( jdn c.ly\ c^< /" ^ CHOICE EMBLEMS, Divine and Mora l^ Ant IE NT and Modepvn:! o R, DELIGHTS FOR THE INGENIOUS, IN ABOVE Fifty Seled Emblems, Curioufly Ir.graven upon Copper-Plates. With Fifty Pleafant Poems and Lots, by way of Lottery, for Illuilraring each Emblem, to promote Ini-iruflion and Good Counfei bv DivertiPig Recreation. i he S I X T i-i Edition. L O N 'X> l made it feem an OhjeEl of Delight, ^0 look on what Misfortune brought to light : And here it Jlands^ to try his Wit who lifts ^0 pump the Secrets otit of Cabalifls. iZf any thi^ik this Page will now declare n*he Meaning of thofe 'Figures which are there^ *They are deceiv'^d, for Defliny denies ^he tutoring of fuch hidden Myfteries. * In thcfe refpeBs : Firft^ This containeth 7iought W^oich (in a proper Senfe) co^tcerneth ought ^he Prefent Age : Moreover^ *tis ordain d ^hat none raiift know the Secrecies contained Within this Piece, Hit they who are fo wife ^0 find them out hy their own Prudencies : And he that can unriddle thera to zis^ Shall ftiled he the fecond OE D I P US. ^\tis likewife thought expedient ^ now and then ^ To make fome Work for thofe All-knowing Men, (To exercife iipofi) who think they fee ^he Secret Meanings of all things that he. And laflly^ fince we find that fome there are^ Who heft. ajfeB Inventions which ap>pear *Beyo7id their Underftandings^ This we knew A Reprefentment worthy of their View : And here we placed it, to he to thefe u^ Frontispiece in any Senfe they plea fe, Majeflj Majefiy in Mifery : O R, A N IMPLORATION T O T H E King (?/ Kings. WRITTEN By bis lafeMA] EST Y King CHARLES the Firft^ with his own Hand^ during his Captivity in Carifbrook-Caftle in the Me of Wight, 1648. I. GREAT Monarch of the Woria, from whofe Power fprings The Potency and Power of Kings, Record the Royal Woe my Suffering fings. 2. And teach my Tongue, that ever did confine Its Faculties in Truth's Seraphick Line, To track the Treafons of thy Foes and mine. a 3. Natur© Majefly in Mifery^ 8iC. Nature and Law by thy Divine Decree, The only Root of Righteous Royalty, With this dim Diadem invefted me. With it the Sacred Scepter, Purple Robe, The Holy Un6rion, and the Royal Globe ; Xet I am levell'd with the Life oi ^ob. 5. The ficrceft Furies that do daily tread Upon my Grief, my Gray Difcrowned Head, Are thofe that owe my Bounty for their Bread. They raife a War, and Chriften it, T'be Caufe^ Whilft Sacrilegious Hands have beft Applaufe, Plunder and Murder are the Kingdom's Laws. 7- Tyranny bears the Title of 'Taxat'mi^ Revenge and Robbery are Reformation^ OppreSion gains the Kame of Scqtieftration» 8. My Loyal Subjects who in this bad Seafon Attend me (by the Law of God and Reafon) They dare impeach and punifh for High Treafon. 9- Kext at the Clergy do their Furies frown, Pious Epifcopacy muft go down, They wiii dellroy the Crozierand the Crown, 10. Churchmen are chain'd,and Schifmaticks are freed, Mechanicks preach, and Holy Fathers bleed, The Crown is Crucified with the Creed, II. The Majejly in Mijery^ Sec, II. The Church o^ England doth all Fadlion foflery The Pulpit is ufurpt by each Impofter, Extempore excludes the Tater-nojier. 12. The Presbyter and Independent feed, Springs with broad blades to make Religion bleed, Herod and 'Po72tm Tilatc are agreed. 13- The Corner-Stone's mifplac'd by every Pavior j With fuch a Bloody Method and Behaviour Their Anceftors did crucify our Saviour. 14. My Royal Confort, from whofe fruitful \VomI> So many Princes Legally have come, Is forced in Pilgrimage to feek a Tomb. 15- Great ^ritaiji^s Heir is forced into Trance^ Whilft on his Father's Head his Foes advance 5 poor Child ! he weeps out his Inheritance. With my own Power my Majefty they wound, In theKing's Name the King himfelf'suncrown'd, So doth the Duft deftroy the Diamond. With Propofitions daily they enchant My People's Ears, fuch as do Reafon daunt, And the Almighty will not let me Grant, 18. They promife to ere6l my Royal Stem, To make me Great, t'^advance my Diadem, If I will firft iail down and worfliip them. a ^ 19. But Majejiy in Mifery^ 8lc. ip. / But for Refufal they devour my Thrones, Diflrefs my Children, and deftroy my Bones, 1 fear they'll force me to make Bread of Stones. 20. My Life they prize at fuch a flender rate, And in my Abfence they draw Bills of hate, To prove the King a Traytor to the State. 21. Felons obtain more Privilege than I, They are aljow'd to anfwer e'er they die, 'Tis Death for me to alk the Reafon, why. <* 22. But, Sacred Saviour, with thy Words I woo Thee to forgive, and not be bitter to Such as thou know'ft do not know what they do» But fince they from their Lord are fb disjointed, As to contemn thofe Edifls he appointed, How can they prize the Power of his Anointed?. 24. Augment my Patience, nullify my Hate, Freferve my Iffue, and infpire my Mate, Yet, tho' we perifh, Blefs this Church and State, Vota dahnt c^ucd Bdla negarunt* The The Ep^planation of the Emblem in Latin and Englifli. POnderihis genus omne mali, probrique gra^ vatus, Vixque ferenda ferens, ^abna ut deprejja^ refurgo, Ac velut undarum 17?/f?//5 Veiitiqtie^ furorem, Irati Populi Rtifes imraota repelio. Clarior e T'enelris^ Cc3eleftis Stella, corufco, Vidlor ^ jetemum felici pace ^riiimpho. Auro Fulgentem rutilo gemmifque Micantem^ At curis Gravidam fpernendo Calco Coronam. Spinofam^ zt ferri facilem, quo ffes mea^ Chridi Auxilio, nobis non eft ?r^(5?^r^ molcftutn 5 JEternamy fixisfidei, {km^QxquQ heatar/ff In Cselos occuYisffe^fOy nobifque paratam. Quod Vamtm eft fperno, quod Chrifti Gratia praebet Ample6ti Studium eft 5 Virtutis Gloria mercea, In EngJip. TH O' clogg'd with ^weights of Miferies, Talm-like defrefsd I higher rife* And as the tmrnov d Rock out-braves The boiftrous fVi^ids and raging Waves, So Epitaphs upon K Charles J. So Triumph I, and Jhine more bright In fad Affli<^ions Darkfom night. That Splejidid, but yet 'Toilfom Crown, Regard lefly I trample down. With Joy I take this Crown of T^^orn^ Though Sharps yet eafy to le horn. That Heave72ly Crown already mine, I view with Eyes of Faith Divine. I flight vaifi things 5 and do imbrace Glory y the juft reward of Grace, An Epitaph upon King Charles the Firft. SIO falls the {lately Cedar, while it flood, ) That was the only Glory of the Wood. Great Charles, Terreftrial God, Celeflial Man, Whofe life, like others, though it were a fpan. Yet in that fpan was comprehended more, Than Earth hath waters, or the Ocean fhore. Thy Heavenly Virtues Angels fhould reherfe, It is a Theam too high for Human Verfe. He that would know thee right then, let him look Upon thy rare Incomparable Book, And read it o're and o're 5 which if he do, He'll find theeii?>;^, and Triefi and Trophet too, And Eptaphs upon K. Charles 1. And fadly fee our lofs, and though in vain, With fruitlefs wifhes call thee back again. Nor fhall oblivion fit upon thy Herfe, Though there were neither Monument norVerfe. Thy Suff'rings and thy Death let no Man name. It was thy Glory, but the Kingdom's fhame. Another. STay Paffenger ; behold and fee, The widdow'd Grave of Majefty. Why trembleft not ? here's that will make The moft ftupid Soul to Hiake, Here lies intomb'd the facred Duft, Of Peace and Piety, Right and Juft, The Blood (O ftart'ft thou not to hear !) Of a bleft King 'twixt hope and fear, Shed, and hurried hence to be The Miracle of Mifery. The Lawgiver amongft his own, Sentenc'd by a Law unknown 5 Voted Monarchy to Death, By the coarfe TleVe'ian breath. The Sovereign of all Command Suffering by a Common Hand. A prince (to make the Odium more) Martyr'd at his very door. The Head cut off! Oh, Death to fee 't, In Obedience to the Feet ! And Eptaphs upon K. Charles L And that by Juftice you muft know, If thou haft faith to think it fo ; We'll ftir no further than this facred clay, But let it (lumber till the Judgment day. Of all the Kings on Earth, it*s not deny*d, Here lies the firft that for Religion dy*d. Another. Written hy the Magnanimous James Marquis of of Montrofs with the Point of his Sword. C"^ Reat, Good, and Juft, could I but rate Jf My Grief, and thy fo rigid Fate, I'de weep the world to fuch a flrain. That it fhouid deluge once again. But fince thy loud-tongu'd blood demands fupplies More from Sriaretis Hands than j^rgtis Eyes 5 Tie fing thy Elegy with Trumpets founds, And write thy Epitaph in Blood and Wounds, To T O T H E READER. T is frohahle, that iffome 'Books had not heen coj'apofed pleafaf2tl}\ and fuitahle to mean Capacities^ many ^erfons had not heen fo delighted in reading, and thereby in time have attained to more itfefiil Knoidedge. therefore tho^ I can fay no more to diffitade from Vice, or to inconrage Men to Virtue, than hath already heen do7ie hy rnany learned Authors, yet thefe lively Emhlems may chance to hring that oftner to Re- ?,:e?'dhrafice 'which they have more learnedly ex- frcfsd 5 and perhaps hy fiich Circiimflances as they 'zvotddnot defcendzinto, may infinuate farther into fome Underftandi7^gs than more applauded 'Difcoiirfes, hy Jlirri7?g up the Affe^ions, njcin- I2i7?g the Atte7ition, or helj>i7?g the Memory* A7idfince the World is grown fo very airy, that ■ the ^ri77tivg of folid and ferious 'Treatifes hath ma7iy times undo72e the "Dookfcller, to advance their 'T refits, I -ifas moved to i72ve72t fomeivhat ivhich might he likely to pleafe the Toptlace^ and havs The Epiftle to the Reader, have therefore added Lotteries to thefe Emhlems. to occafioii the more frequent Notice of the Morals and good Coiinfels tender'^d in their Ilhiflrations j hopng that fome tirae or other ^ forae ^erfons may draw thofe Lots which may make them more ivife and happy as long as they live, ^ojjihly this 7)evice- 7nay he cenfiired^ and re- puted as great an Indecorum as ereEling an Ale- hoiife at the Chtrch-Jiile 5 yet perhaps if the Wifeft would foraetimes take up this Sooky and ^without any ftiperflitious Conceit^ make I'ryal ivhat their Lots would rememher or give them caufe to think on^ it might now and then either occafion better Proceedings^ or prevent worfe Mifchiefs. Some Games were ever in tife^ and I thi^ik ever will he 5 and for ought Ikfiow^ ever maybe with- out Exception : and I believe this Recreation may be as harralefs as aiiy^ if they be tifed as they are intended 5 for my Mea7iing is not that any one Jhotild ufe it as an Oracle, which can infallibly fignify what is divinely allotted^ but to ferve only for a Moral Paftime : And that J may by no means i7icourage the fecret Entertainment of fmh a Fancyy I do here previoufly affirm and declare y that 7ione but Childre?! or Idiots may be toller ate^ to be fo foolijh without being latigFd at, Tet if any Poall draw thofe Lots wherein their fecret Vices are reprov'd^ mid forae good Inftrn- 3imi£. The Epiftle to the Reader* [lions froj^'os'dy ivhich in their own Underjland' ings are conducihle and pertinent to their \i-elfare^ let not fuch as thofe fafs them over as mccr Ca- fualties to them 5 for ivhatfoever thefe Lots arc to others^ er in the tuf elves ^ they ought to he partis cularly regarded and afflied hy them to their oivn Concerns. Some perhaps 'will think, that this Garae is fiirpofcly invented as a means to reprove Mens ViceSy 'zvithotit heingfiifpe6iedto aim at particular ^crfons j for if any, -zvho are notorioufly guilty, l^y draiving thefe Chances Jhali he fo fitted, that thofe Vices he thcrehy i72timated to the hy-fianders^ of 'Which the World kno^jcs thera guilty, they do therein make their oiv^z Libels, a^zd may, I hope^ he langh'd at 'vcithoiit hlame : if 720t, I do here ■*warn all fuch as are jufily fufpe5led of hei720US Crimes and fcandaloiis Conver fat ions, either to forhear thefe Lotteries, or to excufe me if they he iiijlly Jhamed hy their ow7i AEl, Havi72g thus declared the reafo7i of this I7ive7i'' tiov, and inade thefe Anticipations, every Ma7i hath his onxfi (^h^e, 'whether he 'will make ufe of thefe Lotteries tr no , he that 'will is left to his Chance, of 'which ho-w he may make Tryal, 2)/- f rctiion is given at the latter end of this "Book, R. B. B Emblem Choice EnMems'^ Emblem L ngine p The g h divine and Moral. '■*'^^i •^^t^^ THE Firffc Emblem Illuftrated. Jls foon as we to Be begun ^ We did begin to be undone, WHenfome, informer Ages, had a meaning An Emhlcm of Mortp.lity to make, They form'd an Infant on a 2)eath's-Head leaning, And round about encircled with a Snake, The Child fo pi6lur'd W:is to fignifie, That from our very 'Birth our T)yi?2g fprings : The Snakr, her T^aii dcvotiringy doth imply The Kevolution of all Earthly things. For whatfoever hath Bcgiiming here, Begins immediately to vary from B 2 The 4 Choke EmMemSj The fame it was ^ and doth at laft appear What very few did think it fhou'd become. ' The folid Stone doth molder into Earthy That E^rth e'er long to Water rarifies, That Water gives an Airy Vapour Birth, And thence a Fiery Comet doth arife : That moves until it felf it fb impair, That from a hiirjmtg Meteor back again, It {inketh down and thickens into Air 5 That Air becomes a Cloud 3 then \Drops of Rain : Thofe T>rops defcending on a Rocky Groimdy There fettle into Earthy which more and more Doth harden ftill 5 fo running out the r(??