Warning, or thy Wit, {ox both together)
Can, (till, fecure thee from dcceitfull-hearts^
Thy luck exceedethall thy other parts.
m
Bee, that, on Earthly rthings ydQtktiruft-> Depndetfh.upott Smoake, and DuiL
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ILLVSTR. XXIII.
Book.
lord! what acoylc is here ! and what a puther, To fave and get t to fcratch and fcrape together The Rubbifh of the world i and, to acquire Thofe vanities, which Fancie doth defire f What Violence is ufed, and what Cunning ? What nightly Watchings, and what daily Running ? Whztforrewes felt i what difficulties entred i What lojfes hazarded i what perills ventred i And, ftill, how fottilhly, doe wee perfever (By all the power, and meanes wee can endeaver) To wheele our felves, in a perpetuall Round, In queft of that, which never will be found? In objetts, here on Earth, we feekc to finde That perfect follidnefle, which is confinde, To things in Heaven, though every day we fee, What emptineiTe , and faylings, in them be.
To teach us better • this, our Fmblent, here, Aflayes to make terreftriall things appeare The fame they be,(both to our cares and eyes) That, wee may rightly their Condition prize. The beft, which of earths beft things, wee can (ay, Is thisjthat they are Graft, and will be Hay. The reft, may be refcmbled to the Smoke, ( W 1 icii doth but either blind the fight, or choke) < >i elfc, to thar uncleanly Mufrrum>ball, Which, in fome Countries, wee a Puff-foy(l call ; vVhofe out -fide, is a naftie rotten skin, Containing dnrr. or fmoking-duft , within. This is ray minds if wrong you thinkc I've done them, Be Fieles i and,at your perils,dotc upon them.
J feare, about tnee*aU my ftorc^ *And*yet-> a King enjoy es not mors.
[His Emblem is a Torteife, whofe ownc (hell Becomes that houfe,vthetc he doth rent-free dwellj And, in what place foever hce refides, His Arched- Lodging, on his backe abides. There is, moreover, found a kind of thefe, That live both on the fhore, and in the Seas; For which refpects,the7>f«/« reprefents That man, who in himfelfe, hath full contents j And (by the Vertues lodging in his mindej Can all things ncedfull, in all places, finde. To fuch a Man, what ever doth betide ; From him, his Treasures, nothing can divide. If of his eutward-meanes ^Thceves make aprife} Hee, more occafion hath to exercifc His inward. Riches: and, they prove a Wealth, More ufcfull, and lefle lyable to ftealth. ' If, any at his harmelefle perfon ftrike; Himfelfe heeftreight contra<5teth,7>/<r/V-//&, To make the Shell of Sujf ranee, his defence; And, counts it life, to die with Innocence. If, hee, by hunger, hear, or cold, be payn'dj If, hee, be (hundred, fleighted, or difdaynd- Hee, alwayes keepes and carries, that, within him, Which may,from thofe things,^ and comfort, win hira. When, him uncloathed, or unhous'd, you fce; His Resolutions, clothes and houfes bee, That keepe him fafer ,* and, farre warmer too, Than Palaces,and princely Robes, can doe.
God give mee wealth, that hathfo little Cumber % And, much good doo't the World with ail her Lumber.
To
To Learning,^ lov'eJhotddbay>e, Although one fboftotu in the Grave.
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Erej we an Aged-man defcribed have, T hat hath onefm, already, in the Grave : And, if you marke it (though the S«wv decline., And tiorned Cynthia doth begin to fhirae) With open-kooke, and, with attentive eyes, Himfelfe, to compaffe Knowledge, heapplycs : And, though that Evcning,end his laftof dayes, tit, I mil fiudy, more to leame, hefayes.
From this, we gather, that, while time doth lad, The time of learning, never will bepaft • And, that, each houre, till we our life lay downe, Still, fomething, touching life* is to be knownc. When he was old. wife Cato learned Greeke : But, we have aged-folkes, xh3X are to feckc Of that, which they have much more caufe to lcarne ; Yer, no fuc'h minde in them, wee (hall difcerne. For, that, which they fhould ftudic in their prime, Is, ofr, deferred , till their latter time .- And, then, old-age, unfit for learning, makes them , Or, clfc, that common dulneffe overtakes them, Which nukes afhamed, that it mould be thought* They necd,like little-children, to be taught. And, fo, out of this world, they doe returne As wife, as in that wecke, when they were borne.
God, grant me grace, tofpmdmy life-time fo, That I my duetyftill mayfeeke to know ; Jl nd, that, I never, may (0 farre proceed, fo tbtukc, that I, more Knowledge, doe not need •
Hut, in Experience, may continue growing,
Till I am fill' 'd with fruits ofptam . knowing . O
ss
Good-fortune, Tfiibby tbofe abide, In •vbom* True- ver cue doth refide.
JjL
ILLVSTR^X
\ Arke, how the Cornucopias, hers, apply Their Plenties, to the Red of Mercury ■ And(ifit feemenotneedldle) Iearne, to kriow This Hietoglyp hick's meaning, ere you goe. The Sages old, by this Mercurian-xoand (Caducdtts nam'd) were wont to underlland Art, Wiftdome, Venue, and what elle we findc, Reputed for endowments of the Minde. The Cornucopias, well-knowne Emblems, a: e, By which, great wealth, znd plenties, figur'd were -3 And (if you joyne together, what they fpel!; It will, to ev'ry Vnderllanding, tell, That, where Jnternall-Graces may be found, Eternall-blepngs, ever, will abound.
