George Withers' Emblemes

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WRIT OF PREVENTION
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Avthors 'Dedication
of the foure following Bookes, to thofe
KoyaBy Trincely, and Illujirioiu Personages,
whofe Names are mentioned
Concerning the
in this Leafe
IHave not often us'd, with Epigrams ,
Or, with Inscriptions unto many Names,
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
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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-Infcrtption
to the K i n a and Qv p. e n e s moll
excellent Maiistie.
Vpon the Right-Side- Front of thu BuiU
(or before the Second Booke} One \
Infcrip-