/;;4^, It grows to be the Stone it was before. Thus all things wheel about, and each ^egimiiiig Made Entrance to its own 7)eftruEiion hath. The Life of Nature entreth in with Sinningy And is for ever waited on by "Death. The Life of Grace is form'd by "Death to Sin^ And there doth Life Eternal ftrait begin. Lot I. divine and Moral. 5 Lot I. WHEN thou haft Changes good or bad, O'erjoy'd thou art, oroverfad : As if it feemed very ftrange, To fee the Wind or Weather change, Lo therefore td remember thee How Changeable Things Mortal bc^ Thou art aflifted by this Lot, Kow let it be no more forgot. B 3 EmbkailL n C 'hoice Emhlems:^ Emblem IL ^0 me vertam nejcio. The J)ivine and Moral. :aw 5> THE Second Emblem Illuftrated. When Vice and Vertue Toutb fha/l tvooe, "^Tis hard to fij which tvaj "* twill go, MY hopeful Fricfidi^ at thrice five Years ao4 three. Without a Guide (into rhe World alone) ' To feek my Fortune did adventure me 3 And many Hazards I alighted on. Firit England^s greatefl Rendezvoui I fought,. Where VICE an^d VERTUE at the hisheft fit ; And thither both a Mind and ^ody brought, For neither of their Services unfit. B 4, Both 8 Choice Emhlems^ Both wooM my Toilth, and both perfuadcd fo. That (liice xht yctmg Man in onx Emhlem here) I flood and cry'd, Ah ! which way JJoall I go ? To mc fo pleafing both their Offers were. VICE ^leafares beft Contentments piomis'd me, And what the wanton Flefli) deiires to have. Quoth VERTUE, / will Wifdo?n give to thee. And thofe Wave thi?7gs which 7iohlcfi Mindi do crave, Sirveme, faid VICE, and thou jh alt foon acquire All thofe Atchievementi which ray Service brings. Serve we, faid VERTUE, and Til raife thee higher ^ban VICES cati, and teach thee better things* Whilft thus they ftrove to gain me, I efpy'd Grim 2)eath attending VICE $ and that her Face Was but a painted Vizard, which did hide The fourft Deformity that ever was. X^ORD, grant me Grace for evermore to view Her Uglinefs 5 And that I viewing it. Her Fa ife hoods and Allurements may efchew. And 07ifur VERTUE 772y AJfeaionfet 5 Her beauties contemplate, her Love embracCy And hy her fafc 2)irc5liG?i run ray Race. Lot 2. divine and Moral. Lot 1. WITH Mary^ thou art one of thofe. By whom the better part is chofe 3 And tho' thou tempted art aftray, Continu'ft in a lawful way, Give God the Praife with Heart unfeigned j That he fuch Grace to thee hath deign 'd. And view thy Lot, where thou fhait fee^ What Hag hath laid a Trap for thee B 5 Embkmlii 10 Choke Emitems. ? Emblem III. Vivitur Ingenioy catera mortis ermt. The divine and MoraL 1 1 It? V? V? V? V? V? I \C *yC \C* V? V? %t? \C SC^ ^^ *£? *£» V? V? V? SC THE Third Emblem Illuftrated. By Kjiovcledge onlj Life we gain. Ail other Jbi.igs to Death fertnin. HOW fond are they who fpend their precious Time In (lill purfuiiig iheir deceiving ^leafureiX And. they that unto airy titles climb, Or tire themfelves in hording up of ^rcaflira ? For thefe are death's, who, when with Wearincfs • They have acquir'd raoft, fweeps all away • And leaves them for their Labours, to pofTefs Kought but a raw-bon'd Carcdfs lapt in Clay. Of II Choice EmhlemSy Of twenty hundred thoufands, who this hour Vaunt much of thofe ^ojfejjions they have got. Of their new purchased HonotirSy or the ^oiver^ By which they feem to have advanced their Lot : Of this great Multitude, there ftiall not l^hrce Remain for d^ny future Age to know, Eut perifli quite, and quite forgotten be, As Seajls devoured twice ten Years ago. Thou therefore who defir'fl for ay to live, And to poffefs thy Labours maugre 'Deaths To needful y^;Y5, and honeft ^^/c?;25, give Thy Span o^Time, and thy fliort Blaft oi Breath, In holy Studies exercife thy ATind 5 In Works of Charity thy Hands imploy 5 That Kno-wledge and that Treafurefkek to find, Which may enrich thy Heart with perfe(^ yo}\ So tho' obfcured thou appear a while, Defpifed, poor, or born to Fortunes low, Thy Vertue fhall acquire a nobler ftile, Than greatefl Kings are able to beftow 5 And gain thee thofe ^ojfeffions, which r\oxthey\ Kor ^I'lme^ nor "Death have Pow'r to take away. Lot 3, divine and Moral. \:% Lot g. T'HOU doft over-much refpe^ That which will thy Harm effe(5i. But fome other things there be ' Which will more advantage thee. Search thy Heart, and thou ihait there Soon difcover what they are. Yea, thine Emblem /hews thee too^ What to fhun, and what to do. Bfidblem Vf. H Choke EmMemSy Emblem IV. HAnTa AEAOiriA. The divine and Moral. 15 '.r j04 '^* ".t 1 THE Fourth Emblem Illuflrated. Js to the World I Naked came^ So Naked Jiript I leave the fame^ THrice happy is that Man whofe 7'hoiights do rear His Mind above that pitch the Worldling flies 5 And, by his Contemplations^ hovers where He views Things Mortal with unbJeared Eyes. What Trifles then do Villages and ^O'lvns^ Large Fields, or Flocks of fruitful Cattle feem ? Kay, what poor things are Mitres^ Sepers^ Cro^'jons^ And ail thofe Glories which Men mofl efteem. The' 1 6 Choice EmMems^ Tho' he that hath among them his Delight, Brave things imagins them fbecaufe they blind With fome falfe Luftre his beguiled Sight) He that's above them their Mean Worth may find. Zord, to that SleJJed St at 1072 me convey, Where I may view the World, and view her fb> That 1 her true Condition may furvey, And all her Imperfections rightly know. Remember me, that once there was a Day, When thou didli wean me from them with content, Ev*n when fhut up within thofe Gates I lay Thro' which the ^lagiie-nijliEiwg Angel went. And let me flill remember, that an Hour Is hourly coming on, wherein I fhall (Tho' I had all the World within my Power) Be naked ftript, and turned out of all. But mind me chiefly, that I never clefive Too clofely to my Self-^ and caufe thou me Not other Earthly things alone to leave, But to forfake my Self {ox love of T'hee^ That I may fay, now I have all tVings left^ Before that 1 ofalj things am bereft* Lot 4» 7)mne and MoraL 17 Lot. 4. E not angry if I tell, That you love the World too well 5 For this Lot perhaps you drew, That fuch Faults you might efchew. i Mark to what their Souls afpire Who true Bleflednefs defire ^ For if you can do like thofe, Heav'n you gain, when Earth you lofe. Emblem V. i8 Choice EmMems, Emblem V. ^d Sco^um^ licet Mgre^ b' frujlra. The divine and Moral, ^9 i^^§M^''^Mi^M.^-i^M^^S\M'$S'M.^M.% THE Fifth Emblem Illuftrated. A Fool in Toll) taketh Fain^ Aith(? he labour fiill in vain: AMalTy Mill-Stone up a tedious Hill, With mighty Labour, Sifyphus doth roll ^ Which being rais'd aloft, down tumbleth flill, To keep imployed his affli6led Soul- On him this tedious Labour is impos'd 5 And (tho' in vain) it muft be ftill affay'd : But fome, by no Neceflity inclos'd. Upon themfelves fuch needlefs Tasks have laid. Yea, knowing not (or caring not to know) That they are worn and weary'd out in vain, They ao Choke Bmhlems^ They madly toil to plunge themfelves in Woe j And feek uncertain Eafe in certain TaiJi, Such Fools are they, who dream they can acquire A Mind content, by laFring ftill for more : Por Wealth encreafing doth encreafe 'Defire^ And mcLkQ^'Co7Uentment lefler than before. Such Fools are they, whofe HoJ^es do vainly ftretch To climb by T'itlci to a happy Height : For having gotten one Ami it ions Reacb, Another comes perpetually in fight. And their Stupidity is nothing lefs. Who dream that Flejh and Shod may raifed be Up to the Mount of f erf e El Holmefsi For (at our beft) corrupt and vile are we. Yet we are bound by Faith^ with Love^ and Ho^ey To roll the Stone o^ Good Bndec.vour flilJ, As near as may be, to Perfections !Z^/, Tho' back again it tumble down the HilL So what our Works had never Power to ^o^ God's Grace at lall fhall freely bring us to. Lot. 5, divine and Moral. Lot 5, M. DOubtlefs you are either Wooing, Or feme other Bus'nefs doing, Which you fhall attempt in vain, Of much hazard all your Pain, ai Yet if good your Meaning.*? are, Do not honeft Means forbear. For where things are well begun^ God oft works when Man hath done. Emblem VI. a^ Choice EmMems] Emblem VI. f- WIMji ^ Tedetentim. The divine and Moral, 23 THE Sixth Emblem Illuftrated. His Pace mujl wary be^ andf.oWy That hath a Jllpperj way to go. A Traveller, when he m\xQi undertake To feek his PaiTage o*er fome Frozen With Leifure and with Care he will aflTay The Glaffy Smoothnefs of that Icy Way 5 Left he may /?//> by walking over-faft, Or break the crackling l^avernent by his haf-e : And fo (for want of better taking heed) Incur the Mischiefs of U;mary Sj)eed. We a 4 Choice Emhlems^ We are all Travellers 5 and all of us Have many Parages as dangerous As Frozen Lakes 5 and Slippery Ways we tread, In which our Lives may fuon be forfeited, (With all our Hopes of Life Eternal too) Unlefs we well confider what we do. There is no private Way or publick Tath^ But Rubs, or Holes, or SlipVinefs it hath, Whereby we fliall with Mifchiefs meet j unlefs We walk it with SiJle^faftWarinefs. The Steps to Honour are on Tinacks CoBipos'd of melting Snow, and liides ; And they who tread not nicely on their tops, Shall on a fuddain flip from all their Hopes. Yea, ev'n that Way which is both fure and Holy, And leads the Mind from Vanities and Folly, Is with To many other '^ath-ixays croft. As that by Rafhnefs it may focn be lofl j Unlefs we well deliberate upon Thofe I'racks in which our Ancejlors have gone. And they who with more Hajle than Heed will run, May lofe the Way in which tLev "'^^^ begun. Lot. C. divine and Moral. a 5 Lot 6. N flipp'ry Paths you are to go, ^^ Yea, they are full of Danger too j And if you heedful /hou'd not grow, They*ll hazard much your overthrow. 1 But you the Mifchief may efchew, If wholfome Counfel you purfue : Look therefore what you may be taught, B^ that which this your Chance hath brought. » C Emblem YIL a 6 Choice EmMems^ Emblem VII. Tro Lege 1^ pro Grege. The divine and Moral. ay THE Seventh Emblem Illuftrated. Our Felican^ b) bleeding thus^ Fulfill'^d the LarVy and cured us. LOok here and mark (her fickly Birds to feed) How freely this kind (Pelican doth bleed. See how (when other Salves cou'd not be found) To cure their Sorrows, fhe her felf doth wound : And when this holy Emblem thou flialt fee, Lift up thy Soul to him who dy'd for thee. For this our Hiercglyphick wou'd exprefs, That Telica'fj^ which in the Wildernefs C a Of a 8 Choice Emhlems^ of this vaft WorUy was left (as all alone) Our miferable Nature to bemoan j And in whofe Eyes the Tears of Pity flood, When he beheld his own unthankful Brood His Favours and his Mercies then contemn, When with his Wings he wou'd have brooded them? And fought their endlefs Peace to have confirm'd, Tho' to procure his Ruin they were arm'd. To be their Food himfelf he freely gave 5 His Heart was pierc'd, that he their Souls might fave. Becaufe they difobey 'd the Sacred Willy He did the Law of Right eouffzefs fulfil 5 And to that end (tho' guiltlefs he had been) VVas offered for our Ufiiverfal Si??, Let me, Oh God ! for ever fix mine Eyes Upon the Merit of that Sacrifice: Let me retain a due Commemoration Of thofe dear Mercies and that bloody ^ajjion Which here is meant 5 and, by true Faitl\ ftill feed Upon the Drops this Telican did bleed : Tea, let me firm unto thy La-zv abide. And ever love that Flock for which he dy'd. Lot 7. divine and Moral. ^9 Lot 7. THis prefent Lot concerns full near, Kot you alone, but all Men here s For all of us too little heed His Love, who for our fakes did bleed. *Tis true, that means he left behind hioij Which better teacheth how to mind him. Yet if we both by that and this Remember him, 'tis not amifs. C 3 Emblem Till, go Choice Emhlems^ Emblem VIIL ^id Ji Jic ? The divine and Moral, 3» ^^ vi* V? V? V? v?i ^o v: V? V? V? v^s^? v? v? v? v? v? v? VJ'W? • ™ * *^^ /1J»^ ^^^ Z^V\ '^^ * fff^ "V^ /'r^ ri^W "^^ '^^ ^^^ /»y^ /IJW ^^^ /1J^ r^^ /^^ r^*^ /^^ THE Eighth Emblem Illuftrated. Tho^ he endeAvour all he carj^ An Jfe will never be a M^n* T y^THat tho'an Apiflj-Tigmy in Attire, V \ His Dwarfifh Body Gyant-like array ? Turn Smve, and get him Stilts to fcem the higher ? What would fo doing handfome hini, I pray ? Now furely fuch a Mimiclc fight as that, Wou'd with exceffive Laughter move your Spleen^ Till you had made the little Tiand'iprat^ \ To lie within forae Auger- hole unfeea G 4 1 31 Choice EmMems^ I muft confefs I cannot chufc but fmile, When I perceive how Men that worthlefs are, Piece out their ImferfeBiojis to beguile, By making fhows of what they never were. For in their horro'w'd Shapes I know thofe Men, And (thro' their Masks) fuch infight of them have, That 1 can oftentimes difclofe (ev'n then) How much they favour of the Fool or Knave, A T^igmy Spirit and an "Earthly Mind^ Whofe look is only fix'd on Objefls vain, In my efteem fo mean a place doth find, That ev*ry fuch a one I much refrain. But when in honoured Kohes I fee it put, Betrim'd as if fome thing of Worth it were, Look big, and on the Stilts of Greatnefs ftrut j From fcorning it I cannot then forbear. For when to grofs Z/}2zvorthinefSi Men add Thofe Dues which to the tniefl Worth pertain j 'Tis like an Ape in Human Vejiments clad, Which when moft fine, deferveth moft difdain : And moreabfur'd thofe Men appear to me. Than x\\\sfantaftick Monkey feems to thee. Lot 8, iDivine and Moral. j j Lot 8. M. THY Chance is doubtful, and as yet I know not what to make of it. But this I know, a Foe thou art To what thine Emblem hath, in part, Exprefled by a Mimick Shape 5 Or thou thy felf art fuch an Ape, Now which of thefe pertains to thee, Let them that know thee Judges be. Emblem IX, 34- Choke Emblems. ^ Emblem IX. m Fures Trivatiin Mervoy Tullm^^ . The divine and Moral. 