For, this is truth, and (though fome thought:^! you Suggeft, that this is, often times, untrue) This, ever is the truth . and, they have got Few right-form'd Venues, who believe it not. I will confeflTe, true Vtrtue hath not ever All Common-plenties, for which mod indeavour • Nor have the PerfecTJl-Fertues, thofc high places, Which Knowledge, Arts (and, fuch as have the faces Of outward beauty) many times, attaine • For, thefe are things, which (often) thofc men gaine, That are morcyfc/7;, then ftirit • and, have need Of carnall-belpcs ,x\\\ higher they pioccede. But,they, of whom I fpcake, arc flowne fo high, As, not to want thofe Toycs, for which wee crye : And, I had fhowne you lomewhat of their (tore, But, that, this Page, had roomc to write no more.
The
X/kteo(|>cl, ikihkefxBy imbrace ; Fdr->Godyiw'.chJtif:d us, tlm Grace,
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>derne Emblem, i^ a ratitc cjcprdfiig Of Cods grca Mc 1 cics, in a ModerneMefwg \ An i, <y vcs me, now, juft caufe to fing liis praife, tBes my being, in thefc dayes. ; aefired Mtffsges of Hcav'n, 1 ,our Fathers would their lives have giv'n, doves, C4V«,and Meuntaims, once a ycarc) 1 , wich hazard of their goods, to hcare 5 ( >i-, in leflTe bloudy times, at their owne homes, n private, and obfcured roomes. lofe loyfnU-tydings, we doe live in < very Village, to perceive j
icunds of Gladneffe ^ecchomay, ;h all our goodly Temples, ev'ry day. I v)h God) thy doing ; unto thee, for ^-:er,let all Pray fes bee. Prolong this Mcrcie, and, vtuchfafe the fruit, May . 1 r, o« this Vine-yard, fuit :
our {,uitkfneffe,thy Light of grace, Thou, from our Golden candlelticke, difplace. We doc, me thinkes, already, Lord, beginne To \van:onizf\ and let that loathing in, Which nukes thy Manna tafilejje i And, Ifeare, That, of thofe Chriftians, who, more often hearc, 7 henpracltfe, what they know, we have too many : And, If tiff eel my fclfc, as much as any. Oh ! mend mc fo, that, by amending mec, Amends in othrrs, may increafed be :
And, let all Graces, which thou haft be flow' d, Retarne thee honour,/™*** wbom,Jir(lt they flow' d.
O 2 The
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The Bees, "ficifl in an Helmet breed ; tAnd, Peace, dotb after Wzne,fuccecd,
ILLVSTR. XXVIII.
Book.
j[Hen you have heeded, by your Eyes of fenfe, This Helmet, hiving of a Swarm e of Bees, Confider, what may gather'd be from thence, > And, what your Eye of Fnderjfanding fees.
That Helmet, and, thofe other Weapons, there, Betoken Warn 3 the Honey-making, Flyts, An Emblem of a happy Kingdome, are, Injoying Peace, by painfull Induftries : And, when, all thefe together are expreft, As in this Emblem, where the Bees, doe feeme To make their dwelling, in a Plumed-Crefl, A MoraU is implyed, worth efteeme.
For, thefe inferre, myfterioufly, to me, That, Peace, and Art, and Thrift, mod firme abides, In thofe Re-publikes, where, Armts cherifht bee 3 A nd, where, true Martiall. difciplwc, refides. When, of their Stings, the Bees, difarm'd, become. They, who, on others Labours, ufe to prey, Incourag'd are, with violence, to come, And, beare their Honey, and, their Waxe, away.
So when a People, meerely, doc afFeit To gather Wealth ; and (foolifhly fecure) Defences neceffary, quite negled ; Their Foes, to fpoyle their Land, it will allure. Long PM«,brings Wane . and, Warre,bnngs Peace,ngxne- For, when the fmart of Warfare feizerh on them, They crye, Alarme . and, then, to fight, are faine*, Vntill, their Wane, another Peace, hath wonncthem ;
And, out of their old rufty Helmets, then,
New Bees doe fwarme, and, fall to worke agen.
Tr
The Heart of him, that is upright,
In Heavenly-knowledge, takes delight.
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Illvstr
^His Emblem, with forae other of the reft, Arc fcarce, with feemly Properties, expreft, Yet, lince a vulgarj and a meane Inventitn May yield fome Fruit, and (hew a good Intention • He, hence, as well informe your InteffecJs, As if thefe Figures had not thofe defects.
The Beoke, here (hadow'd, may befaid^ to (how The Wtfdome, and Experience, which we know By Common meanes, and, by thefe Creatures ,here, Which to be plac'd below us, may appeare.
The Winged-heart, betokens thofe Defires, T»y which, the Reasonable foule, afpires Above the Creature h and, attempts to clime. To Myfler ies, and Knowledge, more fublime : Ev'n to the Knowledge of the Three- in -one, lmplycd by the Tetragrammaton.
The Smokhigs of this Heart, may well declare Thofe Perturbations, which within us arc, Vntill,that Heavenly wifedomc, we have gain'd, Which is not, here, below, tobcattain'd ; And, after which, thofe Hearts, that arc upright, Enquire with daily ftudic, and delight.
To me, Oh Lord, vouchsafe thou, to impart The g'ft offuch a Rc-<5tifyed-hcart. Grant me the Knowledge oflnferiour things, Stfarre, alone, its their Experience, brings 1 he Knowledge, which, I ought to have of thee, And, cf thofe Due ties, thou rcquir'Jlofmee :
For, thee, Oh Clad, to know, and, thee tofcavc?
