George Withers' Emblemes

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To Kings, both Sword andMicc pertaine j
And-> thefetbey dee not' beare in yalne.
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ILLVSTR. III. Book. 3
(Hen thou behold'ft, upon a Day ofState,
The King (or, fornc inferiour Magifirate)
Walke torch in publicke, and the royall Mace,
The Sword, oc Scepter borne before his face :
Suppofe thou not, that thofe are carried, fo,
In oftentation, or tor idle fliow.
Thcfe vulgar Emblems, are fignificant
And, that authority, w hich Primes grant
To Bodies-f$hticke, was, heretofore
Declared, by thofe Enjignes, which they bore.
The bruzing Mac e (although, perhaps, with us,
It be not inthefe times, restrained thus)
That branch of RoyaU-power did fignifie,
Which doth by Fines, or lojje of liberty,
Correct Offenders. By the Smrd, they meant,
That larger branch ofpow'r, to reprcfent,
Which takes ihe Ma'efaclors life away
And, armes ic felfe, when Resells difobay.
As often, therefore, as thou fhalt e/pie
Such Hitroglypftickcs of Authority 5
Be miadefull 5
andadvis'd (how mcanc foerc
The Per[ons,ov the Places may appeare,
Who get thisfwV) that ftill thou honour rlicm:
Left, thou in thofc, the pow'r of tWcontemnc.
If not for theirs, yet for thy Sov'raigw caufe,
Whom thefe doc pcrfonatr
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Or, for the Lawcs,
(Which thi eaten p;inifhmcnt)thy felfe fubmit;
And, (uff;r what Authority thinkes fit :
For, whatfocrc they be that g'jidc the Rcyne,
lit, gave the pow'r, who ^ave it, not, in vaine,
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