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The minde of the Frontifpeece. 
 
 This Bubble's Man ; Hope, Feare, Falfe loy and TrouMe, 
 Are thofe Foure Winds which daily tofs this Bubble. 
 
 Hieroglyphic 4 hsc de vita hominis ferlegiyf^ dign4 
 cenfee qu£ tjfis mandetttur. 
 
 Ian. p. Tho : Wykes R. P. 
 
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 ^7^ iTaCet yrcaiciih inhere mentis ^f^^ • 
 
 ^as djcirt cubU, sua consuic Cdrmma, , in lilis 
 (T>otes Jcrcit)ies hctlorus cjcimias . 
 
 ^hat hcc-he was Jac is hut a. Qir^^QYi face , 
 Onaiy the iTiaddo^v of that hrtttte Ccfe 
 
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 Hatklaft behind him to Vofteritia . yli-.JKcf: 
 
T O 
 THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
 
 both in blood and virtue 5 and 
 moft accomplifhc L a d i e , 
 
 MARY. 
 
 eOVNTESS OF DO(^SET. 
 
 L ADY GOFERNESS' 
 
 to the njoft Iliuflrious, 
 
 CHARLES. 
 
 Prince .of great ^(^7 r^ZlSf, and 
 
 I AMES. 
 
 Dyke o[ Y01{fiE. 
 
 Excellent Lady , 
 
 Trefent thefe Tapoun 
 to burne mder thefafe 
 T^rofiBion ofjcur hom- 
 ey^ /J. rable 
 
The Epistle Dedicat. 
 rable ,7\(ame : inhere, fpre/ume, 
 they fland fecure from the Damps 
 of Ignorance, andblaflscf(^en^ 
 
 Jure : It is a [mall part of that a^ 
 bundantfiryice, T^bichmythan^^ 
 
 full heart ovpes jour incomparable 
 (joodnejl. ^e pie a fed to honour it 
 with jottr nolle <t/fcceptance , 
 T^hich Jhall bee nothing but Vphat 
 
 jfour ovpne efleeme Jhall mal^e it 
 
 e5\iadam 
 YourLaPP"- mofl 
 humble fervant 
 
 Fr a: Qua rl e-s* 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 F you are fatisfied with my 
 Emblems^ I here fct before you 
 a fecond fervice. It is an ^- 
 gyptian difti , dreft on the 
 Enghfli fafhion: They, at their 
 Feafts.ufed to prefent a Deaths- head at their 
 fecond courfe ^ This will fcrve for both : 
 You need not feare a furfet : Here is but 
 little; And that, light of digeftion; If it but 
 pleafc your Palate, I queftionnot yoiir fio- 
 mack : Fall too 5 and much good may'tdoe 
 you. 
 
 CovivioadditMinerval. E^B. 
 Rem J Regemt Regimen jRegionem, Relligionem^ 
 Exornati celebrat, iaudat, honor at ^ amat. 
 
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 E N E V O L U S. 
 
» HiEROGLIPM. L 
 
 K^iriC I^umifw inane 
 
H I ERQG LI P:H. I. i I 
 
 Behold I rpasfiap^n in Im^imty , and infixt. 
 
 did my mother conenvt ms. 
 
 PsA L. 51. 5. 
 