Of tr tuft Wif.'' lome, the Tsfclions arc.
Wnere
Where* Labour, wifely, is implojd* /DeferyedG\oryyis injofd.
iLLVSTR. XXiX.
dook.%
SOe men fuppofe, when Geds free-giving Hand, Doth by their Friends, or, by Inheritance, To Wealth, or Tit les, raife them in the Land, Thar, thofc, to Lafting-glories, them advance i Or, can men thinke, fuch Goods, ox Gifts of Nature, As Nimble-apprehenfons, Memory, An Able-body, or, a comely Feature (Without improvement) them, fhall dignifie ? May Sloth, and Idlenefle, be warrantable, In us, becaufeour Fathers have been rich i Or, are wee, therefore, truely honourable, Becaufe our Predecejfours, have beenc fuch * When, nor our Fortunes ,nor our natural! parts, In any meafurc, are improved by us, Arc others bound (as if we had defcrts) With Attributes of Honour to belye us f
No, no $ the more our Predecejfours left, (Yea, and, the more, by nature, we enjoy) We, of the more efteeme, mail be bereft ; Becaufe, our Talents, we doe mif-imploy . True Glory, doth on Labour, ftill attend 5 Bur, without Labour, Glory we have none. She, crovvnes good Workmen, when their Works have end^ And, Shame, gives payment, where is nothing done.
Laborious, therefore, bee 5 But, left the Spade (which, here, doth Labour meane)thouu(e in vaine, The Serpent, thereunto, be fure thou adde ; That is, Let Prudence guide thy taking-paine.
For, where, a mfe.endeavour, (hall be found,
A Wreath of Glory, will inclofc it round.
Bch- i
Beboldijou may, the Pi€tureyhere,
Of fi hatikeepes Man, and Childe, in fear e.
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Illvstr. X XXI.
Book. 2
|Hefe, are the great'ft Afflictions, nio^r men have, Ev'n from their Nurfmg- cradle, to their Grave : Yet, both fo needfull are, I canno:fee, How either of them, may well fpared bee. The Rod is that, which, mod our Child-hood feares ; And, ftemes 'he great'ft AfjliSlion that itbeares : Thar, which to Man-hood, is a plague, as common ("And, more unfufferable; is a Woman.
YetjblufhnotL^*; neither frowne, I pray, Thar, thus of mmen^ I prefume to fay ■ Nor, number mce, as yet, among your foes • For, I am more your friend, then you fuppofe : Nor fmile ye Men, as if, from hence, ye had An Argument, that Woman kinde were bad. The tf/';r/),isblamelefTe(yea, by nature, fwcer, And gentle) till, with ftubborne Boyes, it meet : But, then, it fmarts. So, Women, will be kindc, Vntill, with froward Husbands, they are joyn'd : And, then indeed (perhaps) like Birchen boughes, ( Which, clfc, had beene a trimming, to their Houfe) They, fomci irnes provn, fharpe whips, and Rods ,to them , That Wtfdome, and, ln(irttc~tion doe contcmne.
A Woman, war. not given for Correclion 5 But, rather for a furtherance to Perfefliort : A precious Balme of bve,to cure Mans gricfe^ And, of his Plcafures,to become thechiefc. If, therefore, die occafion any fmarr, Theblime, he merits, wholly, or in part:
Tor, like fweet Honey, (he, good Stomachs, plcafcs ;
But, paincs the Body, fubjecl to Dijeajes.
Dcarh's
I Deaths one long-Slcepe • and, Life's no more, 9^r But one £h ore- Watch, an boure before.
ILLVSTR. XXXII.
lock. 2
^en, on this Child Lkt far e , thou (hair looke, Wh ch.withhis Lightens Houre.gUjJe,arA his beikc, ^lts, in a n*tchi*g-$aP.uret for "X'd here • And, when thou haft perus'd chat Mttto, there, On which he layes his hand • thy felfe apply To whjt it counfelleth ; zndjearne to de, While that Light burnes,and, that /for* hottre doth M, Wh;ch, for this Leflo/t, thou obtained haft.
And, in this bus'neffe, ufe thou no dtlayes j For, if the bisger Motto trucly, feyes, There is not It ft unto thee, one whole Witch, Thy neceflavy labours, ro difpatch. It was no more, when firft thy Life b°gunne j And, m ny Glafles of tha: Watch berunne: Wh'ch thouoblervingjhoulJfibepurinminde, To husband well, the Jj>ace that is behind.
En Jeavour honeftly, whifft thou hat light : Deferre thou not, thy lourney, till the night i Nor, Heepeaway^in Vanities,' he pnmet And/fl" re . of thy moft acceptable time. So watchful!, rather, and, fo cartfull be, Thar, whenloere the Brtdcgmme fummons thee $ And, when thy zW returns, unlookr for, h >rac j Thou mavft, a Pattner, in their jovc«,becoa;e.
And, oh my God ! fotearie,at.d(o wife. Let me he ma ->e ■. that, thts, which I advfji To other men [And really have thong' ' t) May (ItU, in prachce, ly my (c Ife he b ought .*
And, help, a»dpa>ds* vt;, rrh-n I tratfgreffe,
Through humanefraittie, er,for?e;fulntjJc.
Khrt
What ever God did fore-decree, ShaU>yt>itb0utfaile,M&\\cd be.
