George Withers' Emblemes

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Ji Life, ttith good-repute, Jle havey
Or, "»inne an honourable Grave.
Illvstr. XLVIII.
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IN 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 Fices 9
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, ifwe 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 heIpe us, therefire, in this Fight j
And, let ut he inabled in thy might
So, weflullbotb in life-time, Conqttejls have
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And, be victorious, alp, in the Grave.