 MAn is mans ^ B € : There ys. none that caa 
 Rcade God aright, unlefs he firft fpeli Man : 
 M?a is the St^yres, whe^ el?y his knowledge 
 To his Creator^ though it oftentimes (climes 
 Stumbles for want of ligiit,an4 Cometimei tripps 
 For wantof carefullheedi ancj foiuetimes flips 
 Through un^cjyifei haft; and when at length 
 His weary ^tips have reach 'd the .t»p, hisfirength 
 oft fayles ^o jft^nd j his giddy br^iies turnc roofK^j 
 And Phaeton like, falls headlong to tht groand : 
 Thcfe ftayre^ arc often darkc, and flill of danger 
 To him whom want of pra<5liccn3akes a ftrangcr 
 To this blind way : The Lamp of nature lends 
 But a falfe Light -3 and Jj^ts to her owne ends : 
 Thefe b„e the wayes to |f eav'n ; Thefe paths require 
 A Light that fprings from that diviner fire 
 Whofe humane foule-cnlightningf mbeames dart 
 Through the bright Crannies of th'immortall pare 
 And here, thou great Original! of L^g'm, 
 W hofcerror-chaceing Beames do unbenight 
 The very foule of Darknefs^ and untwifl 
 The Clouds of Ignorance; do thou affift 
 My feeble QuiU ; Reflecfl thy facred Rayes 
 Vpon thefe lines, that they may light the waycs 
 That lead to thee ; So guide my heart., my hand. 
 That 1 may doe, what others underfland ; 
 
 I 
 
4 H I E R O G L 1 P H. I.' 
 
 let my heart pradlice what my hand fhall write ; 
 
 Till then, 1 am a Tapour wanting light. 
 This golden Precept, Knorv thjfe/fi, came downe 
 From hcav'nshigh Court; It was an Art unknownc 
 To flefli and blood. The men of Nature tooke 
 Great lournics in it 5 Their dim eyes did looke 
 But through a Mift j Like Pilgrims they did fpeni 
 Their idle ftcps, but knew no lournies end : 
 The way to Know thy fclfc, is firft to caft 
 Thy frailc beginning, ProgrefTe, and thy Laft : 
 This is the Summe of Man ; But now return* 
 And view this Tapour ftandmg in this Vrne : 
 Behold her Subftance^ fordid,and impure, 
 Vfelefs and vaine, and (wanting light) obfcure : 
 Tis but a Span atlongeft, aor can laft 
 Beyond that Span; ordain 'd, and made to waft : 
 Ev'n fuch was Man (before his foule gave light 
 To his vile fubftance j a meere Child ©f night; 
 Ere he had life, eftated in his Vrne, 
 And markt for death ; by nature, borne to barne : 
 Thus livelcfs, lightlefs,worthlefs firft began 
 That glorious, thatprefumptuous thing, call'd Man. 
 
 St.AvOvsT. 
 
H I E R O G L I P H* 5 
 
 St. August. 
 
 Cnfider 6 wm Tphat thou rvtrt before thy Bhthy and vfihat thu 
 art from thy birth to thy deaths and what thoufhaU be after death : 
 J bolt wertfnadeefan mmefabfiance, doathed^ijidnourifhedinthj 
 Mathers blood. 
 
 t PlG. X. 
 
 Forbcarc fond Tapour : What thou feek'fl^s Fire; 
 Thy owne diftrudion*s lodg'd in thy defire : 
 Thy wants are farre more fafe than their fupply : 
 He chaic begins co ^ycy begins to d^i'^* 
 
H I B R O G L I P H. II, 
 
 (^zjy^^sct 
 
 csctus Vnde 
 
 I f WMac/hdl-fculpsit; 
 
Hi B itoo 1 1 p H. n* 7 
 
 Arid Godfiid^ Let there bee light -^ and there 
 
 was light. Gen. 1.3. 
 
 HTHis flame-expedtingTapotrhath, at length, 
 -* Received fyre; and, now, begins to burne : 
 Jt hath no vigour ytXy it hath no f!rcngth 5 
 Apt to be puftand quench t atev'ry turner 
 It was a gracious hand that thus endow 'd (rtitoud 
 This fnuffe with flame : I^ut marke, this hand doth 
 It fclfe from mortall cyes> and folds it in 2 Cloud. 
 