35 THE Ninth Emblem Illuftrated. Pcor Thieves in Halters rve Mold^ AndGreatThieves in their Chains ofGalcL IF you this Efnhlem well have look'd upon, Altho* you cannot help ir, yet bemoan The World's black Impudence 5 and if you can^ Continue (^ox become) an honeft Man. The poor and petty Pilferers, you fee On Wheels^ on Gihhets^ and the Galloivs-Tree Truft up 5 when they that far more guilty are^ Pearl, Silk^ and coftly Cloth of Tifiue wear^ 36 Choice EmMems^ Good God! how many hath each LandofthoCCf Who neither Limb, nor Life, nor Credit lofe, (Bur rather live befriended and applauded) Yet have, of all their Livelihoods, defrauded The helplefs Widows in their great Diftrefs? And of their Portions rob'd the Fatherlefs ? Tet cenfur'd others Errors, as if none" Had caufe to fay, that they amifs have done? How many have afTifted to condemn Poor Souls, for what was never ftoln by them ? And perfecuted others, for that Sin Which they themfelves had more tranfgreffed in ? How many worthlefs Men are great become. By that which they have ftoln, or cheated from Their Z(5r//5 ? or (by fome Pra6lices unjuft) From thofe by whom they had been put in truft? How many Za-zzyers wealthy Men are grown, By taking Fees for Catifes overthrown By their Defaults? How many, without Fear, Do rob the Ki??g and God^ yet blamelefs are ? God knows how many ! wou'd I did fo too, So I had \Po--x'r to make them hetter do^ Lot 9. divine and Morah 57 Lot 9. WE hope no Perfbn here believes, That you are of thofe wealthy Thieves^ Who Chains of Gold and Pearl do wear : And of thofe Thieves that none you are Which wear a Rope, we plainly fee j For you as yet unhanged be. But unto God for Mercy cry 5 Elfe hang'd you may be e're you die. Emblem X» 38 Choice EmMemSj Emblem X. Fulcrum Tuujfimum, The jDivine and Moral. 29 THE Tenth Emblem Illuftrated. **■ fVe then hAve got the furejl Prop, When Heaven alone becomes our Hopel IShou'd ftot care how hard my Fortunes were. Might ftill my Hopes be fuch as now they are,. Of Helps Divine 5 nor fear how poor I be, If Thoughts yet prefent ftill may bide in me. For they have left affurance of fuch j^id^ That I am of no Dangers now afraid. Yea, now I fee, me thinks, what weak and vain Supporters 1 have fought, to help fuftain My ^o Choice EmUems^ My fainting Heart, when fome injurious Hand, Wou'd undermine the Station where I ftand. Methinks I fee how fcurvy, and how bafe It is, to fcrape for Favours and for Grace, To Men of earthly Minds 5 and unto thofe, Who may perhaps before to morrow, lofe Their Wealth, (or their abus'd Authority) And (land as much in want of Help as I. Methinks in this new Kapiire^ I do fee The Hand of God from Heav'n fupporting me. Without thofe rotten A'lds^ for which I whin'd When I was of my t'other vulgar Mind 5 And if in fome one part of me it lay, , I now cou'd cut that Limh of mine away. Still might I keep this Mind, there were enough Within my felf, (befide that cumbring Stuff We feek ivithozit) which, husbanded aright, Wou'd make me rich in all the World's defpight. And I have hopes, that had /he quite bereft me Of thofe few Rags and 7*oys which yet are left me^ I fliou'd on God alone fo much depend, That I fhou d need nov Wealthy nor other Friend* Lot. 10, divine and Moral. 41 Lot. TO. Ecaufe iier Aid makes goodly fliows, You on the World your Truft repofe ^ And his Dependance you defpife, Vv'ho clearly on Heaven's Help relies, That therefore you may come to fee, How pltas'd and fafe thofe Men may be, Who have no Aid but God alone 5 This Emblem you have lighted on, Emblem XI*, ^1 Choice Emhlefns^ Emblem XL Serva Modum. The 7)ivme and Moral. 4.5 THE Eleventh Emblem Illuftrated. Do not the Golden Mean exceed^ In Wordy in PaJJion^ nor in Deed, ^ A S is the head-flrong Horfe^ and blockifh JlX Mule, Ev'n fuch, without the Sridle and the RuICf Our Nature grows 5 and is as mifchievous, Till Grace and Reafon come to govern us. The Square and Bridle therefore let us heed, And thereby learn to know what Helfs we need 5 Left elfe (they failing timely to be had) Quite out of Order we at length be made. The 44- Choice Emblems y The Square (which is an ufeful Iiijlrurdent^ To fhape forth fenfelefs Forms) may reprefent The LaiJO : Becaufe Mankif^d ( which is by Nature Almoft as dull as is x\i^t fenfelefs creature) Is thereby from the native Kiidenefs wrought, And in the Way of honeft living taught. The ^ridle^ (which Invention did contrive, To rule and guide the Creature-ferjitive) May type forth T^ifcipVme 5 which when the Ld'Vd Hath fchool'd the Wit^ muft keep the Will in awe. And he that can by thefe his ^ajjlons bound, This EmVlera^s Meaning, ufefuUy, hath found. Lord, let thy facred Laiv at all times be, A Kiile^ a Mafter^ and a Glafs to me 5 (A bridle and a Light) that I may, ftill, Both know my 1)2ityy and obey thy WilL Direfl my Feety my Hands infirudl thou To, That I may neither 'vcander r\OY mif do. My Looks, my Hearing, and my Words confine, To keep flill firm to ev'ry Word of thine. On thee let alfo my Tiefires attend, And let me hold this 'Temper till mine end. Lot ir. 7)mne and Moral. 45 Lot I r, YOUR Wits, your Wifhes, and your Tongue Have run the Wild-Goofe-Chafc too long j And (left all Reafon you exceed^ Yd now of Rule and Reins have need. A Bridle therefore and a Square, Chief Figures in your Emblem are. Obferve tlieir Moral, and alway Be wife and fober as you may. Emblem XIL j^6 Choice Emilemsj Emblem XII. Taupertate fremor^ JuhUvor Ingenio. The divine and MoraL 47 THE Twelfth Emblem Illuftrated. M) Wit got Wings y and high hadflom^ But Poverty did keep me down. YOU little think what plague it is to be In plight like him^ whom pi6tur*d here ycu fee. His 'Wifiged Arm^ and his tip- lifted Eyes ^ Declare tha; he hath Wit^ and WiU.^ to rife : The Sto7ie^ which clogs his other Hmidy may fliow. That Poverty and Fortur.e keep him low : And 'twixt thcfe t'xo^ the ^cdy ard the Mind^ Such Labours and fuch great Vexations find, That, 48 Choice EmMems^ That, If you did not fuch Mens Wants contemn, You cou'd not chufe but help, or pity them. All Ages had (and this I know hath fome) Such Men as to this Mifery do come : And many of them at their Zot (6 grieve. As if they knew (or did at leaft believe) That had their Wealth futfic'd them to afpire (To what their W^ts deferve, and they de/ire) The prefent Age, and future Ages too, Might Gain have had from what they thought to GO. Perhaps I dreamM fo once : But, God be prais'd. The Clog which kept me down from being rais'd. Was chain'd fo faft, that (if fuch Dreams I had) My T'J:oi{ghts and Longings slyq not now fo mad. For plain I fee, that had my Fortunes brought Such Wealth at firft as my fmall Wit hath fought, I might my felf and others have undone, Inftead of Coiirfes which I thought to run : I find my ^Poverty for me was fit 5 Yea, and a "Dlejfpig greater than my Wit, And whether now I rich or foor become, 'Tis nor vci^xz)^ ^leajing nor much trotthlefom. Lot 12. divine and MoraL 49 Lot 12. THou think'ft thy Wit had made thc€ Great, Had Poverty not been fome let : But had thy Wealth as ample been^ As thou didft think thy Wit fo fine, Indead of thy deJfired height, Perhaps thou hadft been ruin*d quite. Hereafter therefore be content With whatfbever Hsav'n hath fent. D Emblem XIII> ^O Choice Emhlemsf^ - Emblem. XIH * Stultorum ^djumenta Nocumcnta. The divine and Moral. 5 1 THE Thirteenth Emblem Illuftrated. The heft Good Turns that Fools can do us^ Prove Difadvantages unto us* A Fool fent forth to fetch the Go/lings home. When they unto a River's brink were come, (Thro' which their Paflage lay) conceived a Fear, His Dame's beft 2^rood might have been drowned there 5 Which to avoid, he thus did fhew his Wit, And his good Nature in preventing it: He underneath his Girdle thrufts their Heads, And then the Coxcomb thro' the Water wades. D s Here 5^ Choice EmilemSj Here Icarrij that when a Fool his help intends, It rather doth a Mifchief than befriends 5 And think, if tVere be Danger in his Zove^ How harmful his Alalicioiifnefs may proves For from his Khzdnefs tho* no Profit rife, To do thee fpight his Malice may fuffice. I could not from a prince befeech a Boon, By fuing to his Jefler or 'Buffoon : Kor any Fool's vain Humour footh or ferve To get my Bread, tho' I were like to ftarve. For to be fccr I fhould not blufh fo much. As if a Fool fhou'd raife me to be rich. Lord, tho' of fuch a kind my Faults may be. That fharp JJffllElion flill muft tutor me, (And give me due CorreEiio'a in her Schools) Yet, oh preferve me from the Scorn of Fools. ^ Thofe wicked Fools, that in their Hearts have faid There is no God 5 and rather give me Bread By Ravcfts, LORD, or in a Lioji's Den, Than by the Favours of fuch fooli/h Men 5 M i Left if their Tiainties I fhould fwallow down, Their Smile might more undo me than their Fr0'iv72. L:t. 13. •/.:. 7)ivine and Moral. 5? Lot. I?. THou doft not greatly care by whom Thy Wealth, or thy Preferments come 5 So thou may'ft get them, Fool or Knave, Thy Prayers and thy Praife may have. Becaufe thou do ft not fear nor dream What di fad vantage comes by them ; But by thine Emblem, thou may'ft fee, Fools Favours mifchievous may be. D 3 Emblem XIV. 54 Choice EmMemsj Emblem XIV- Tueros caJiigOy Virofque. The divine and Moral, 55 ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^X/ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^£ ^^^ ^J^ ^^aj ^Mtg ^^J ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^tj ^M^ ^^^ ^^J ^^^ tW ^W ^O XTf WT xB ^P ^P TP \ff ^D ^? viz ^2 ^B i yp ^P T» ^D ^7 ^P *7%^n»^h

»^ \^ fc^ "^L^^ "^ *^.^J^^\*i "^ "^ "^ w % v7\ «J^ •i^ V? V> ^^ *^ V? I V? *y a^ n\ ^r> A\ iT^ /T\ ^Tr\ ^\ 2^ /»i CU ^Q A^ I^B THE Fourteenth Emblem Illuftrated. Behold ind mdrk the Picture here, Of what kee^s Man ^ffd Child i^ Fe4t\ rr^^Hefc are the great'A A/^iEfiom mofl Mea Lv*n from x\:t\t]sur/i,}g-C^^f.dif^ to their d^c^ve i, Yet both ib needful are, I cannot fee Hov« either of them may well fpa-red be. Tke Rod is that which molt our Chihihood Fears, And fccms the great'ft A^ffliclion thar it bears : That which to M^-uhood is a Plague as common, ^And more unfufferable} is a Woincji. D 4. Xer 56 Choice EmMems^ Yet blufh not Ladies ^ neither frown, I pray^ That thus of Women I prefume to fay 5 Nor number me as yet among yourjb^^, Por I am more your Friend than you fuppofe. Xor fmile ye Men^ as if from hence ye had An Argument that Woraan-kind were bad. The *Birch is blamelefs (yea, by Nature fweet And gentle) till with ftubborn Boys it meet, But then it fmarts. So Women will be kind, Until with froward Hushands they are join'd 5 And then indeed (perhaps) like Birchen-boughs, (Which elfe had been a trimming to their Houfe) They fometimes prove fharp Whij^s and Rodi to them That Wifdom and InJlritBion do contemn. A Woman was not given for Corre5fioify But rather for a furtherance to ^erfeBion 5 \ if therefore Hie occafion any Smart, B The Blame he merits wholly, or in part : For, like fweet Honey ^ fhe good Stomachs plcafes, But pains the Body fubjeiffc to 2)ifeafes* A precious Salm of Love to cure Man's Grief, And of his Pleafures to become the chief. Lot 14, ^Divine and Moral. 5 7 Lot 14; M. THE time hath been, that of the Rod Thou wert more fearful than of God* But now, unle^ thou prudent grow. More caufe thou haft to fear a Shrow^ For from the Rod now thou art free, A Woman fhall thy Torment be. Yet do not thou at her repine, For all the Fault is only thine. D 5 Emblem XV. 58 Choke EniMemSy Emblem XVo Concardk Inju^erahilu* divine and Moral'. 