George Withers' Emblemes

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: Till God hath trough tu to his Will, The Hammer vejbattfujftrftilt. U ILLVSTR. XVII. [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 iffome 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. D Botk.l. From
. That ; i8 From tbence^bere Nets and Snares are lqyd> Make-haft j left elsyou bebetrafd. ILLVSTR.XVIII [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
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: ,: ! CotiKtcjfe TO THE MOST Hl6Ei
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We beft /ball quiet clamorout Thron
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: That Kingdome Tfrifl eftabli/b'd
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: : When "free bate greateU Gricfcs
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: If Safely, thou dejire to goe, Be
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74- Let none dejpaire of their Efla
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: ) -]6 or Night '{ ILLVSTR. XIIII
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j ' : ; : iA Ki n §, that prudentl
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: : : When Mars, and Pallas, doe ag
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?1 Love,*- Mufician it profcft* And
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(jive Credit ; buufirîêU beware*
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; J feare, about tnee*aU my ftorc^
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ss Good-fortune, Tfiibby tbofe abid
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: 9° The Bees, "ficifl in an Helme
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. ; Where* Labour, wifely, is implo
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I : 9^r Deaths one long-Slcepe •
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: : 9 6 My Fortune, I had rather be
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\ Ome i I ; . S>? Eyen as the Smoke
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IOO ,: ; Falfe Weights, Toith Mcafu
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; ; ioz Time, if a Fading-flowre, t
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: io6 The Husbandman, dothfoTQtbz S
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Affli&ion, doth to many adds More v
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: . no Ji Life, ttith good-repute,
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: : m True Venue ii a Coat ofNbile,
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' ;, : 11+ Tbe fecond Lotteries. Bu
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: ; \\6 The lecond Lotteries. And,
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; n8 The Second Lotteries. A Prince
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-4- Thefccond Lotteries. For. in yo
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; ; . : Fame faycs ( great Princiss
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; To Kings, both Sword andMicc pert
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: : : Good Fortune will Vtth bim ab
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; ) If'thou thy D icies tritely doe
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: . (jooi Hopes, ire befh accompllf
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i : True Knowledge is a conftant Fr
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; lAfoye thy Knowledge, doe not rif
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: , : xA Shepherd carefutt of the S
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: : Marts life* no Temper, more dot
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! His Pace, muft wary be#nd flow, T
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: Bee iuft for, neither Sea nor Lan
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j; Through many fpAces, Time doth r
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: : Our outward Hopes "Kill take ej
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: : I was ere&edfor a Bound, xAni I
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: : ; When Law, and Armcs, together
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; JMy Subftance, and my Light, aref
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. Poore-Theeves, in Halters, "»
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: 1>oe not the golden Mea.tie t exc
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: : . They, who bttt dovdy- paced a
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: A Milchiefe, hardly can he done.
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Where many-Forces jojnedare, Vnconc
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A Vcrtue hidden, or not us'd. Is ei
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Bee warie, whercfoe'rc, thou hee .:
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THE THIRD LOTTERIE. ^Hc Wreathes of
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: : The third Latter ie 9 Whatev'r
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: 5 ID I 3° Tis feared, thou doft
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The third Lotteries :; W It feemcs,
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COLLECTION OF EMBLEMES, ANCIENT AND
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j : U : TO THE RIGHT HONO VRABLE TH
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: TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, HE^'RJE,
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WhiPfi L tbj Sunne's bright Face m*
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' ; Ey (earning other than thou art
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Reênfo or
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, .: When Magiftrates confined are-
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, To ; When Hopes ^quitefruftrate "
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' The motion of the World , thU dq?
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: When thou art Jbipwrackt in €ft
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The King, bit potfr from (jod recei
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: j The belh good-turnes that Foolc
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; : ; Beiedryiiphofoe'ntbQufo* For*
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Defbrmitie, within may bee^> Where
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; No Emblem, can atfull declare* Ho
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' All it not Gold, Tehicb makes afb
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Live, ever mindful! of thy dying; F
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That's Friendfliip, and tmc-lovcjnd
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: ; J Fortune t> ordain'4for toee,
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: For Tbhatjoever, Mmdothftrive, Th
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i : Tbeypajfe through hm»? ftormes
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alwayes : Protect mse, if I worthy
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: However thou the Viper take-» A
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: God, by their Names, the Stars do
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, Wbyfbmli Ifears the v.w of Bread
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, : . Makeufe of Time, that's commi
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• Mma ' . : 159 THE FOVRTH LOTTER
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: V The Fourth Lotteries. 3° The C
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1 1 1 *A Table for the better findi
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I c l be Tahiti,
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