 Thus man begins to live • An unknowhe flame 
 Quickens his finiflit Organs ; now, pofTert 
 With motion •, and which motion doth proclaimc 
 An aftive foule, though in a feeble breft : 
 But how, and when infus'd, ask not my Pcrij 
 tiere flyes a Cloud before the eyes of men ; 
 J can not tell thee^ hdWj nor canll thou tell mec, whct^. ' 
 
 Was it a parcell of celeftiall fire, 
 
 Infus'd, by Heav'n,irito this ^Q^Xy ttlould ? 
 0r was it f thinke youj made a fduie entire ? 
 Then; was it new created ? Or df did > 
 Oris't a propagated Spark. rakM out 
 From Natures embers ? While we goe about, 
 ^y reafon, to refolve, the more we raife a doubt. 
 
 4. 
 If it be part of that celelliall Flame, 
 
 It muft be ev'n as pure, as free from fpot 
 As that eternall fountaine whence it came : 
 if pure, and fpotlefsj then^ whence came the blot ? 
 It felfe, beine pure, could not it felfc defile j 
 Nor hath unai^ive Matter powr to foilc 
 Her pure and adlive Forme, as larrs corrupt their Oylc. 
 
 Or 
 
8 Hi £ ROG L i P H. li. 
 
 S' 
 Or, if it were created, tell me, when ? 
 
 Jf in the firft fixe dayes, where kept till now ? 
 Gr, if the foule were new created, then 
 Heav'n did not all, at fii ft, he had to doe : 
 Sixdayes expired, all Creation cealV*. . 
 All kind<>, even fronuhe greateft to ti.fe leaft 
 Wert finiflit, andcompleat, before the day of Reft. 
 
 But why fliould Man, the Lord of Creatures, want 
 
 That priviledge which Plants and Bcafts obtaine ? 
 Beafts bring forth Beafts, the Plant a pcrfed Plant j 
 And every like brings forth her like againe : 
 Shall fowles,and fifties, beatts and plants convey 
 Life to their iftlie ? And Man lefle than they ? 
 Shall thefe get living foules? And Man, dead lumps of 
 
 7. (clay ? 
 
 Muft humane foules be generated then? 
 
 My water ebbs ; behold, a Rock is nigh : 
 If Natures worke produce the foules of mch. 
 Mans fouie is inortall : All that's borne muft die. 
 What fball we then conclude? What fun-fliine will 
 Difperfe rhis gloomy cloud? Till then, beftill. 
 My vaincly ftriving thoughts^Lie down,my puzzl'd quill 
 
 ISODOR 
 
H I E R O G L I P H. ^ 
 
 I S OD O R. 
 
 u'»i daefl thouivonde/, omoji, at t'-e hei^-t of the Std'TSsFer 
 She (Upih ifthi Sea. ? Evm mm thine (nvTKjcuU, and'tvondenkert. 
 
 The funic by auUng is wfuftdy byinfufion, created. 
 
 E I^iG. 2. 
 What art theu now the better by this flame ? ^ 
 Thou knowft not how.nor when, nor whence it cam? ? 
 I Poore kind of happinefij that can returne 
 ; Ko more accompt but this, to fay, / i^f^rn^ I 
 
1 io 
 
 HiiabcLiPH. Ill* 
 
 ucr mc cuTtij^ rapit. 
 
 win.: .Mzrjhalljcu^-it . 
 
H 1 1 R o G 1 1 p H. iir. it ^ 
 
 The windfajfeth over tt and it is gone, 
 Ps A L, 103. \e. 
 
 NO fooner is this lighted Tapourfet 
 Vpon the tranfitory Stage 
 of eyc-bcdaikning night, 
 But it is ftraight fubje<5lcd to the threat 
 O f en vious windes, whole waftfuU rage 
 Difturbs her peaceful! light. 
 And makes her fubllance waft, and makes her flame Idflb 
 *• (^bright. 
 
 No fooner are we borne, no fooner come 
 To take pofTeffion of this vaft. 
 This foule-affliif^ing earth ; 
 But Danger meets us at the very wombe, 
 And Sorrow with her full mouthd blaft. 
 Salutes our painefiill birth. 
 To put out all our loyes, and puffeout all our mirth. 
 