5 9' «V7 o7b dV<» dVb i^ dv«' o7*J'^*?V3 dV<5 THE Fifteenth Emblem Illullrated Where mAny Forces joined, are^ Unconquerable Porv*r is there, AN Emblem's Meaning here I thought tc confter. And this doth rather fafhion out ^ AIonJle'/\. Than form an Uieroglyphick : but I had Thefe Figures (as you fee them) ready made By others 5 and I mean to moralize Their Fancies, not to mend what they devife. Yet peradventure, with fome vulgar Praife, TtiX^TiBure Ttho' I like it not) difplays Tha 6o Choice EmflemSj The Moral which the Alotfo doth imply^ And thus it may be faid to fignify : He that hath many Faculties, or Friends^ To keep him fafe (or to acquire his ends) And fits them fo, and keeps them fo together, That ftill as readily they aid each other, As if fo many Hands they had been made, And in one 'Body ufeful being had 5 That Man by their Affiftance, may at length Attain to an nncojiqtterahie Stre72gtl\ And crown his honeft Hopes with whatfoever He feeks for by a warranted Endeavour. Or elfe it might be faid, that when we may Make our JjfeElions and our Se77fc obey The Will of Reafo7iy (and fo well agree. That we may find them ftill at peace to be) They'll guard us like fo many Jrmed Haiids^ And fafely keep us whatfoc*er withftands. if others think this Figure here infers A better Senfe, let thofe Interpreters Unriddle it, and preach it where they pleaCe f Their Meanings may be good, and fo are thefe. Xot 15. divine and Moral. Lot 15. IF all your Powers you fhouM unite, In your Defires prevail you might j And fooner fhou*d eflfe^ your ends, If you fhou'd mufter up your Friends, But fince your bc^l Friends do fufpefl-, That you fuch Policy negledl, Your Lot prefenteth to your View, An Emblem which inftru<5leth you. Bmblem XVL 62 Choice Bmhlemsy Emblem XVL Mon Sc£^tro fed TUBro ducitur. The fDivine and Moral, 63 THE Sixteenth Emblem Illuftrated. A fckle Woman wanton grown j Prefers a Crowd before a Crown. FOOL I Doft thou hope thine UonoJtrs or thf Gold Shall gain thee Love ? Or that thou haft her Hearty Whofe Hand upon thy tempting Salt laies hold ? Alas ! fond Lover ! thou deceived art. She that with Wealth and 27^/^5 can be won,, Or woo*d with Va72itieSy will wavering be 5 And when her Love thou moft dependeft on, A Fiddle-Jlick fhall win her Heart from thee. To 6^ Choice EmMemsj To Toiith and Mtifick Venus leaneth moft, And (tho' her Hand fhe on the Scepter lay) Let Great7zefs of her Favours never boaft, \ For Heart and Eye are bent another way. And lo no glorious Purchafe that Man gets. Who hath with fuch poor "Triflei woo*d and wons . Her footing on a ^all his Mijlrefs fets, Which in a Moment flips, and fhe is gone. A Woma72 meerly with an Oin-Jide c^\xght^ Or tempted with a Galliard or a Songy Will him forfake (whom fhe moft lovely thought) • For ^layers and for "fumhlers e'er't be long. You then that wifh your Love fhou'd ever laft, (And wou'd enjoy AjfeBion without changing) Love where your Loves may worthily be plac'd. And keep your own j^ffeEli07i flill from ranging. Ufe noble means your Longings to attain 5 Seek equal Minds^ and weil-befeeming Tears: They are (at befl) vain Tools whom p(3//ygain 5 But there is ^lifs where Venue moft endears i And wherefbe'er Affeftion fhe procures^ In fpight of all temptations it endures. Lot i^. divine and Moral. 65 Lot 16. M. IF Tome here prefent this had got, They wouM have blufhed at their Lot j Since very fit the fame doth prove, For one unconil^nt in hi^ Love 9 Or one that has a Hcklc Mate, If you enjoy a better Fate, Yet hearken what your Lot doth fay, Left you hereafter want it may. Emblem XVIL 66 Choice EmMems^ Emblem XVII. JSlon oheji Virtutt Sors. The divine and Moral. 6"j THE Seventeenth Emblem Illuftrated. Thd^ Fortune prove true Virtus^s foe^ It CAnnot work her Overthrow, UNhappy Men are they, whofe Ignorance So flaves them to the Fortitnes of the time, That they (attending on the Lot o^ Chance) Negleft by Vertue and 2)eferts to climb. Poor Heights they be which Fortune rears unto, And fickle is the Favour flie beftows : To day (he makes, to morrow doth undo 5 Builds up, and in an inftant overthrows. On eafy Wheels to Wealth and Honours high, She winds Men oft before they be aware, And 68 Choice EmMemSy And when they dream of mod ^rofperityy Down headlong throws them lower than they were. You then that feek a more afTur'd Eftate, On good and honeft Ohje5ls fix your Mind^ And follow Verttt€y that you may a Fare Exempt from fear of Change, or Dangers, find. Eor he that's verttiouSy whether high or low 3Iis Forntne feems (or whether foul or fair His ^ath he finds) or whether Friend or Foe The WoHd doth prove j regards it not a hair. His Lofs is Gain 5 his Poverty is Wealth 5 The World's Contempt he makes his diadem j In Sichiefs he rejoiceth, as in Health 5 Yea, 2)eath it fclf becometh Zife to him. He fears no Difrefpeft, no bitter Scorn, Kor fubtile Plottings, nor Oppreflion's Force 5 Kay, tho' the World fhou'd topfy-tuf vy turn, It cannot fright him, nor divert his Courfe. Above all Earthly PowVs his Vertue tcdirs him, And up with Eagles Wings to Heav'n it bears him. Lot 17. J)tvine and Moral. 69 Lot 17. M. THis Man, wliatever he may fecmj Is worthy of an high Efteem 5 The' Fortune may his Perfon grind^ She cannot yet difturb his Mind. Yea blefs'd and happy fhou'd we be, Were all of us but fuch as he : Read but his Motto which you drew. For that in part the fame will fhew. Emblem XVIIL yo Choice Emblems] Noli Mum Sapere] The divine md Moral. yi <"» THE Eighteenth Emblem Illuftrated. iW«i Ahove thy IQiOwledge do not rife^ But with Sobriety be wife. EXalt thou not thy felfy tho' plac*d thou be Upon the top of that old Olive-Tree ^ From whence the natVal Branches prunM have bin. That thou the better might'ft be grafted in. Be not fo over-wife as to prefume. The Gardiner for thy Goodnefs did affume *]^y fmall Crah-Olivey to infert it there Where once the fiveeteji Serries growing were. Nor let thy Pride thofe few oU Soughs contemn, Which yet remain upon their antient Stem^ Becaufe 7 '2 Choice Emblems^ Becaufe thy new-incorporated Sprays Do more enjoy the Stm^i refrefhing Rays: But humbled rather, and more awful be, / Left be that cutoff tbemj do break down thee. Be ii'ife in what may to thy good belong, But ieek not Knowledge to thy Neighbour's wrong : Be thankful for the Grace thou haft received, Butj udge not thofe who feem thereof bereav'd j Nor into thofe forbidden Secrets peep, Which God Almighty to himfelf doth keep. Remember what our Father Adam found, When he for Knowledge fought beyond his bound. For doubtlefs ever fince, both good and ill Are left with Knowledge intermingled ftill ; And (if we be not humble, meek and wary) We are in daily Danger to mifcarry. Large proves the Fruit which on the Earth doth lie. Winds break the Twig that's grafted over-high 5 And he that will beyond his Bounds be iJOife^ Becomes a very Fool before he dies, I LotiS. divine and Moral. 7 ^ Lot 18. THis Lot thofe Perfons alway»^nds. That have high Thoughts and lofty minds : Or fuch as have an itch to learn That which doth nothing them concern; Or love to peep with daring Eyes Into forbidden Myfteries. If any one of thefe thou be, Thine Emblem better teacheth thee. Emblem XIXo '^^ Choice Emhlems^ Tra^mt FahrlUa Faki. The hT- divine and Moral. 75 k^Yt>5> ?^m?i^?iHmiiH?inimmmf^nm?^ THE Nineteenth Emblem Illuftrated. ■■■9 When each Mm keep unto his Trade^ Then all Things better wiE be ma.de. WE more fhould thrive, and err the feldothef^ If we were like this honeft Carpenter^ Whofe Emhlem in reproof of thofe is made. That love to meddle farther than their ^rade> But mo ft are now exceeding cunning grown In ev*ry Man's Affairs, except their own : Yea, Cohlers think themfelves not only able To cenfure, but to mend A^elles Table. £> m Gre^t 76 Choice Emhlems^ Gfeat Men fbmetimes will gravely undertake To teach how brooms and Mortar we fhou'd make. Their Indifcretions ^eafants imitate, And boldly meddle with Affairs of State. Some Houfwives teach their teachers how to pray 5 Some Clerks have fhew'd themfelves as wife as they 5 And in their Callings as difcreet have been As if they taught their Grandames how tofpin* And if thefe Cuftoms laft a few more Ages, All Countries will be nothing elfe, but Stages Of evil-adled and midaken parts, Or Gallemattfries of imperfe6l Arts. But I my felf (youMi fay) have medlings made In things that are improper to my ^I'rade* Ko 5 for the MUSES are in all things free, Fit Subje£l of their Verfe ail Creatures be 5 And there is nothing nam*d, fo DJean or great, Whereof they have not Liberty to treat. Both Earth and Heav7i are open unto thefe, And (when to take more Liberty they pleafej They Worlds and things create which never were, And when they lift they play and meddle there. Lot. ip. divine and Moral. ^ 77 Lot 19, IF all be true thefe Lots ^o tell us, Thou fhould'ft be of thofe prating Fellows, Who better pra^tifed are grown In others matters thau thdr own i Or one that covets to be thought A Man that's ignorant of nought. If it be fo, thy Moral fhows Thy Folly, and from whence it flows. E 5 Emblem XX. 7 8 Choice Emhlemsy Emblem XX. " i \ Cmfimte Fiducia. The divine and Moral, ^9 \ia A*^ A.*i» 0,1.9 ^lJ^ ^S? ^U^ *^Li~ THE Twentieth Emblem Illuftrated They after Sujf^rwg JljaS be crorvppd^ Jn f^hom a Conftant Faith is founds MArk well this Emblem ^ and obicrve you thence The Kature of true Chpfliait Cc7:fJaeuce. Her Foot is fixed on zfq^ared Stoue^ Which, whether fide foe'er you turn it on, Stands faft 5 and is that Cor'/^er-floiie which propj- And firmly knits the ih'udure of our Ho^es^ She always bears a Crofs 5 to fignifie, That there was never any Conflaiicy E 4s Without- 8o Choice Emblems^ Without her IryalSy and that her Perfedlion Shall never be attained without JlffliEiion* A Cii;p Hie hath moreover in her hand, And by that Figure thou may 'ft underftand, That fhe hath Draughts of Comfort always near her, (At ev'ry brunt) to ftrengthen and to chear her. And Jo, her Head is cro'wn'd, that we may fee How great her Glories and Rewards will be. Hereby this Vertneh Nature may be known 5 Now praliife how to make the fame thine own. Difcourag'd be not, tho' thou art purfu'd With many Wrongs which cannot be efchew'd : Nor yield thou to 'Deff airings tho* thou haft A Crofs (which threatens death) to be embrac'd 5 Or tho' thou be ccmpell'd to fwallow up The very Dregs of Sorrow s bitter Cup : For whenfoever Griefs or Torments pain thee, Thou haft the fame Fotmdatiojt to fuftain thee j The fclf fame Cup o^ Comfort is pre par 'd To give thee Strength,when/^/;^/'/;;^j7V5 are fear*d. And when thy time of try al is expir'd, Thou fhalt obtain the Crown thou haft defir'd. Lot 20. divine and Moral. 8i Lot ao. THY Fortunes have been very bad, For many SuffVings thou haft had, And Tryals too, which are unknown To any but thy felf alone. But let nor Lofs, nor Harm, nor Smart, From conftant Hopes remove thy Heart i For fee thine Emblem doth forsfhew, A good Conduiion will enfue. E 5 Bmbkm XXL €hme EmMemSy Emblem XXI. Emd: 2^1. Furor fit lafa f^pm Tatientiai Tha divine and Moral. ^5 THE Twejity-firft Emblem Illuftrated W'^i^f? Fatience tempts hejonci its Strer^gthy Will turn't to Fury at the length. ALtho' we know not a more patient Creature. Than is the Lafnh^ (or of iefs harmful Nature) Yet, as this Emhlem flievvs, when childifh Wrong-'. Hath troubled and provok'd him over-long, He grows enrag'd, and makes the wanton ^oy^ Be glad to leave their Sports, and run their ways. Thus have 1 feen it with fome Children fare^ , Who when their Tarents. too indulgent were., 84. Choice Emhlems^ Have urg'd them till thdr 2)oti?7g grew to Rage, And Ihut them wholly from their Heritage. Thus many times a foolifh Man doth lofe His faithful Friends, and juftly makes them Foes» Thus fro ward Hiisha72ds, and thus peevifh Wives^ Do fool away the Comfort of their Lives, And by abufing of a patient Mate^ Turn dearefl: Lo'ue into the deadlieft Katei For any wroiig may better be excufed, Than Kindnefi long and wilfully abufed. But as an injur'd Lamh provoked thus. Well typifies how much it moveth us To £nd our Patience wrong'd $ fo let us make An Emhlem of our felves, thereby to take More heed how God is moved towards them. That his long- fujf' ring and his Zoi;^ contemn. For as we fomewhat have of ev'ry Creatiirey So we in us have fomewhat of his Nature : Or if it he not faid the fame to be, His Ti^iitres and his Images are we. Let therefore his long- fiiff'' ring well be weigh'd, And keep us to frovoke hira ftill afraid. '■i \ Lot II, divine and Morale 85 Lot ar. T^Hou had provoked overlong Their Patience, who negled^ the Wrong • And thou doft little feem to heed What hurt it threats if thou proceed. To thee thy Emblem therefore /hows To what abufed Patience grows. Obferve it well, and make thy Peace Before to Fury Wrath increafe. JBmbkm XXIL 86 Choice Emhlems. r Emblem XXII. ma : 2, Jn Sfe 'if? Lahore tranjigo Vttam.. .A.' ho Divine and Morale 87 T H E Twenty-fecond Embletu Illuftrated. Our DaySy until our Life hath end^ In Labour and in Hopes we f^encL AS foon as owr firfl parents difobeyM, Forthwith a Curfe for their Offence wa& laid, Inforcing them, and their fucceeding Race> To get their Food with Sweatings of the Face* But afterward, t\\\s2)oo7n to mitigate, (And eafe the Miferies of their eftate) God gave them Ho^Cy that fhe might help them bear The Burthens of their Travail and their Care. M 88 Choice Emblems^ A Woman with an Anchor and a Sfade^ An Emblem of that Myftery is made ; And this Eftate we all continue in, By God's free Mercy and our proper Sin. By Sin the Labour is on us intail'd. By Grace it is that Hoping hath not fail'd 5 And if in Hope our Labours we attend, That Ctirfe will prove a ^lejjing in the end. My Lot is Hope and Labour^ and between Thefe T^ii^f? my Life-time hath prolonged been. Yet hitherto the beft of all my ^ain^ With moft of all my Hopes have been in vain 5 And to the World-ward I am like to wafte My time in fruitlefs Labours till the laft. However, I have ftill my Hopes as fair As he that hath no temptings to ^efpair ; And change I will not my laft Hours for theirs, Whofe Fortune more defirable appears 5 Kor ceafe to Hope and Labour^ tho'of moft My Hope and Labour be adjudged loft. For tho' I lofe the Shadow of my Tains^ The SubJlafKC of it ftiii in God remains. Lot 22» divine and Moral. S9 Lot a 2. IN fccret thou doft oft complain, That thou haft hop*d and wrought in vain ^ And think'ft thy Lot is far more hard Than what for others is prepared. An Emblem therefore thou haft got-, Which ftiews it is our common Lot To work and hope, and that thou haft; A Blefling by it at the laft. Emblem XXIIL 90 Choice EmMems^ Emblem XXIII. Einb z Tamm difcam. The divine and Moral, 91 iJ\ «J\«7%»7St \7\ «7% i7% iJ% iJ% *T* >7% v% C7\ i?