George Withers' Emblemes

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By Guiltines, Death entredm
Andy Mifchiefeftilpurfuetb Sinne."
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Illvstr. VII.
Book.
\Xions wheele,andhc himfelfe thereon
Is figur'd, and (by way of Emblem) here,
Set forth, for Guilty men to looke upon 5
That, they, their wicked Courfes might forbeare.
To gainc a lawleffe favour he defircd,
And, in his wicked hopes beguiled was
For, when to clafpe with luno,he afpired,
In ftead of her, a Clowd, he did embrace.
He, likewife, did incurre a drcadfull Doome,
(Which well befitted his prcfumptuous Crime)
A terror, and, a warning, to become,
For wicked men, through all fucceeding time.
As did his longings, and his after taine,
So, theirs affe