 Nor Infant Innocence, nor childifli teares. 
 Nor youthfull wit, nor manly power. 
 Nor politick old age, 
 Nor virgins pleading, nor the widows prayers. 
 Nor lowely Cell, Ror lofty Tower, 
 Nor Prince, nor Peere, nor Page 
 Can fcape this common bbft, or curb her ftormy rage, 
 
 4. 
 Our life is but a pilgrimage of blafts ; 
 And ev'ry blaft brings forth a feare ; 
 And e v'ry feare, a death \ 
 The more it lengthens, ah , the more it wafts : 
 Were, were we to continue here 
 The dayes of long lifd Sethy 
 Cnr forrowes would renew, as wc renew our breath r 
 
 Bi Tof! 
 
12 H I B 11 O G L I ? H. III. 
 
 Toft too and fro, our frighted thoughts arc driv'u 
 With ev*ry putfe, with every Tide 
 of felf-confuming Care ; 
 Our peaceful! flame, that would point up to heav'n. 
 Is ftill difturb'd, and turnd afide 5 
 And ev'ry blart of Ayre 
 Commits fuch waft in manias man can not repairc, 
 
 6. 
 W'are all borne Dettcrs, and we firmely ftand 
 Obliged for our firft Parents Dtt, 
 Befides our Intcreft j 
 Alas we have no harmelcfs Couaterband^ 
 And we are, ev'ry hou'r, befet 
 With threatnings of Arreft, 
 And till we pay the Det,we can expe£l no Reft. 
 
 7. 
 What may this forrow-fliakenlife prcfent 
 To the falfe rcliih of our Taft, 
 That*s worth the name of fweet > 
 Her minits plcafure*s choakt with difcontent. 
 Her glory foyld with ev*ry blaft ; 
 How many dangers meet 
 Poore man,betwixt the Biggin and the Winding flicet / 
 
 August. 
 
Hi I &0C II PH« 13 
 
 St. A u G u S T^ 
 
 In this ■vcarld, not t» bee ^icvsd^ mt to bu affiSicd, mt to ke m 
 dojiger^UwjpoJjible, 
 
 Ibid. 
 'Eeholdj the rcorld iifuilofuouAcv, yet^lelozcd; irbat if it tvye a. 
 plca^g wurld? RarvvrouldJ tkoa dtMght in her Calmes,tb^t can/i 
 fi well endure her Jltrr/ies t ' 
 
 EPi G. 3. 
 Art thou confum'd with foulc-a{flI£ling crofles ? 
 DifturbM with griefc f annoy'd with worldly lolTe? ? 
 Hold up thy head j The Tapour lifted high 
 Will brook the wind, when lower Tapers dye, 
 B5 
 
14 HXBROG t I PH. IV. 
 
 Qurando Laharcitr 
 
H I B R O C L I P H. I V. 
 
 The whole need not the PhyfttUn, 
 Mat. p. 12. 
 
 ALwaics pruning ? alwaies cropping ? 
 Is her brightneflefhll obfcur'd ? 
 Ever dreffing ? ever topping ? 
 Alwaies curcing? never cur'd f 
 
 Too much fnuffing makes a wafte ; 
 When the fpirits fpcnd too faft. 
 They will llirinkc at ev'ry blaft. 
 1, 
 You that alwaies are beftowing 
 
 Coftly paines in lifes repairing. 
 Arc but alwaies overthrowing 
 Natures worke, by overcaring : 
 Nature meeting with her Foe, 
 In a work llie hath to doe. 
 Takes a pride to overthrow. 
 
 Nature knowes herowneperfe(5liGn, 
 
 And her pride diCdaines a Tutor, 
 Can not ftoope to Arts corredion. 
 And fhe fcornes a Coadjutor ; 
 Saucy Art fhould not appeare 
 Till (lie whifper in her eare : 
 Hagar flees, iiSara beare. 
 
 Nature worketh for the better. 
 