% | C7% «?> CTy^? "^ ^^ ?fi!^f?!^ ?f?^f? ^1 ?fi ^ ^f\ !^fl !Jfi !Sfi !^f?!^f^ !?fi!Jf??ft ^(\ /'fi !J^ /fi /x'^ /^^ /^^ /^A /^ft fip\ • /x^ Af^ /^^ ' T^ 'X^ /X^ /^^ /^\ /^^ /^^ /^\ rx^ •X^ 'T^ 'T'^ THE Twenty-third Emblem Illuftrated. ^ To Learning I a Love (hould have^ Jiltho'* one Foot were in the Graven HEre we an aged Man defcribed have, That hath one Foot already in the Grave i And, if you mark it (tho' the Stm decline, And horned Cynthia doth begin to fhine) With ofe?i Sooky and with attentive Eyes, Himfelf to compafs Knowledge he applies : And tho* that Evening end his laPt of Days, Yet J mlljludy^ more to learn^ he fays. From 9^ Choice Emhlems^ From this we gather, that while time doth kft, The time of Learning never will be paft 5 And that each Hour, till we our Life lay down, Still fomething touching Life is to be known. Whert he was old wife Cato learned Greek : But we have aged folks that are to feek Of that which they have much more caufe to learn, Yet no fuch mind in them we fhall difcern. For that which they fhou'd ftudy in ihclr frime^ Is oft deferred till their latter time 5 And then Old Age unfit ^01 Lear72ing makes them, Or elfe that common ^ulnefs overtakes them, Which makes afhamed that it fhould be thought, They need, like little Childrcfiy to be taught. And fo out of this World they do return As wife as in that Week when they were born. God grant me Grace to fp end my Life-time fOy 7'hat I my Tittty ftill may feek to know 5 And that I never may fo far proceed^ ^0 think that I more Knowledge do not need*, Stit in Experience may contimie growings U'illldmfiWd 'With Fniits of pious Knoivij2g, Let 23. divine and Moral. ^ g Lot a^. BY this your Emblem we difcern, That you are yet of Age to learn j And that when elder you fhall grow There will be more for you to know. Prefume net therefore of your Wit, But ftiive that you may better it 5 For of your Age we maiiy view That far more Wifdom have than you. Emblem XXIV, 94 Choice Emilems] Emblem XXIV. ) - £mk' Z4«. Tranfitm Celer efl^ ^5' avoJamws, TkQ divine md Moral. 95 THE Twenty-fourth Emblem lUuftrated. Wherever rve are the Heavens are near^ Let us but fij a»d rve are there. WHy with a trembling Faintnefs fhou'd we fear The Face o^ 'Deaths, and fondly linger here, As if we thought the Voyage to be gone Lay thro' the Shades of Styx or Acheron ? Or that we either were to travel down To uncouth Dephs^ or up feme Heights unknown ? Or to fome place remote, whofe nearefl: end Is farther than Earth's Limits do extend ? It 9 6 Choice Emhlems^ It is not by one half that Diftance thither Where 'Death lets in, as it is any whither : Jn o not by half fo far as to your Bed, Or to that Pktce where you fhould reft your Head : If on the Ground you laid your felf (ev*n there) "Where at this Moment you abiding are. This EmUem fhews (if well you look thereon) That from your Glafs cf Life which is to run, There's but one Step to Deaths and that you tread Al OJtce among the Living and the 7)ead. In whatfoever Litfid we live or die^ God is the fame ; and Heav'n is there as nigh, As in that ^lace wherein we moft defire Our Souh with our laft Breathing to expire. Which things well heeding, let us not delay Our Journey when we fummon*d are away, '(As thofe inforced Tilgrims ufe to do. That know not whither, nor how far they go.) Kor let us dream that we in ^tme or ^lace^ Are far from ending our uncertain Race, But let us fix on Heav*7t a faithful Eye, And ftill be fyijtg thither till we die. Lot 24*. divine and Moral. 97 Lot a 4.. TO your long Home you nearer are Than you it may be are aware 5 Yea, and more eafy is the way Than you perhaps conceive it may. Left therefore Death fhou*d grim appear, And put you in a caurelefs Fear, Or out of minding wholly pafs, This Chance to you allotted was. Emblem XXV. ^8 Choice Emhlems^ Emblem XXV. Tranfeat. The divine fmd Moral. 99 THE Twenty-fifth Emblem Illuftrated. j4 Sive of Shelter waketh (boiVj But ev^ry Storm will thrd^ it go. SOme Men, when for their Actions they procure A likely colour, (be ic ne'er fj vain) proceed as if their (Projefis were as fure, As ^htn fotr/id Reafon did their Courfh maintain. And thefe not much unlike thofe Children are, Who thro' a Storm advent'ring defp'rately, Had rather on their Heads a Sive to bear, Than Coverings that may ferve to keep them dry. .?or at a diftance that perchance is thought A helpful Shelter^ and yet proves to thofe P a. Who lOO Choice EmMems^ Who need the fame, a Toy which profits nought, Becaafe each Drop of Rain quite thro* it goes. So they, whofe foolifh 'Proje^fs for a while Do promife their Projeflors hopeful ends, Shall find them in the Iryal to beguile. And that both Shame and Want on them attends. Such like is their eftate, who (to appear H'lch Men to others) do with inward Pain, A gladfome outward Port defire to bear, Tho* they at laft nor Wealth nor Credit gain. And fuch are all thofe'^/y/crr/V^^, who ftrivc Falfe Hearts beneath Fair-fpoke-a-Words to hide : Por they o'ervail themfelves but with a Sive^ Thro' which their Purpofes at length are fpy'd: And then they either wofully lament Their hriitijh Folly ^ or fo hardened grow In finning, that they never can repent 5 Kay, jeft and feoff at their own Overthrow. ' But no falfe Vail can ferve (when God will fmite^ To fave a Scorner^ or an Hypocrite. Lot a 5 divine and Moral. l o i Lot a 5. TAke heed you do not quite forget That you are dancing in a Net> Many there are your JVays do fee, Altho' you think unfeen you be. Your Faults we wil^ no nearei* touch j Methinks your Emblem blabs too much ^ But if you mend what is amifs, You fhall be ne'er the worfe for this. F 5: Emblem XXVi: 102 Choice Emilemsy Emblem XXVI. Gaudet T^tkntia durk^ The !Divfne and Moral. i o 5 THE Twenty-fixth Emblem Illuftrated. He that enjojs a ^ At lent Mind^ Can Fleafure in AfptBion find. WHat means this Country Teafant flcipping, here, ^ Thro' prickling ^bijlles with fuch joyful cheer 5 And pluckingoff their Tops, as tho' for ^o/ies He gather'd Violets, or toothlefs Rofcs ? What meaneth it, but only to exprefs How great a Joy well-grounded ^atientnefs Retains in Sutf 'rings ? and what fport fhe makes When fhe her Journey ^\iXQ' Afii^i(m takes ? H4. I J 04. Choke Emblems^ 1 ofr havefaid (and have as oft been thougnt To fpeak a T^aradox, that favours nought Of likely Truth) that feme AffiiEiiom bring A Honey-hag which cwreth ev'ry Sting, (That wounds the FicP:)) by giving to the Mhi^ A pleaiing Tafte of S'lKectnejfa refin'd. Korean it other be, except in thofe Whofc better part quite ftupified gro^*^, By being cauterized in the Fires Of childifh Fears^ or temporal Defireu For as the Valiant (when the Coi'card fwoons) With Giadnefs lets the Surgeon fearch his Wounds j And tho* they fmart, yet cheerfully indures The Plaifters and the Probe in hope of Cures : So Men, affured that AffliB'toni Pain Comes not for Vcrigeance to them, nor i^ vain, But to prepare and fit them for the place To which they willingly dire£^ their pace 5 In Troubles are fo far from being fad, That of their Suffering they are truly glad. Whatever others thinji, I thus believe j And therefore ]o^'^ when they fuppofe I grieve. Lot z6. divine and Moral. roj Lot 16. ^ A T your Affiiflions you repine, ^l\ And in all Troubles cry and whine 3; As if to fuffer brought no Joy, But q^uite did all Content deUroy. That you may therefore patient grow. And learn this Virtue's Power to know. This Lot unto your View is brought 3 Perufe and pradife what is taught. r 5 Emblem XXVIL io6 Choice EmUemsy Emblem XXVII Bella in Vifia^ Centre Trtjia. The divine and Moral. 107 /AiA /A.tA,A»»A A»/sAiA A»^\ AtAv.'\«.A A^AAtA A«A- x« aX^^-y- «XrO(» iJ^vX* «x^~0\« •x^o(» «X/— V. T H E Twenty-feventh Emblem Illuftrated- Deformity within may be^ Where outward Beauty xve do fee. LOok well, I pray, upon this 'Beldame herCa For, in her Hahit^ tho' fhe gay appear^ You thro' her youthful Wizard msiy efpy, She's of an old Edition by her Eye : And by her Wainfcot-Face it may be feen, She might your Grmidarns firfl ^Jry-Ntirfe hara been. This is an Emllem fitly fliaddowlng thcfe, Who making fair and honeft outward fhows, ici Choice Em^lems.^ Are inwardly deform'd, and nothing fuch As they to be fupposM have ftrived much. They chufe their Wi?r^i, and play well-a6led /<^rf 5"^ But hide moft loathfome Projeds in their Hearts j And v;hen you think fweetir/V;^^// to embrace^ • Some ugly Treafon meets you in the Face. I hate a painted Sro'^jv 5 I much diflike A Maiden-blafh dawb'd en a furrow'd Cheek 5 And 1 abhor to fee old lVant072i play, And fuit themfelves, like Ladies of the May- But more (yea, moft of all) my Soul defpifeth A Heart that in Religions Forws difguifeth. Prcphane Intentions, and arrays in white The Coal-black Confcicnce of an Hypocrite, Take heed of fuch as thefe, and (if you may) Before you truft them, track them in their way, Obferve their Footfteps in their private ^ath 5 Por thefe (as 'tis believ'd the ^evil hath) Have clove',1 Feety that is, tzvo 'xays they go, One for their ends, and t'other for ^//jow. Now you thus warned are. Advice embrace, And trufl nor gawdy Cloaths^ nor painted Face* Lot r divine and Moral, 109 Lot ay. Fine Cloaths, fair Words, intlcing Face, With Maflcs of Piety and Grace, Oft cheat you with an outward /how Of that which proteth nothing fo. Therefore your Emblem's Moral read^^, And e'er too far you do proceed, Think whom you deal withal to day,. Who by fair Shews deceive you may. Emblem XXVUI. 1 1 o Choice Emblems ^ Emblem XXVIIL Capivum immune laceJfwU. The divine and MoraL III oir^]^ THE Twenty-eighth Emblem Illuftrated. Whe/t Magi(irAtes confned are^ They revel who mre kej^t in Fear.. A Tyrannous, or wicked Magiflrat^ Is fitly reprefented by a Cat : For the' the Mice a harmful Vermine be. And Cats the Remedy 5 yet oft we fee, That by the Mice far lefs fbme Houfe-wives leefe, Then when they fet the Cat to keep the Cheefe. A ravenous Cat will punifh in the MoufCj. The very fame Offences in the Houfe, Which he himfelf commits 5 yea, for that Vice Which was his own (with praife) he kills the Mice^ And 1 1 2 Choice EmMems^ And fpoileth not anothers Life alone, Ev'n for that very Fault which was his OTtv;,. But feeds and fattens in the Spoil of them Whom he without Compaffion did condemn. Nay, worfe than fo, he cannot be content To flaughter them who are as innocent As he himfelf but he muft alfo play And fport his woful ^ris^ners Lives away 5 More tortVing them 'twixt fruitlefs hopes 2Lnd fears. Than when their Bowels with his Teeth he tears ; For by much Terror, and much Cruelty, He kills them ten times over e'er they die. When fuch like Magijlrates have rule obtained, Thfi beft Men wifh their Pow'r might be reftrain*ds But they who fhun Enormities thro' Fear, Are glad when good Men out of Office are. Yea, whether Governors be good or bad. Of their Difplacings mot eked Men are glad ^ And when they fee them brought into Difgraces, They boldly play the Knaves before their F^ces« Lor 2S.-, divine and Moral. 1 1 5 Lot a8. M. THou art, orelfe thou wert of late, Some great or petty Magiftrate ^ Or Fortune thereunto may chance In time to come thee to advance. But by thine Emblem thou may'ft fee, That when reflrainM thy Pow'r ihali be^ Oftcnders will thereof be glad. And Scoff the Pow'r which thou had had : Obferve it, and be fo upright, That thou may'ft laugh at their Defpight. Emblem XXIX. 1 1 4. Choke Enihlems^ Emblem XXIX. I.n^l2,9^A^M Terfequar EstinSlu, The T)tvine and Moral. 