George Withers' Emblemes

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The Bees, "ficifl in an Helmet breed ;
tAnd, Peace, dotb after Wzne,fuccecd,
ILLVSTR. XXVIII.
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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 ofa 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
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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.
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