 If not hindred , that (he cannot ; 
 Art ftands by as her Abettor, 
 Ending nothing fhe began not ; 
 If dillemper chance to feize, 
 f Nature foyl'd with the difeafe) 
 Art may helpe her if fhe pleafe. 
 B4 
 
i6 HiBROGL I PH. IV. 
 
 put to make a Trade of trying 
 
 Drugs, and Dofics,alway$ pruning, 
 JS to dye, for feare of dying; 
 
 Hec*s untuned, thats alwaiestuneing. 
 He tnat of en loves to lack 
 pcare bought Rrugs^has found a Knack 
 To foyle the man^ and feede the Quack. 
 6. 
 O the fad, the fraile Condition 
 
 of the pride of Natures glory ! 
 tJow infirme his Compofition i 
 ^nd. at beft, how Tranfitory f 
 When his Ryot doth impayre 
 Natures wcaknefs, then his care 
 Adds more rliine^ by rcpatrc. 
 
 7. 
 Hold thy hand, healths Deare maintainer. 
 Life perchance may burne theftronger : 
 paving fublhnce to fullaine her^ 
 She, untoucht, may lafl the longer : 
 When the Artift goes about 
 ^ redrefs her flame, I doubt, 
 Oftentimes he fnuflfes it out. 
 
 NlGOCLE$. 
 
HiEROGLlPH. 17 
 
 N I C OC LE S 
 
 Vljyfitiansofalimtndrie mofi huppy-y tvlatgoodfucce^e ^oevert^'^ey 
 have, the world pi oc/fiimes, emvphatftrMs they cornrrat^tht eisrtli 
 
 Epi G. 4 
 
 My purfebe ngheavy,ifmy L^V/?/ appeare 
 But Dimmc, ^acksomss to make all cleare ; 
 ^Hack^, leave thy trade; Thy Dealings are not right. 
 Thou tak'ft our weighty gold, to give us Ihln, 
 
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 HIEROGLIPH. V. 
 
 it 
 
 r^TF aiixiliantc rcrsur^ff . 
 
Hxbrogliph, V- J^ 
 
 ^nd hee rviUgive his Angels charge over 
 thee. Ps AL. 91. 
 
 OHow mine eyes could pleafe themfdvesjand fpend 
 PcrpetHall Ages in this precious fight .' 
 How I could woo Eternity, to lend 
 
 My wafting day an Antidote for night ! 
 And how my fleili could with my flefli contend. 
 That views this obje(5t with no more delight ! 
 My work is great, my Tapour fpends too fafl : 
 *Tis all I have, and foone would out. or waft. 
 Did not this bleflcd Screene prote(fl u from this blaft- 
 
 , 1 have loft the lewell of my foule, 
 
 And I muft iinde it out, or i muft dye • 
 Alas ! my fin-madc darkncfs doth controule 
 The bright endeavours of my careful! eye : 
 I muft goe fearch, and ranfack evVy hole ; 
 Nor have T other light to feck it by : 
 
 O if this light be fpent mv work not done. 
 My labour's worfc than loft; my Jewel's gone, 
 And I am quite forlorne,and I am quite undone. 
 
 You blefled Angels, you that doe enjoy 
 
 The full fruition of eternall Glory, 
 Will you be pleasM to fancy fuch a Toy 
 
 As man, and quityour glorious Territory, 
 And ftoop to earth, vouchfafinG: to imploy 
 
 Your cares to guard the duft that lies beforeyee ?, 
 Difdaine you not thefe lump^ of dying Clay, 
 That, for your paincs,doe oftentimes repay 
 Ncgledt, if not difdaine^ and fend you griev'd away ? 
 
 This 
 
10 H t I R O G L I P H. V. 
 
 This TapoHr of our lifes, that once was plac'4 
 
 In thefaire Suburbs of Eternity, 
 Is nowj alas,confin'd to cv'ry blaft, 
 
 And turn'd a Afay-pole for the {porting F/ji } 
 And will you, facr6d*Sp/>/f/,pleafeto call 
 Your care on us, and lend a gracious eye ? 
 How had this flender Inch of Tapour beene 
 Blafted, and blaz'd, had not this heavenly Screcne 
 Curb'd the proud blaft,and timely llcpt bctweenc I 
 
 O Goodnefs, farre tranfcending the report 
 of lavifli tongues! too vaft to comprehend ! 
 