115 >fi3 t,>^ fi).'^ ^?1 m^m^mm.wmmkw& THE Twenty-ninth Emblem Illuftrated. True Lovers Lives in one Heart Lie j Both Live, or both together Die. HE that fhall fay he Loves, and was^agaiit So well-belov'd, that neither He nor She Sufpe<51s each other, neither needs to gain Kew Proofs that they in allDefiresagreej And yet Ihall cool again in their AffeElion^ (And leave to Love) or live till they are Lovers The fecond time, it fome grofs Imperfedion In One (if not ^oth) of them difcovers. It was not Love which did between them groWj But rather fomewhat like unto the fame 5 Which 1 1 6 Choice Emblems y Which (having made a fair deceiving Shonv) Obtained a while that honourable NamCr Vox falfe AjfeB ions will together play So lovingly, and oft fo a6l thofe Parts Which real feem, that for a time they may Appear the Childfeu of unfeigned Hearts. . Yea, many times true Timles are deceiv'd By counterfeited TaJJions^ till their Love Of her true Oh]eEl finds her felf bereaved. And after it is forced to remove. But where true Love begetteth and enjoys The proper OhjeEi which fhe doth defire, Nor T'mey nor ln]ury the fame deftroys, But it QontmMQs^ ^erj^'etual Fire, Like am'rous 7'hisle to h«r Tyramus^ On all occafions it continues true^ Nor Nighty nor ^Danger makes it timorous, But thro' all Perils it will him purfue. Thus both in Life, in 7)cath, in all eftates^ True Z^Qvers will be true JJfociates,. Lot 2 p. divine and Moral. 1 1 7 Lot 19. SOme think you Love 5 'tis true you do, And are as well beloved too : But you (if we the Truth may fay) Love not fo truly as you may. To make a perfefl Love, there goes Much more than ev'ry Lover knows. Your Emblem therefore mind, and then Begin anew to love agen. Emblem XXX» 1 1 8 Choice EmMemSy Emblem XXX. Emr: ? o Mequid Nmk. The divine and Moral. 1 1 9 THE Thirtieth Emblem Illuftrated. Since over*much will over-Jill^ Pour out enough^ but do not [fill. IT is this Emhlem''s meaning, to advance The Love and Pratlice of true "Temper mice. For by this Figure (which doth feem to fill Until the Liquor overflow and fpill) We are, as by Example, taught to fee How fruitlefs our Intemperancics be ; Thus by the Kule of CojitrarietieSy Some Vertiies beft are fhewn to vulgar Eyes, To lao Choice Emblems^ To fee a nafty 'Drtuikard reel and fpew, More moves to Sober ?iefs than can the view Of twenty civil Men 5 and to behold One Prodigal (that goodly Lands hath fold) Stand torn and louzy begging at the Door, Would make hitonperance abhorred more (And manly Sohemefs much better teach) Than all that fix Thilofofhers can preach. So by the Vejfefs overflowing here, True Moderation doth more prais'd appear Than by the Mea?! it felf : And without fin, That's pBur'd^ which to do had wicked been 5 For, tho' to vertuous ends, we do deny The doing III that Good may come thereby. From hence let us be taught that careful heed, Whereby we fhould both Mind and 7)ody feed. Let us of our own felves obferve the fize, How much we want, how little will fufHce : And our own Longings rather leave unfiil'd. Than fuffer any Portion to be fpill'd. For what we marr (hall to account be laid. And what we wifely Cpend fhall be repaid* Lot 3c, divine and Amoral. 121 Lot, 50. IF truly temperate thou be, Why fhou'd this Lot be drawn by thee? Perhaps thou either doft exceed In Clothes, or high doft drink or feed, Beyond the mean. If this thou find, Or know'fl in any other kind, How thou offendeft by excefs. Now leave off thy Intemperatenefs. Emblem XXXI. 112 Choice Em^lemsj Emblem XXXI. Enih: ^J Legilm b Armii. The divine and Moral, 1^3 hn V? v? V? V? v?i ^c \c V? V? V? V? ^o \c! \o 'w? V? \c so Si:>*^ THE Thirty-firft Emblem Illuftrated. / When Larv an^ Arms together fneet^ The World hfcends to kifs their Feet. THE Pi61ure of a Croivned King here ffands Upon a Glole^ and with out-ftretched hand?^ Holds forth in view, a Law-hock and a S^vord : Which plain and modern Figures may afford This meaning • That a Kiiig who hath regard To Courts for pleadings and a Court of Guards And at all times a due refped^ will carry To pious La^'jcs^ and AlHous military 5 Shall not be Monarch only in thofe Lands That are by 'Birth right under his Commands, G z But I '2 4- Choice Emhlems^ But alfo might (if juft occafion were) Make this whole Globe o^ Earth his Power to fear; Advance his Favorites 5 and bring down all His Op^ojites below his Pedeftal. His conquering Sword in foreign Realms he draws, As oft as there is juft or needful caufe : At home, in ev*ry province of his Lands, At all fimes armed are his framed Bands* His Royal Fleets are Terrors to the Seas, / At all hours rigg'd for ufeful Voyages. And often he his Navy doth increafe, That Wars Provifions may prolong his ^eace. Nor by the Tenure of the S-ivord alone DeJighteth he to hold his awful 'J'hroney But likewife labours Mifchiefs to prevent, By wholfome Laws and rightful Government, For where the ^^£?r// commands without the Law^ A T'yroiU keeps the Land in flavifh awe : And where good Laws do want an armed powW^ Rebellious Knaves their Princes will devour. Lot 31. divine and Moral. i a 5 Lot 5 1 . M. r^Ome urge their Princes on to War, 3 ^^^ weary of fweet Peace foon are, iome fcek to make them dote on Peace, Till Publick Danger more increafe 5 ^s if the World were kept in awe, Jy nothing q\£q but preaching Law, rhe Moral is 5 If fuch thou art, rhen ad a Moderator's part. G 3 Emblem XXXI L ia6 Choice EmMemSy Emblem XXXII. S^es alit ^gricolas. The divine and Moral, 1^7 THE Thirty-fecond Emblem Illuftrated. The Ht^'sbandmAn hth foiv his Seeds^ And then on Ho^e ttll Harvefi feeds, f g "^HE painful Hnihandmav^ with fvveaty brows, I Confumes in labour many a weary Day 5 To break the flubborn Earth he digs and flougl'S^ And then the Corn he fcatters on the CLiy. When that is done he harro-zvs in the Seeds, And by a well-clean&'d Furrow la3's it dry 5 He frees it from the Worms ^ the ]\foles^ the Weeds '^ He on the Fences alio hath an Eye. And tho' he fee the chilling Winter bring Sno^x'Sy Floods and Frofls, his Labours to annoy 5 G 4, Tho' I ^ S Choice Ernhlems^ Tho' hlafling Whds do nip them in the Springy And Summers Mildews threaten to deftroy : Yea, tho' not on]y T>ayi but Weeks they are, (Nay, mzxi^ Weeks and many ATonth's befide) In which he mufl with pain prolong his care, Yet cor.ftant in his Hopes he doth abide. For this refpe^l HOPE's Emhlem here you fee Attends the Tlo7igl\ that Men beholding it May be inftrucied, or eife minded be, What Hopes , continuing Z^Z'0///*i will befir. Tho* long thou tolled haft, and long attended About fuch workings as are neceflary. And oftentimes, e'er fully they are ended, Shalt f/nd thy pains in danger to mifcarry : Yet be not out of //(?/^, nor quite dejef^ed, For buried Seeds will fprout when Wtnter*s gone ^ Unlikelier things are many times efFe^ed 5 And G.^brlngs help whenMen their bed have done. Yea, they that in good 'works their Life imploy, Altho' tbeyfozv in TearSt fiall tea]) in Joy, Lot ii. 3' T>ivme and Moral. 1 3 9 Lot 52. I" N many things the worfe thou art, l By thy defpairing, fainting Heart* Vnd oft thy Labour and thy Coft, ror want o^ Ho^efidneCs is loft. Thou therefore by thy Lot art fenl". This Indifcretion to^ prevent, And by the Plow-man's Hope to fee Thy Faulty and now reform'd to be> G 5 Imblem XXXIll. 130 Choice Emhlems^ Emblem XXXIIL Ev\h: .?.?. Turk Marnhm, Tko I T>ivtne and Moral. 151 W- •?(!.?. i^i? Sil?. ^i?. ^it 9i^ 9i^ ')i'^ ^^Vg ^'?G^?G ^.%^6^ ^vG^?G d?b^7G ^% ^^to THE Thirty-third Emblem Illuftrated. Let him that at Goas Altar fliwds^ In Innocency wafh his Hmds. WHen (Reader) thou haft fii-ft of all furvey'd That Reverend ^rieft which here ingra- ven ftands, In all his Holy Vefiments array 'd, Endeavouring for ^tinfied Hand'^ 9 Colle6^ from hence, that when thou dod appear To offer Sacrifice of ^raife or ^rayer^ Thou ought'ft the Robes of Right€ouf?!efs to wear, And by Re^eutance thy Defeds repair. Per For thou that with polluted Hands prefum'tl Before God's Altar to prefent thy Face, Or in the Rags of thine own Merits com'i^, Shalt rt2i'^2)ifpleafzLre where thou look'fl {or Grace. Then if thou be of thofe that would afpire A 'Triefl or Prelate in God's Church to be, Be fure thou firft thofe Ornaments acquire Which may be fuiting to that high degree. Intrude not, as perhaps too many do, With Gifts unfit, or by an ILvil mean j Defire it with a right Intention too, ^^ And feek to keep thy Coriverfation clean. For they that have aflum'd this Holy Calling With Hands impure, and Hearts unfandiify'd, Defame the 'J'riith^ give others caufe of Falling, And fcandalize their Brethren too befide. Yea, to themfelvcs their very Sacrifice Becomes unhallow'd 5 and their l^hanks and Prayers The Godof T'lirity doth To defpife, That all their Ho^pes he turneth to Tiefpairs ; And all their beft Endeavours countermands, Till they appear with unpolluted Hands, IjOt ;^, 7-:>' 7)mne and MoraL I5> Lot ^^. WHether meerly Chance or no, Brought this Lor, we do not know r But received let it be. As Divinely fent to thee. For that merits thy regard, Which thine Emblem bath declared : And the heft that are have need Such Mvifaneiits well to heed. Emblem XXXIV, 1 2 4- Choice EmMems^ m Emblem XXXIV. Bmhl:^'^. tcrio* The divine and Moral. 135 &«j§;g^^?^^^j^^^^s;^aai^ THE Thirty-fourth Emblem Illuftrated. Be wary whofoe*re you be^ Tor from Lover's Arrows none are free, GAllants, beware ; for here's a wanton Wagg^ Who, having So-zvs and ArroTSy makes his brag, That he hath fome unhappy trick to play, And vows to fhoot at all he meets to day. Pray be not carelefs, for the ^oy is blind, And fometimes flrikes where moft he feemeth kind. This rambling ^^rcZ'^r fpares nor one, nor other ^ Tea, otherwhile, the ]\^nkey fhoots his Mother. Tho' 1^6 Choice Bmblcms^ Tho' you be little Children^ come not near, For I remember Cthougb't be many a year Kow gone and pa ft) that when I was a Lad^ My Heart a prick by this young Wanton had That pain'd me feVen Years after : nor had I The Grace (thus warn'd) to fcapehis waggery 5 But many times, ev*n fince I was a Man, He fhot me oftner than I tell you can : And if I had not been the ftronger hearted, I for my over-daring might have fmarted. You laugh now as If this were nothing fo 5 But if you meet this Stinkard with his Bow, You may, unlefs you take the better care,. Receive a Wound before you be aware. 1 fear him not 5 for I have learned how To keep my Heart-ftrings fron his Arrows now % And fb might you, and fo might ev'ry one That vain Occajions truly feeks to fhun. But if you flight my Confels, you may chance To blame at laft your wilful Ignorance : For fome who thought at firft his V/ounds but fmall, Have died by them in an Hof^ital Lot 34,. T>ivine and Moral. 157 Lot 54. THIS Lot of yours doth plainly fhow, That in fome Danger now you go j But Wounds by Steel yet fear you not, Nor Piftolling, nor Canon-Shot- But rather dread the Slafis that fly Prom fome deep-wounding Wanton's Eye; Your greateft Perils are from thence, Get therefore Armour of Defence. Emblem XXXV. 138 Choice Emhlems ? Exnblem XXXV. ■EvihV^ ^. Sapiens dominahitur ^Jim» The divine and Moral. 139 • Vta'V* •vv.^Y* "c^-Of* 'V^^Y* 'y^^^Y* •<'^'V* ' X^'-''^* »'^;:Ol'*' '"O-Of* ''i^— Of* -tT^^^ THE Thirty-fifth Emblem Illuftrated, He over all the Stars doth reign. That unto Wifdom cm attain, I Am not of their Mind, who think the Sun^ The Moon^ the ^lanets^ and thofe glorious Lights Which trim the Spheres, do in their Afotiojis run To no more purpofe than to pleafs our Sights : Korfor diftinguifhment of Nights and Days^ Or of the Seafons and the l^imes alone. Can I fuppofe the Hand of God difplays Thofe many Stars we nightly gaze upon : For 140 Choice Emblems^ For both by Recifon and by commo7i Senfe^ We know (and often feel) that from above The Tlancts have on us an lujluencc 5 And that our 'Bodies vary as they move. Moreover Holy Writ infers that thefe Have fome fuch pow'r 5 ev*n in thofe places where It names Orion and the Pleiades ^ Which Stars o{m\ic\i inferior Nature are. Yet hence conclude not therefore, that the Mind Is by the Stars conftrained to obey Their Ijifluence 5 or fo by them inclin'd, That by no means relifl: the fame we may. For tho* they form the Body's Temperature, (And tho* tk© JMi fed \x\^\\n For Praife alone 5 And what Reward For fuch like Studies is prepared. Perufe it 5 and this Counfel take, Be Virtuous for meer Virtue's lake. H 3 Emblem XXXVIII. 150 Choice Emblem fy Emblem XXXVIII. 7)ens mhk hac Otia fecit. The divine and Moral. 