*E thinkcs, that .Frfr<?,wrnch Cad weighs forth to all, 1 , by the Figure of this Even~Skalei May partly fhovv - and, let my Reader, fee
The (rate, of an immntaUt-decree •
And, how it differs, from thofc Deflinies,
Which camall understandings, doedevife. For, this implies, that ev'ry thing, to-come,
Was, by a fteady, and, by equall doome,
Wcigh'd out, by Province ; and, thar, by Grace,
Each thing, each perfm, ev'ry time, zni place,
H ad thereunto, a potvre, and portion given,
So proper to their nature (and, fo even
To that jufl mcafitre, which, aright became
Th? Workiagi r,and, xht being, of the fame)
As, bed might hclpe the furthering of that end,
Which, God's ercrnall mfedome, doth intend.
And, though, I dare not be (o bold, as they,
Who,of God's Clo(er,fcemc to keep the Key .
(And, things, for abfolnte Decrees, declare,
Which, either/*//?, or, but Contingents are)
Yet, in his WiH-reveal'd ,my Reajon, fees
Thus much,of his ImmHtabU'decrees :
That, him, a Doome-eternall, reprobatcth,
Who (corneth Merck 5 or,7*/iW?ftwhateth,
Without Repenting i And, that, whenfoever,
A Sinner, true amendment t([u\\ indeavour ;
Bewaile his Wickednefle, and, call tor grace ;
There fliallb«", f >r Compafion, time, and place. And% this, I hold, a branch of that Dane, h,Menmay by ,{£11 never changed he,
P Mi
96
My Fortune, I had rather beare- Then comet where greater peril! s are.
ILLVSTR. XXXIV.
Bcek.i
jArkc well this Caged-fowle • and, thereby,fee, What, thy eftate, may, pcradventure, be. She, wants her freedome ; fo, perhaps, doft thou, .Some freedoms lacke, which, are defired, now 5 And, though, thy Body be not fo confin'd ; Art ftraitned, from fome liberty oiMinde.
The Bird in thrall, the more contented lyes, Becaufc,the Hawke , fo neere her, fhe efpyes 5 And, though, the Cage were open, more would feare, To venture out, then to continue there : So, if thou couldft perceive, what Birds of prey, Are hov'ring round about thee, every day, Tofeizethy Soule (when (he abroad (hall goe, To take the Freedom, fhe defireth fo) Thou, farre morefearcfull, wouldft of them, become, Then thou art, now, of what thou flyefl from.
Not Precepts, but Experience, thus hath taught me 5 Which, to fuch refolutions, now have brought me, That, whatfoever mifchiefes others doe me, I make them yield fome true Contentments to me j Andjfela'omc ftrugglefrom them, till I fee, That, fmotber.fortmes will fecurer be. What fpight foercmy Foes, to me, can doe, I laugh thereat, within an houre or two : For,thoughthe World, and I,at firff, believe, My Suffrings, give me caufc enough to grieve j Yet, afterward, I finde (the more to glad me) Thar, better Fortunes, might fane worfe have made me. By fome young Dm^though, I fcratchcJ am, Yet, I am hopefull, I (hall fcape their Dam.
The more contrary Windes doe blow, The greater Vermes praife w'ff^row.
97
Illvstr. XXXV. Book. :
;3fervcthc nature of that Fiery-flame^ Which on the Mountains top ib brightly fhowes j The Windes from every quarter, blow the fame, Yea, and to blow it out, their/*>7 blowes 5 But, lo j the more they ftrme, the more hjhimth -3 At every Blaft, the Flame afcendeth higher $ And, till the Fuells want, that rage confineth, Ir, will be, {till, a great, and glorious Fire,
Thus fares the man, whom Vertue, Beacon-like, Hath fixe upon the Hills of Eminence, At him, the Tempefts of mad £»f/*ftrike, And, rage againft his Piles of Innocence ; Bur, ft ill, the more they wrong him, and the more They feeke to keepe his worth from being knowne, They, daily, make it greater, then before ; And, caufe his Fame, the farther to beblowne.
When, therefore, no felfe-doting Hrrogance, But, Vertucs, cover'd with a modeft vaile, Breake through obfcuriti, and, thee advance To place, where EnviefaW thy worth aflaile ; Difcourage not thy felfc : but, Hand the fhockes Of wrath, and fury. Let them fnarleand bite j Purfue thee, with Detratlion, Slanders, Mockes, And, all the venom'd Engines of Delight t Thou art above their malice • and, the blaze Of thy C deft tail- fire, (lull thine fo cleare, That, their befotted (oules, thou fhalt amaze ; And, make thy Splendours, to their fhamc, appeare.
If this be all, that Envies rage can doe,
Lord, give me Virtues, though I fufcrteo.
P j Evert
Eyen as the Smoke doth pajfe affray ; Soy/baO aS Worldly-porapc decay.
S>?
ILLVSTR. XXXVI.
Book.
\ Ome better Arguments, then yet I fee, i I muft perceive ; and, better caufes, why, To thofc gay things, I rtiould addicted bee, To which, the Vulgar their Affecliens tyc. I have confider'd,S«//W7, Mtters,Crownes, Wiih each appurtenance to them belonging ; My heart , hath fearch'd their Glories, and Renmnts ; And, all the plcafant things about them thronging : My Souk, hath truely weigh'd, and, tooice the meafure, Of "Riches (which the moft have fo defircd) I have diftill'd the Quintcflence of Pleafure, And, feenethofe Objefts,that are moft admired. I, likewife feeleall Papons ,and AffeQions, That helpe to cheat the Reafin, and pcrfwade Thatthofe poore Vanities , have fome perfections, Whereby their Owners, happy might be made.