151 ^^'^^^^^pj^-^^^^^j^i*^'^- THE Thirty-eighth Emblem Illuftrated. The Gofjfel thankfully embrace) For God vouchfafed us this Grace. THls modern Bmhlem is a mute expre {finer Of G(?i'5 great Mercies in a Modern-hlejjingi^ And gives me now juft caufe to iing his praife, For granting me my Being in thefe Days. The much-defired MeJJages of Heav'n, For which our Fathers would their Lives have givn, And (in Groves^ Caves and ATouutainSi once a Year) Were glad, with hazard of theit Good?, to hear j H4r Or. J 5 ^ Choke Bmhlems^ Or, in lefs bloody times, at their own homes, To hear in private and obfcured Rooms. I-o ! thofe, \\io£Q joyful Jydi?7gs, we do live, I3ivu]g'd in every Village to perceive ^ And that the Sounds of Gladf?efs eccho may, 1 Thro* all our goodly ^emj^les ev'ry day. V ^his ivas (Oh God) thy do'wg ; mtto thee^ ^ .^fcriFdfor ever let all Treifes he, ^rolo7Jg this Mercy, ajid vouchfafe the Fruit JVfay to thy Labour on this Vineyard ////> 5 Left for our Fruitlefnefs^ thy Light of Grace ^houfro'f}2 our Golden Candleftick difflace. TJ'edOy me-thi72ks^ already^ Lord, begin 5I? wantonize, mid let th^t loathing i?t Which makes thy Manna taflefs : And Ifear^ ^hat of thofe Chiifiians w/'o more often hear *J'han pra&ife --what they know, we have too many: Aud I fufpe^ my felf ^^ much as any. Oh I mend m^foy that hy amendi7?g me, Amends in others rnay incrcafed he : And let all Graces rjchich thou hnfl hejlowd^ Return thee honour, from whom firfl they fiovc'd. Lot 58. 2)hine and Moral. 155 Lot 58. BY this thy Lot thou doft appear, To be of thofe who love to hear The Preacher's Voice : Or elfe of them^ That undervalue or contemn Thofe dally ihowers of wholfbm WorJs^ Which God in thefe our times affords. Now which foe're of thefe thou be. Thine Emblem fomethino teacheth thee. o H f Emblem XXXIK. 154^ Choke Em3lems^ Emblem XXXIX. ■i ^ Spernit Terkula Virtm, The Divine and Moral. 155 •) I ••«> A»A AfA AtV A'A. AfA A»A A»^ • •^C-vX- »)&-sXr •X/-0' • •X^^ ; THE Thirty-ninth Emblem Illuftrated. ^/? Innocent no Danger fears^ Hctv great Joever it appears, WHen fome did feek Arion to have drown'd. He with a valiant hearthisTemples crown 'd j And when to drench him in the Seas they meant. He plaid on his melodious Injlrumejit 5 To fhew that Innocejioe difdained Fear, * Tho' to be fwallow'd in the T)eeps it were. Nor did it perifh, for upon her Back A dolphin took him, for his Mu/ick^s fake : To intimate, that Vertiie /hall prevail With ^rutiflo Creatures, if with Men it fail. Moft 15^ Choice EmMems^ Moft vain is then their Hope, who dream they can Make wretched, or undo an honeji Man : For he whom vertuous Innocence adorns, Infults oVe Cruelties^ and ^er'il fcorns. Yea, that by which Men purpofe to undo him, (In their defpight) fhall bring great Honours to him. Ario7t-V\kt^ the Malice of the Worlds Hath into Seas Oi troubles ofcen hurl'd Deferving Men ; altho' no Caufe they had. But that their Words and Works (^^-cct Mn/ick made. Of all their outward Helps it hath bereft them, !Nor means, nor hopes of Comfort have been left them, ^ Eut fuch as in the Houfe of Mourning are. And what good Confciejice can afford them there. Yet, ^olJ^hi/i-WkCi their Innocence hath rear'd Their Heads above thofe 'Dangers that appeared. God hath vouchfaf 'd their harmlefs Caufe to heed, And ev'n in Thraldom fo their Hearts hath freed. That whiTll they feem'd oppreffcd and forlorn, They py'd and fang, and laughed the World t» fcor?2. Lot 3p, 7)ivine and Moral. 157 Lot 59, YO U have been wronged many ways, Yet Patient are, and that's your Praife, Your Ad:ions alfo feem'd upright, Yet feme there are that bear you Tpight, Left therefore you difcourag'd grow, An Emblem you have drawn to fhow, What other Innocents have born, And how the Envious World to fcorn. £mblem XL. ic8 Choke Bmhlems^ Emblem XL. 'to . ^on uno Sternitur idiu. The divine and Moral. 159 THE Fortieth Emblem Illuftrated. By many ftrokes the Work is dom^ Which cannot be prforrrPd by one. DEfpairnot, Man^ In what thou ought'ft to do, - Altho' thou fail when one Attemp is made 3 But add a l^eixi Endeavour thereunto, And then another, and another add : Yea, till thy Power and Life fhall quite be (pent, Perlift in feeking what thou fhould'ft defire 5 For he that falleth from a good httent^ Deferves not that to which he did afpire. Rich ^reafiires are by Nature placed deep, And e*er we gai;i them we muft pierce the Rocks: Such i6o Choice Emhlems^ Such perils alfo them as Guardians keep, That none can win them without wounds and knocks. Moreover, Glories^ 7*hrones, are fo fublime. That whofoever thinks their Top to gain. Till many thoufand weary fteps he climb, Doth fool himfelf by Mufings which are vain. And yet there is a ^ath-'vcay which doth lead Above the higheft things that Men can fee 5 And (tho* it be not known to all who tread The Comraon T'raB) it may afcended be. As therefore none fhould greater things prefume Than well becomes their Strength 5 fo none fliou'd fear (Thro* Folly ^ Sloth^ or TJafenefs) to affume Such things upon them which befeeming ate. Since by T)egrees we many things fee wrought, That feem'd impoflible to have been done, When they were firft conceived in the thought,. And fuch as thefe we may adventure on. My An72 I know in time will fell an Oak 5, Eut I will ne'er attempt it at at a Stroah Lot 40^ Divine and MoraL 1 6 i Lot 40. THIS Lot befell the for the nonce, For if things come not all at once, Thou to defpairlng foon doft run, Or leav'il the Work that's well begun* Which to prevent regardful be, Of what thine Emblem counfels thee. Bmblem XLI. i62 Choice Bmhlems^ Emblem XLI. I Emb-^l Ne tenear. The divine and Moral, 1 6 g THE Forty«firfl Emblem; Illuflxatcd. Occafions pafl are fought in vain j But oft they rvheel about again. UNwife are they that fpend their youthful Trime In Vanities 5 as if they did fuppofe That Men at pleafure might redeem the Jjme j For they a fair Advantage iondly lofe. As ill advis'd be thofe, who having loft The firft Occajiomy to defj^airifig run : For ^ime hath Revolutions , and the moft, For their A£fairs have Seafo?is more than one. Kor i6^|. Choice EmhlemSy Kor is their Folly fmall who much depend - | On T'raiifitory things^ as if their Power Cou'd bring to pafs what fhou'd not have an jE«pac'd Hours are quite run out. 1 Yet, If an Opfortimity be pafl:, Defpair not thou, as they that hopelefs be ; Since 'Time may fo revolvf-. again at la£^. That t^ei'O Occa/ions may be ofFer'd thee. .And fee thou truft not on thofe fading things, • Which by thine own Endeavours thou acquir'f^, For Time (which her own Sirtls to ruin brings) Will fpare not tbee^ nor ought vvhich thou deflr^ft. His properties and Ufes^ what they are, In vain obfervM will be when he is fled : That they in feafon therefore may appear, Our JLrMera thus hath him deciphered 3 ^aU fave before, and flanding on a Wheels A Razor in his Hand, a Winged Heel Lot 41. divine and MoraL 1 6 5 Lot 41; - MUch Liberty thou haft affum'd, And heretofore fb much prefum'd On Time, which always rideth poft, That for a while fome Hopes are croft. But fee, to keep thee from Defpair, And thy Misfortune to repair, Mark what to thee thy Lot doth tell, And Praaife what is Counfell'd well. Emblem XLII. 1 6 6 Choice Emhlems-, Emblem XLII. Vinhm jungenda Sapentia, The divine and Moral. 1 6 7 THE Forty-fecond Emblem Illuftrated. When great Attemps are undergone^ Jom Streiigth and Wifdom both in one. IF (Reader) thou defirous be to knovC What by the Ceiitaur feemeth here in- tended 5 What alfo by the Snake^ and by the S(9-7y, Which in his hand he beareth alway bended : Learn, that this half-a-man^ and halfe-a-lorfe^ Is antient Hieroglyphicky teachinf? thee, That Wifdora fhou'd be joyn'd with outward ForcCy If profperous we defire our Works to be. His 5 68 Choke Emhlems^ His Upper Tart the fhape of Man doth bear, To teach that Rcafon muft become our Guide: The Hinder Tarts a Horfe's Members are, To {hew that we muft alio Strength provide. The Serpent and the "Bcw do fignifie The fame (or matter to the fame effe£l j) And by two T'ypes one Moral to imply, Is doubled -d fore-ivarning o£ Negle5f» When Kno-zvledge wanteth Tower defpis'd wc grow, And knoiv but how to aggravate our Pain : Great Strength will work its own fad Overthrow, Unlefs it guided be with Wifdora^s Rein. therefore y O God, votichfafe thoufo to marr^ ^he Gifts c/Soul and Body both in me^ ^hat I may flill have all things necejjary ^0 ijoorky as I commanded am hy thee. And let me not pojjefs them. Lord, alone, Silt alfo know their tife 5 andfo -well know /V, T'hat I m'ay do each Duty to he done 5 And ivith ttpright Litentions always do it, Jf this he more than yet ohtain I may. My Will accept thou for the Deed J pray. Lot 42. divine and Moral. 169 Lot. 41. GReat things to do thou haft a mind, But power thereto thou canft net find j Sometimes thy Power doth feem to fit, But then thou faileft in thy Wit. Such Undertakings therefore chufe, (If thou thy Time wilt not abufe) As to thy Power and Wit agree, And then let both imployed be. Efflblem XLIII. ijo Choice Enihkms^ Emblem £77/^/ 4 ^' In Sikntio l?* Spe\ The divine and Moral. I7! THE Forty-third Emblem Illuftrated. They that in Hop ani Silence live^ The bejl Contentment may atchieve, IF thou defire to cheriHi true Content, And in a troublous time that courfe to take, Which may be likely mifchiefs to prevent, Some ufe of this our Hieroglyfhick make. The Fryer s Hahit feemeth to import, That thou (as antient Mo7iks and Fryers did) Shouldft live remote from places of refort. And in retirednefs lie clofely hid. The claf^ed-'Book doth warn thee to retain Thy thoughts within the compafs of thy breaft ; I 2 And 17^ Choice Emhlems^ And in a quiet /F/e^fce to remain, Until thy mind may fafely be ex-prcft. That Aftchor doth inform thee, that thou muft Walk on in Hofe ^ and in thy Pilgrimage Bear up (without dcff airing or dijlriijl) ^ Thofe wrongs andfufferings which attend thine Age, For whenfoe'er Opprcjfion groweth rife, Olfcurenefs is more fkfe than Emine^ice 5 He that then keeps his T'ongtie^ may keep his Li fey Till times will better favour Innocence. 'Truth fpoken where imtruth'is more approved, Will but enrage the malice of thy Foes j And otherwhile a wicked Man is moved To ceafe from wrong, if no man him oppofe. Let this our Brahleni therefore counfel thee, Thy Life in fafe Ketirednefs to fpend 5 Let in thy bread thy thoughts referved be. Till thou art laid where none can thee cftend. And whilft moft others give their Fancy fc ope ^ Enjoy thy felf in Silence and in Hope, Lot 43. JJivine and Moral. 17^ Lot 45. THcu haft in Publick Jived long, And overfreely us*d thy Tongue. But if thy fafety thou defire, Be iilent and thy felt retire. And if thou wilt ROt be undone, . Poflefs thy Joys and Hofes alone. For they that will from harn; be free, Muft quiet and obfcared be. I 3 Emblem XLIY* Ij^ Choice EmMems^ Emblem XLIV. Einh; <^4' JSlon eji Mortale quod opto* The 'Divine and Moral. 175 ****** *********;****** THE Forty-fourth Emblem Illuftrated. itake Wingy my Souly and ??mmt up higher ; For Earth fulfils not my Defire. WHen Gap^ymed h\m{£l^ WRS purifying, Great Jupiter., his naked beauty Tpying^ Sent forth his ILagle (from below to take him) Ablefl Inhabitant in Heaven to make him ; And there (^s Poets feigned) he doth ftilj, To Jove^ and other God-heads^ Nedar fill. Though this be but 2iFal>leo{ their feigning, The Moral is a real truths pertaining, I 4 To J 7 6 Choice Emhlems^ To ev'ryone (which harbours a defire Above the Starry Circles to afpire.) By Ganymed the Soul is underftood, That's wailied in the ^iir if yivg flood Of facred "Baptifm (which doth make her fccm Both pure and beautiful in God\ efteem.) The j¥.glc means that Heav'nly Contemplation^ Which, after Wa filings of Regeneration^ Lifts up the Mind from things that earthly be. To view thofe Ohjefls which Faith's Eyes do fee. The NeElar which is filled out and given o To all the blefsM hihahitants of Heaven^ Are thofe Delights which (Cbrift hath faid^^ they have When fome Repe?!tn?it Soul begins to leave Her foulnefs^ by renewing of her hirth^ And flighting all the \Pleaftircs of the Earth. I afk not, Lord^ thofe BleQings to receive, Which any Man hath powV to take, or give 5 Kor what th'.s World arTords 5 for I contemn Her favours, and have feen the beft of them. Kay, Heaven it felf will unfufricient be, Unlefs l^hai alfo gi ve ^hy felf to me. Lot 44. divine and Moral. 1 7 7 Lot 44.. THis Lot pertaincth unto thofe, (But who they be, God only knows) Who to the World have no defire, But up to Heavenly things afpire j Ko doubt but you in fome degree Indu'd with fuch Afifedions be, And got this Emblem, that you might Encourag'd be in fuch a flight. I 5 Emblem XLY* 17S Cboice EmMems^ Emblem XLV. Syirni Clavum rectum Ttmam. The divine and Moral. lyo «")' km THE Forty fifth Emblem Illuftrated. He that his Courfe direBly Jleers^ Alor Storms y nor mnd.y Cenfures fears. WE to the Scit this World msiy well compare j For every Man which liveth in the lames Is 3s a ^iloty to fome Veffel there, ^ Oi little fize, or elfe of larger frame. Some have the Soats of their own Life to guide 6ome of whole Families do row the Sarge^ Some govern petty Town-fliips too befide, (To thofe compar'd, which of fmaii Sarks have charge 3) SomCf i8o Choice EynMems^ Some others rule great ^rovinces^ and they Refcmble Captains of huge Argcfes : But when oi Kir7gdoms^ any gain the Sway, To Generals of Fleets we liken thefe. Each hath his proper Coisrfe to him aflignM, His Car/i, his CompafSy his due T'acklings too , And if their Budnefs, as they ought, they mindj They may accompli fh all they have to do. But moft Men leave the Care of their own Co?irfi, To judge, or follow, others in their Nvaysj And when their Follies make their Fortunes worfe, They curfe the '2)efti77A\ which they fhou'd prai-fe. Tor JVavcs and JVindSy and that oft changing Wt^ather^ Which many blame, as Caufe of all their LoJJes^ (Tho'thcy obferve it not) helps bring together ThofeKiJ/i^i, which their own Wifdom often crofles. Regard not therefore much what thofe things be, Which come, without thy fault, to thwart thy Way '^ yiov how RaflJ- Lookers-on will cenfure thee 5 .But faithfully to do thy part affay. For II thou fhalt not from this Coimfel vary, Let my Hopes fail me, if thy Hopes mifcarry. Lot 45. divine and Moral. i8i Lot 45. TH Y Hopes and Fears are always fuch, That they aflli6l, and pain thee much • Becaufe thou giv'ft too great a fcope Unto thy Fear^ or to thy Ho^e, For they will vex, or pleafure thee, As they enlarg'd, or curbed be. But fee, thine Emblem, if thou pleafe, Inftru^s thee how to manage thefe. Emblem XLVL I Si Choice Emllems^ Emblem XLVI. ,— TJ ■ j_ i . l l,lL_;La-l. Uhi Helena^ tht Trop. The divine and Moral. 185 THE Forty-fixth Emblem Illuftrated. Where Helen is there will he war ; For Death and Lufl Companions are. THeIr fooli/li humour I could ne'er affe£l, Who dare for any caufe the Ste-ws frequent: And thither, where I juftly might fufpesH: A Strumj^et liv'd, as yet 1 never went, por when ("as Fools pretend) they go to feek Experience, where more /// than Good they fee,. They venture for their Kno'joledge^ Adam like j And fuch as his will th^iv At chicvements be. Let therefore thofe that wou'd loofe l^rtds deteft, Converfe with none but thofs that modeft are 5 Po| 184- Choice Emhlems^ For they that can o^ Whoredom make a Jefl-, Will entertain it e*er they be aware. Chajl Com;^any and Chafi- Difcotirfe doth make The Mind more pleafed with it evVy day 5 Kxi^ Frequent views of 7Vanton72ers will take The Senfe and Hatred of the yice away. Some I have known by Harlots Wiles undone. Who but to fee their Fa fhiojts firft pretended 5 And they that sN^nx. for Com;pa7iy alone, By fudden Quarrels there their Days have ended* For in the Lodgings of a Litflfnl Woman Immodeft hnpid&nce hath ftitl her Being 5 There Fury, Fraud and Cruelties are common ; And there is Wa72t^ and Shame^ and \Difagrecing. Ev'n 'Beauty of it felf ftirs loofe Defires, Occafioning both Jealovjies and Fears 5 It kindteth in the Breaft concealed Fires ^ Which burn the Heart, before the Flame appears; And ev'ry day experienced are we, That there, where i/(?/^/7 is, 7r(3>''s Fate will be. Lot 4^, 7)ivine and Moral. 185 Lot 46. YOur Lot IS very much to blame, Or elfe your Perfon, or your Kame, Hath injur'd been 5 or may have wrong By fomc loofe Wauto?z e're't be long. Therefore e*cr hence you go away, Mark what your Emblem here doth fay 5 Perhaps by drawing of this Lot Some Harms prevention may be got. Emblem XLVIL i86 Choice EmMemSy Embkm XLVII. Conjequhur quodcunque f?i^t. The 'Divine and Moral, 187 THE Forty-feventh Emblem Illuftrated. mmmmmmmmi Who by good means good things would gain^ Shall never feek nor ask in vain, IN vain fair Cyrithia never taketh pains, Kor faints in following her defired G^me 5 And when at any Mark her Bow flie ftrains, The winged Arrow Airely hits the fame. Her ^iEliire therefore in this place doth fhew The Nature of their Minds, who, Cyitthia-VikQ^ With Conftancy their ^iir^ofes purfue, And faint not till they compafs what they feek. For nought more God-like in this World is found, Then fo refolv'd a Man^ that nothing may His 1 88 Choice Emblem f^ His Refolution alter or confound, When any tafl^ o^ 'worth he doth affay. Nor is there greater Bafenefs than thofe Minds That from an honeji piirpofe can be wrought By ^hreatnivgs^ Srihcs^ finooth Gales or hoifl'roiis Winds, Whatever colour or excufe be brought. You then that would with ^leafiire^ Glory gain, ^im<^. like, thofe modeH: things require Which truly may befeem you to attain, And {Icutiy follow that which you defire. For changing rho' the Moon to us appear, She holds a firm Dependance on the Siin^ And by a conflant Motion in her Sphere^ With him doth in Co7i]u7iBion oftea run, 5o conjlant Men flill move their hopes to win. But never by a Motion indireEl 5 Kor will they flop the Courfe that they are in. Until they bring their purpofe to efFedh For whofoever Honcfl thi^igs requires, A ^Tomife hath of all that he defires. Lot 47. 7)ivine and Moral. 1 89 Lot 47. IF any thing you do defign, Purfue it with a vigorous mi«^ 5 And if you hope to gather fruit. Be Conftant in your hopes piirfuit, %■ For by your Emblem you may jfind, The Stars to you are well inclin'd : Provided your Attempts be good, For that muft fliil be underftood. «? Emblem XLVIIL 1^0 Choice EmMemsj Emblem XLVIII. EmI): 48 . Nufquam tuta fides. The 'Divine and Moral. 191 "^■"^k^J-a Jcijii\/\y!Oi s 1^ s^^N^'v^ ^*'0"^'^i$^ ^^5^!!^ 'vi\<' ^"S/ vi\r \**"y N^Ty THE Forty-eighth Emblem Illuftrated. iMM^MM XJ/J Caution rvherefoe'er you be^ Tor from Deceit tjo Jflace is free. SOme write (but on what grounds I cannot tell) That they who near unto the 'Deferts dwell, Where Ele_pha72ts are found, do notice take, What trees they haunt, their fleeping flocks to make 5 ^ That, when they reft againft an half-fawn ftem, •It (falling) may betray thofe Beafts to them. Now, tho' the part Hijlorical may err. The Morale which this Efnhlem doth infer, Is 19^ Choice Hmhlems^ Is over true 5 and feemeth to imply, The World to be fo full of Treachery, As that no corner of it found can be. In which from Falfhoods Engines we are free. I have obfervM the City, and I find The Citizens are civil, grave and kind 5 Yet many are deluded by their fliows. And cheated, when they truft in them repofe. I have been oft at Court, where I have fpent Some idle time, to hear them Compliment z But I have feen in Courtiers fuch deceit, That for their Favours I could never wait, I do frequent the Church, and 1 have hear'd God's judgments by the Preachers there declared Againft mens falfhoods 5 and I gladly hear Their zealous 'Prayers, and good Counfels there 5 But as I live, I find fome fuch as they, Will watch to do a mifchief if they may. Kay, thofe poor fneaking Clowns, who feek their living, As if they knew no manner of deceiving, Ev'n thofe their w/V can (this way) fo apply, That they'll foon cozen wifer men than 1. ( Lot 4p, divine and Moral. 195 Lot 4.8. S\Ome Foes for thee do lie in wait, I Where thou furpe61:eft no Deceit. Yea, many do thy hurt intend, Who yet pretend the Name of Friend, Be therefore careful whom you truft, What ways thou walk'ft, ani what thou doft 3 For by thine Emblem thou may'ft fee, That warinefs will needful be. K Emblem XLIX, i ji .0 4- Choice Emblems'^ Emblem XLIX. Omnis Caro V^oenum. The divine and Moral. »95 ?i!/^>J»'Cjfi«:'-Yr5 '^l^'-^UK i£ 'W^'^'-- THE Forty- ninth Emblem Illuftrated. J/l Flejh is like the withered Haj, It fprings, and grows y and fades away. TH I S Lzfa72t, and this Jittle Trufs of Hay, When they are moralized, feem to fay, That Flefi is but a Tuft of Morning Grafs, Both green and wither'd, e'er the Day light pafs. ^ And fuch we truly find it 5 for behold, As foon as Man is born, he waxeth old In Griefs, in Sorrows, or Neceffities • And withers ev'ry Hour, until he dies : Now flourifhing as Grafs, when it is grown, •Strait perifhing as Grafs, when it is mown. K 2 If 1^6 Choice Emblems'^ If we with otlier things Man's j^ge compare, His Life is but a T^ay (for equall'd are His Tears with Hours ; his Months will Mimites be Fit Parallels 3 and ev'ry 'Breathing we May term a Day) yet fome, ev^n at the Night Of that fliort Day, are dead and withered quite. Before the Morning of our Lives be done, The FleJJo oft fades : Sometimes it grows till Noon: But there's no Mortal Fiejh^ that will abide Unparched longer than till ILv7iing'tide, For in it felf it always carries that, Which helpeth fo it felf to ruinate, That tho' it feel nor Storm, nor fcorching Flame^ An inbred Canker will confume the fame. Confidering well, and well remembring this, Account the Flejh no better than it is : Wrong not thine everlafting SotiU to cherifh A Gourde which in a Moment's time will perifh. Give it the tendance fit for fading Crops 5 But for May-harvejl^ lofe not better Hopes. # divine and Morah 197 Lot. 49. THY Flefh thou lov'ft, as if it were Thechiefeft Objea of thy Care ^ And of fuch Value, as may feem Well meriting thy beft cfteem* But now to baniifh that Conceir, Thy Lot an Emblem brings to fighf. Which without FlattVy fhews to thee, Of wKat Regard it ought to be. K 5 Emblem L. iq8 Choice Emblems^ Emblem L. Sic tranjit Gloria Mmdi. The* divine and Moral, 1 99 THE Fiftieth Emblem Illuftrated. Ev'n as the Smoke doth pifs arvsy, So {hall all Worldl) Pomp decxj. ^ S'J OME better Arguments, than yet I fce^ muft perceive, and better Cauies why To thofe gay things I Hiould acldi^ted be. To which the Vulgar their ./^^'i57/(3;/i tie. 1 have confider'd Scepters ^ Mitres, Cron'r'js^ With each Appurtenance to them belonging ^ My Heart hath fearch'd their Glories and And all the pleafant things about them thronging ; K 4. My:^ 2 CO Choice Emhlems\ My Sot{l\\dit\\ truly weighed, and took the Meafure Of Riches (which the moft have fo defirM) I have diflill'd the QuintefTence of^leafiire. And feen thofe Obje<5ls that are moft admir'd. I likewife feel all Tajfiom 2ix\^ JJfe6iiG72Sy That help to cheat the Reafov^ and perfuade 1 That thofe poor P^a?iities have fome Perfedlions, Whereby their Owners happy might be made% Yet when that I have roux'd my Underjlandingy And cleans*d my Heart from fome of that Corruption, Which hinders in me Keafon^s free commanding, And fhews things without Vails or Interruption j Then they, methinks, as fruitlefs do appear, As ^tihhles (wherewithal young Children play) 5 Or, as the Smoke ^ which in our Emblem here, Kow makes a fliow, and ftrait confumes away. ^e flem^d^ Oh God ! my Value may he ftid\ Of evry outward Bleffing here heloii}, ^I'hat I may neither love them over-rmich^ jSfor wider J^rize the Gifts thou /halt bejlow : But know the Ufe of all thefe fading Smokes^ And be refreih'd by that which others chokes. #* Lot 5c. divine and MoraL 20 1 Lot 50. ]N outward Pomp thy Pleafures are, Thy Hope of Blifs is placed there t And thou this Folly wilt not leave, Till of Content it thee bereave 5 Unlefs thou timely come to fee How vain all earthly Glories be,. An Emblem therefore thou haft gain*d, By which this Knowledge is obtain'd. Thefe aoi Choice Emilems^ Thefe Six following Chances or Lots have no Emblems belonging to them^ and therefore jioa need look no further for them^ hut make the bejl of rvhat j/ou have goty thefe being only added for Sport and Recreation, $t, TH Y Lot no Anfwer will beftow To that which thou defir'ft to know s Kor canft thou here an Emblem find Which to thy Purpofe is inclin'd. Perhaps it is too late to crave What thou defireft now to have : Or but in vain to mention that, Which thy Ambition aimeth at. Then take it not in evil part, That with a Blank thou anfwer'd art. IT proves a Blank 5 for to what end Shou'd we a ferious Moral fpend, Where ^eachingSy Warnings and Advice^ Efteemed are of little Price ? Your only purpofe is to look Upon the Pictures of this Book 5 When more Difcretion you have got, An Emblem fhall attend your Lot. T divine and Moral. ao^ 53- H E S E Lots are almoft nve to one Above the Blanks, yet thou haft none 5 If thus thy Fortune fiill proceed, 'Tis five to one if well thou fpeed. Yet if thou doft not much negledl, To do as Wifdom fhall direft, It is a thoufand unto five, But thou in all thy Hopes wilt thrive. 54- YOU may be glad you drew not that, Which in your Mind you guefTed at. Por it fo points out that Condition, Whereof you give a great Sufpicion, That had it fuch an Emblem nam'd As fits you right, you had been fham'd, Since then your Fault is unreveal'd. Amend, and keep it ftill conceal'd. 55- YOU in your fecret Thoughts defpife, To think an Emblem fhou*d advife, Or give you caufe to mind or heed, Thofe things whereof you may have need. And therefore when the Lot you try'd, An Anfwer juftly was deny'd. Yet (by your leave) there are but few, Who need Good Cotwfel more tha^z yozh THE Chajzce which thou obtained haft, Of all the Chances is the laft. And a 04. Choice EmMems^ 8