Yet, when that I have rouz'd my Fndsrfttnding, Andclcans'd my Heart from fome of that Corruption, Which hinders in me Reajom free commanding, And, (hewer, things, without vailcs, or interruption j Then, they, me thinkes, as fiuitlcfle doe appears, As Rubbles (wherewithall young-children play) Or, as the Smoke, which, in our Emblem, here, Now, nukes a fhow, and, ftraight,confumes away.
Re fleas' d, Oh God, my value may befucb Of every Oiitward-bletfing, here below, That, I may neither love them overmuch, Nor under p rife the Gift*, thou (halt be/low:
Bur, know the ufe, or all thefe fading Smokes .
And, be refreftff, by that, which others chokes.
Death
Death, is unable to divide
Their Hearts, -frhofe Hands True-love bath tyde.
Illvstr. XXXVII.
Book.
[Pon an Altar, in this Emblem, (lands A Burning-hem j and, therewithall, you fee Beneath Deaths-bead, a pairc of Loving-bands, Which, clofe., and faft- united, feemc to be. Thefe moderne Hieroglyphic kes (vulgarly Thus bundled up together) may aflord Good-meanings, with as much Propriety, As bert, with common Iudgemtnts, will accord.
It may imply , that, when both Handznd Heart, By fympathizing deareneflc arc invited, To meet each others nat'rall Counterpart, And, are by facred Ordinance united : They then have entred that ftri<5t Obligation, By which they, firmcly, cv'ry way arc ty'd j And, without meanes (or thought of reparation) Should in that Vmon, till their Deaths, abide ;
This therefore, mindethou, whatfoerc thou be (Whofe Marriagc-riy>g,t\\\s Covenant, hath fcaled) For, though, thy Faith's infringement, none can fee, Thy (ccret fault, (lull one day, be revealed. And, thou that art at liberty, take heed, Left rhou (ai over great a number doe) Of thine ovvne perfon, make a Privy-deed, And, afterwards, deny thy doing fo. For, though there be, nor Church, nor Cbappcll, nigh thee (Nor outward wirnefles of what is done) A Poivcr-invifiUc doth alvvayes eye thee • And, thy pretended Lcv:,(o lookes upon,
That, if thou be not, till thy dying, true;
Thy Fdfcbood, till thy dying, thou (halt rue.
Falfc
IOO
Falfe Weights, Toith Mcafurcs falfe ejehew, ^And,giyt to ev'ry math their Due.
ILLVSTR. XXX VIII.
Book.
'Orth of zChud(vti\h Suit and Rule) extended An Armt (for this next Embiem) doth appeare ; Which hath to us in filen$jb$wts, commended, t\ Virtue , that is often wanting, here. The World, is very ftudious of Deceipts . And, he is judged wifeft, who deceives. Falfe meafures, and, Adulter ated-weights , Of many dues, the needy-man bereaves.' Ev'n Weights to fell, and, other Weights to buy {Two forts of mights) in practice are, with forae j And, both of thefe, they often falfifie, That, they to great, and fuddaine wealth, may come.
But, Confcience make of rayfing your eftates, By fuch a bafe, and fuch a wicked way : For, this Injuftice, Cod expreflely hates j And, brings, at laft, fuch thrivert to decay. By Weight and meajure, He,on allbeftowes The Portions due j Thar, Weight and Meafure, then, Which Man to God, or to his Neighbour owes, Should, juftly, be returned backe agen. Give ev'ry one, in ev'ry thing hisowne; Give hohour, where an honour mall be due 5 Where you arc loved, let your love be fhowne ; And, yield thcin fuccours, who have fuccour'd you. Give to thy Children, breeding and Corrections ; Thy Charities, ev'n to thy Fees extend : Give to thy wife, the beft of thy Affettiom ; To God, thyfelfe, and, all thou haft, commend : And, left thou faile, Remember whohith fayd, Such mealurc,*r thou giv'ftjhalt he repafd.
liet
He needs notfeare-, ~a>bat]pigbt can doe-, Whom Vertuc friends* and Fortune, Uo.
IOI
Illvstr. XXXIX. Book.
Hen, in this Embhm here, obferve you fliall
h An Eaglet, perched, on a Winged-ball * Advanced on an Altar ; and, havecy'd The Snakes , aflayling him, on ev'ry fide: Me thinkes, by thar, you ftraight mould apprehend Their ftate, whom Wealth, and Vertue^ doe befriend.
My Iudgcment, by that Altar-ftone, conceives The lollidnefTe, which, true Religion gives -y . And, that falt-groundcd^Ww^, which, we fee, In grave, and found Morality, to be. The Flying-ball, doth, very wcll,cxpreflc All 0 mivar dbtefings, and, their jtckleneffe. Our Eaglet ^meancth fuch Contemplative s , As, in this world, docpafTe away their lives, By fo pofleffingthat which they havegor, As. if they car'u not, though, they had it not. The Snakes, may well rcfcmblcthofc, among them, Who, mccrely out of envie, fceke to wrong them ; And, all ttieic Figures (thus together layd) D< >c fpeake to mc, as it thefc words, they fayd :
That man^ who builds upon the be(l foundation, ( And (preadt the wide ft wing* o/Contemplation) Whdft,tnthe flcfli, he bidet, will need jome props Of earthly-fortunes, tofupport his hopes •• A,..d, other-while, thofc things ^may meatus become, The flings c/"Envic, to feenre htm from. And, hence, 1 Icarnc ; that, fuch, as will abide, Againftall Envie, (ivongly fortify'd,
Mu^ joyne, great Vertues, and great Wealth, tpgethcr.
God hclpc us, then, poorc- fouk s, who farce have t it her !
time
ioz
Time, if a Fading-flowre, that's found Within Eternities leide round.
ILLVSTR.XL.
Book a
[Ive Termes, there be, which five, I doc apply To all, that hw ,and ts^nd.jhallbt done. Thejirjl, and lift, is that Et e rn i t i e, Which, neither mall have End, nor, was begunne. Be g inning, is the w.v/ 5 which, is a fpace (Or moment rather) fcarce imaginarie, Made, when the firft MaieriaS, formed was ; And, then, forbidden, longer time to tarry. Time entred, when, Beginning had an Ending, And, is a ProgrefTe, all the workes of Nature, Within the circuit of it, comprehending, Ev'n till the period, oi the Outward-creature. En d , is the fourth, of thofe five Termes I meane ,♦ (As briefe,as was Beginning) and, ordayncd, To fet thclaft of moments, to that Sc<ene, Which, on this Worlds wide Stage, is entertayned. The fifth, we Everlasting, fitly, call 5 For, though, it once begnnne, yet, fliall it never Admit, of my future-end, at all 5 But, be extended onward, (till, for ever.
The knowledge of thefe Termes, and of what *BiM% To each of them belongs, would fet an end, To many Controverfies, and Diftradlions, Which doe fo many trouble, and offend, Ti M e's nature, by the Fading florvre, appearcsj Which, is a Type, of Tranfitory thirgs : The Circled. fnake, Et e rn i t i e declares ; Within whofe Round, each fading Creature, Ipfings. Some Riddles more, to utter, I intended, Butjlo j afudden flop, my words have ended.
When great Attempts are under gone-,
loyne Strength and Wifedome, both in one.
JLLVSTR. XL I.
Book. 2
^F (Reader) thou defi rous be to know What by the Centaure,kcmcth here intended j What, alfo, by the Snake, and, by the Bowe, Which in his hand, he bcareth alway bended : Lcarne, that this halfe-a man, and halfe-a hrft, h ancient Hicroglypbicke, teaching thee, That, Wifcdmt mould be joyn'd with outward/or^, If profperous, we defire our workes to be. His rpi>er-fiariythc fliape of Matt, doth beare, To teach, that, Reajon mud become out guide. The Under. parts, a Horfcs Members are ; To (hew, that wc muft, alfo^ftrengtb provide : The Serpent, and the Bow, doth fignific The fame (or matter to the fame effect) And, by two Types, one Morall to iroplie, h doubled a fore-warning of neglect. When Knowledge wanteth Power, defpis'd wcgrow, An J, know but how ro aggravate our paine : Gteai jhtngtb, will workcit ovvne fad overthrow, Vnl i ; '.-, it guided be, with Wifedomes rcine.
Therefore, Oh God, vouchfafe tboufo to marry The gifts o/Soule WBody, both, in me, That, I may ftili have ali things neceffary, To wot Ice, as I commanded am, by thee. And, let me notpojfejje them, Lord, alone, Brit, alfo, knovv their vfc ■ and,fo well know it. That, I may doc each duety to be done ; Andt with upright intentions, alwayes doc it.
If this be more, then, yet, obtame I may,
My will accept thou, for the dvxd, I fray. Q
The
The Ground brings forth all needfull things . Butiftom the Sunnc, this a>ertuc firings.
Illvstr. XLII.
Book.
£E doe acknowledge (as this Emblem fhowes) That Fruits and Flmres, and many feafmt-thirgs, From out the Ground, in ev'ry feafon growes -
And, that unto their being, helpe it brings.
Yet, of it felfe, the Ground, we know is dull,
And, but a Witling- patient, whereupon
The Surrne, with Beames, and Vermes wonderfull,
Prepareth, and effecleth, what is done.
We, likewifc, doe acknowledge, that omejes
Indowed are with faculties of Seeing,
And, with fome other mt'rsll properties,
Which are as much our owne, as is our Being.
However>till the Sunne imparts his light,
We finde, that we in darhnejje doc remair.e,
Obfcured in an everlarting night ;
And, boa ft our Seeing- faculties, in vaine.
So, we,. by nature, have fome nat'rallpowers : But, Grace, muft thofe abilities of ours Firft move ; and, guide them, frill, in moving, thus, To worke with God, when GoddnW worke on us •• For, GWfoworkes, that, no man he procures Againft his nature,ought to cliHfe,or fliun : But, by his holy-Spirit, h\vc\ allures -, And, with fweet mildneffe, proveth ev'ry one. T:he Sunr.e is faultleffcof it, when the birth Of fome bad Fteld,is nothing elfebut Wilis : For, by the fclfe-famc ■£//»_/£/«. fiuit full Earth Beares pleafant Crops,and plentifully breeds. Thus, from owx [elves, oi\\i"tc<$ have incrcafc, Our Vertues, from the Snnne ct~ Rigl-tet
No paffagc can divert the Courfe, Of PegaSis,^ Mufes Horfe.
105
ILLVSTR. XLIII.
Book.
[His is the Poets-horfc j a Pal/ray, Sirs, (That may be ridden, without rod or fpurres) Abroad, more famous then Bucephalus, Though, not fo knowne, as Banks his horfe, with us j Or feme of thofe fieet-borfis, which of late, Have runne their Mafters, out of their eftate. For, thofe, and Hobby-horfesy beft befit The note, and practice of their modernc wit, Who, what this Horfe might meane, no knowledge had, Vntill, a Taverne-figne, they faw it made.
Yet, this old Emblem (worthy veneration) Doth figure out, that winged-cmtempUtion, On which the Learned mount their beft Invention , And, climbe the Hills of higheft Apprehenfion, This is the nimble Gennet, which doth carry, Their -F4»«*,thorow Worlds imaginary 3 And, by ld<tas feigned, (hewes them there* The nature of thole Truths, that reall are. By meanes of this, our Soules doe come to know A thoufand fecrcts, in the Deeps below ; Things, here on £xr/£,and, things above the Skyes, On which, we never fixed, yet, our eyes.
No thorny, miery, ftecpe, nor craggy place, Can interrupt this Courfer, in his race : For, that, which others, in their paflage troubles. Augments his courage, and his vigour doubles. Thu<, fares the Minde, infusdvoith brave defirts 5 It flits through Darkeneffe^ Dangers, Flouds, and Fires 1
And, in de(J>ight of what her ajme refifleth :
Purfms her hopes, and takes the \vayfl>e lifleth.
O 2 The
io6
The Husbandman, dothfoTQtbz Seeds ; And, tben-iOn Hopfc,tiflHatveft,_/<rflfr.
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ILLVSTR. XLIV.
Book.t
m
He painfull Husbandman, with fweaty browes, Confumes in labour many a weary day: fa***) tc bjea^g the ftubborne earth,he digs and foxglxs^ And, then, the Corne, he fcatters on the clay : When that is done, he harrowes in the Seeds, And, by a well cleans'd Furrow, layes it dryer He, frees it from the Wormes, the Moles, the Weeds • He, on the Fences, alfo hath an eye.
%And, though he fee the chilling Winter, bring Snows, Flouds, and Frofts, his Labours to annoy $ Though bUfing-windes doe nip them in the Spring, And, Summers Meldewes, threaten to deftroy : Yea, though not onely Dayes, but Weekes, they are (Nay, many #'«£«, and, many Monetbs befide) In which he rauft with payne, prolong his care, Yet, conftant in his hopes he doth abide. For this refpe\ Hope's Emblem .here, you fee Attends the Pt\gl, that men beholding it, May be inft¥u?red, or clfe minded be, What Hopes, continuing Labours, will befit. Though, long thou toyled haft, and, long attended About fuch workings as are ncccfla: y -3 And, oftentimes, ere fully they are endc d, Shalt findc thy paines in danger to mifcarry : Yet, be not out of hyc, not quite dcjccled: For,buryed Seeds will fprout when Winter's gone -} Vnhkclier things are many times effected ; And, God brings helpe, when men their beft have done. Yea, they that in Good-norlcs their life imploy j Ahhough, they [owe in ttares,foallreape inj$y,
Things Jo their beji perfection comet Not all at once • buU fome and fbme.
I07
iLLVSTR. XLV.
Beak, z
\ Hen, thou fhak vifit, in the Moneth of May, A coftly Garden, in her beft atray ; (Bowers,
And>view the well-grown Trees, the wel-trimm'd The Beds of Herbs, the knots of pleafant flowers, With all the deckings, and the fine devices, Perteyning to thofe earthly Paradifes, Thoucanft not well fuppofe, one day, or two, Did finifh all, which had beene, there, to doe. Nor doft thou, when young Plants, or new-fowne Lands, Doe tbirft for needfull Watrings, from thy hands, By Flood-gates, let whole Ponds amongft them come -3 But, them befprinkleft, rather, fome and fome -. I eft, elfc, thou marre the F tomes, or chill the Seed, Or drowne the Saplings, which did moyfture need.
Let this experiment, which, to thy thought, May by this Emblem, now perhaps, be brought, Perfwade thec to confidcr, that, no actions, Can come, but by degrees, to their perfections ; And, reach thee, to allot, for every thing, That Icifarely -proceeding, which may bring The ripenelfe,and the fulncfle,thou cxpe&cft : And, though thy Hopes, but flowly thou cffecleft, Difcourage not thy fclfc •, fince, ofc they prove Moft prolpcrous actions, which at leifure move. By many drops, is made a mighty jhovore 5 And many minutei finifh up an boure : By little, and by little, we poflefle Afiiiranceof the grcatcft Happinefe.
And, oft, by too much hifle, and, too much cofl, G reat Wealth, g- cat Honours, and, great Hopes, are left.
Affli&ion,
Affli&ion, doth to many adds More value, then j before* they had.
ILLVSTR. XL VI.
Eotk.%
^Hough I am fomewhat fobcrer today, I have been (I confefle) as mad as they, Who think thofe men,that large PofleiSons have, Gay Clothes, fine Furnitures, and Houfes brave, Are thofe (nay more, that they alone are thofe) On whom, the ftile of Xick, we mould impofe.
But, having, by experience, underftood His words, who (ayd, his troubles did him good, I, now perceive, the Worldly. rich arepoorc, Vnlefleof Strrowes, alfo, they have ftore. Till from the Straw, the Flaile , the Cornt doth beat 5 Vntill the Chafey be purged from the Wheat, Yea, till the MM, the Grams in pieces teare, The richnefle of the Flewre, will fcarce appearc.
So, till mens perfons great Afflitiions touch (Ifmrth be found) their tverthis not fo much, Becaufe, like Wheat, in Straw, they have not, yet, That value, which in tbrejbing, they may get. For, till the bruifing.F/<w/tt of Go d's Corrc8ionst Hayethrefhed out of us our vaine Ajftftions ; Till thofe Corruption, which doe misbecome U5, Are by thy Sacred.jfirit, winnowed from us ; Vntill, from us, the/?r<Jn»of Worldly-treasures ; Till all thedufty Chafe of empty P/eaJures • Yea, till his Flaile, upon us, he doth lay, To threfli the huske of this our Flejh away ; And, leave the £<>«/<? uncover'd 5 nay, yet more, Till GWfhall make, our very Spirit poore ;
We fhall not up to higheft Wealth afpire:
But, then we floall -y and, that is my deftre.
Thtmrh
Though Fortune, hath a powfttll Name, Teti Vertue overcomes the fame.
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ILLVSTR. XLVH.
Book. 2
• Snake, (which was by wife Antiquitie ijj|$| Much us'd , the type of Prudencie to be) saisl Hetnmcs in a Wtnged-t>all,v/hich doth imply, That Fickle-fortune, from which, none are free. Above this Ball, the Snake advanceth too, The Laurell> and the Sword j which, Emblems are, Whereby our Authour maketh much adoe, A Conquejl over Fortune, to declare. And, well enough this purpofe it befits, If {Reader) any one of thofe thou be, Whofe Fortunes mud be mended by their Wits j And, it affords inftru&ions fit for thee i For, hence, thou mayft collect, that, no cftate Can, by Misfortunes means, become fo bad, But, Prudence (who is Miflreffe over Fate) May rule it fo, that, good it might be made.
Though Fo>7«»«outlawes, on thy Riches prey, By Wiftdmc, there is meanes, of getting more j And, cv'ry rub that's placed in thy way, Shall make thee walke more fafely, then before. Nor Poverty, nor Paynes, nor Spigbtfulnejfe, Nor other Mifcbiefes, that Mifcbance can doe thee, Shall bring thee any forrow or diftreffe, Which will not be, at laft, advantage to thee.
Lord, give mefucb a Prudence : for my Fortune Puts many foyles, and cruelltbrujls upon me :■ ibyhelpe, long fince,it made me to importune j And, thou didjl grant it, or fhe bad undone me. Still, daignc me thy afijlance, Lord, and, than, Let all Misfortunes, doe the rvorjl they can.
A lifr,
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Ji Life, ttith good-repute, Jle havey Or, "»inne an honourable Grave.
Illvstr. XLVIII.
Beok.x
I N this our Emblem, you fliall fifide expreft- A Man, incountring with a Sdvage-btafi ■ And, he refblveth (as his Motto fayes ) To live with^wwj ox^odye mihpraife. I like the Rtfiltttion, and the Deed, In which, this Figure teacheth to proceed. . For, us, me thinkes, it counfelleth, to doe, AnacVwhich all men areoblig'd unto. That ugly £o«(wherewith the man in ftrife Herefeemes to be) doth meane a Smnifh-life, And, all thofe beaftly Vices, that allay To root becomming Vtrtues quite away ; Thofe Fices9 which not onely marre our feature?, But, alfo, ruinate our manly natures.
The harmef ull fury, of this raging Bore, Oppofe couragioufly, left more and more, It get within you; and, at laft, appeare More prevalent, then your defences are. It is a largc-growne fig, of that wilde Swine, Which, ev'ry day, attempts to undermine Out Safeties For,t : Twas he, which long agoe, Did feeke the Holy. Vineyards overthrow : And, if we charge him not with all our power, The She, or bee, will enter and devout e.
But, what's our flrengtb, O Lord ! or, whit art met In (neb a Combate, without aydefrom thee ? Oh, comtto he Ipe us, there fire, in this Fight j And, let ut he inabled in thy might :
So, weflullbotb in life-time, Conqttejls have j
And, be victorious, alp, in the Grave.
Shee Jhall increafe in glory ,/&'#, VmiU her ligrft, the vorld, doth fin.
Ill
ILLVSTE
Book. 2
[Hat in this EmbUm^hzx. mans meanings were, ' Who made it firft, I neither know nor care 5 For, whatfoerc, he purpofed, or thought, To ferve mypurpoft, now it (hall be taught 5 Who, many times,before this Taskc is ended, Muft picke ont Mora/Is, where was none intended.
This knot oiMoonts ("or Crefitnts) crowned thus, Illuftrate may a Myftery to hs, Of pious ufe(and, peradventure, fuch, As from old Hieroglyphicks,er:es not much) Old-Vmes, upon the Moone, three names beftow'd ; Beaufc, three diverfe wayes, her felfe fhc ihow'd : And, in xhefacred-bookes, it may be fliowne, That boly -Churchy was figur'd by the Moonc.
Then, thefe three Meonts in one, may intimate The holy-Churches threefold bleft eftate. The Moone, ft ill, biding in our Hemitfbare, May typifie the Church, confifting, here, Of men, yet living : when (Tie fhewes her light Amon^ us here, in portions of tbe night ; The Church it figures, as confift (he may Of them, whofe bodies in the Grave doe ftay • And,whofcb!e(t#w'tt, are afcended thither, Where Souk and Body meet, at laft, together. Bur, when