 Amazed Quills how farre doft thou come fhort 
 
 T'cxprefs exprefllons, that fo farre tranfcend ! 
 You blefled Courtiers of th'etcrnall Court, 
 
 Whofe full-mouth*d Hallelujahs have no end. 
 Receive that world of praifes that belongs 
 To your great Sov'raigne; fill your holy tongues 
 
 ^ith OHr Hofannas, mixt with your Seraphick Songs. 
 
 RBern 
 
H I EROG L I F U. %i 
 
 St. Bern. 
 
 if thou ek/irefl the belpeof Angels, flee tkc cemfirts ofthi wnld, 
 0??dycfiji the Tem^tatiunsoftheDevtU. 
 
 He TviU^ve his Angels charge ozet- thee? o "ivbat reverence^ tvhat 
 love, -what confidence deftyies fo fvpect a fa y'mg ? F 0i- tlmr pcfeme^ 
 reverence 3 far tl^tgwd will ^ loie^ forih'jr tuition, confidincs. 
 
 E PI G. ^ 
 My flame, art thou difturb'd, dircasM,and driv n 
 To Death with ftormes of griefe ? Poynt thou tofacav'n: 
 One Angel, there, fiiall eafe thee more, alone. 
 Then thrice as maay thouiands ©f thy owne. 
 
n HiiR.OGX.irH.YL 
 
 .;^to//^ 
 
 lempus crit . 
 
 Vih MarfkaUjculpjit . 
 
H I BROGL T F H. VI. IJ 
 
 To ever J thing there is an appointed time, 
 Ec c LE s. 3. 1. 
 
 Time. Death. 
 
 Time, C Ehold the frailty ©f this flendcr fnufFc; 
 '*-' Alas it hath not long to laft : 
 Without the helpc of either Thiefe, or pufFe, 
 
 Her weakncfs knowes the way to waft : 
 Nature hath made her Sabftance apt enough 
 To fpend it felfe, and fpend too faft: 
 It needs the help of none, 
 That is fo prone 
 To lauifh out, untoucht; andlanguifli all alone. 
 I. 
 Veatb.Time, hold thy peace, and fhake thy flow pac'd 
 
 Thy idle Minits make no way : (Sandj 
 
 Thy glafs exceeds her how'r, or elfedoes ftand, 
 
 1 can not hold ^ I can not ftay ; 
 Surceafe thy pleading, and enlarge my hand 
 I furfet with too long delay : 
 This brisk, this boldfac'd Light 
 Does burne too bright ; 
 Darknefs adomesmy throne ; my day is darkeft 
 
 5. (nighc 
 
 Ti»^ Great Prince ordarkne(re,hold thy ncedlefs hand; 
 Thy Captiv*s faft, and can not flee : 
 What arme can refcuc ? Who can countermand. 
 
 What powV can fet thy Pris'ner free ? 
 Or if they could, what clofe, what forrcin land 
 Can hide that head, that flees from Thee ? 
 But 'f her harmelefs light 
 
 O fiTend rhy fight, f thine at night? 
 
 What needft thou fnacch at naone, what will be 4 
 
 Ihavc 
 
2f HiBROGLiP H.XI. 
 
 4, 
 
 Veaib.l have oiuftaid my patience ; My quick Trade 
 Gi owes dull and makes too flow rcturne : 
 This long-livM det is duc^and fhould bin paid 
 
 When firll her flame began to burrie : 
 But I have ftaid too long, I have delayd 
 To flore ray vaft, my craving Vrne. 
 My Patent gives me pow'r, 
 Each day, each howV, (\y Tow'n 
 
 To ftrike thePeafauLs thatch;and{hake the Prince- 
 
 Ymt. Thou counted too faft : Thy Patent gives no Pow r 
 Till Time ihall pleafe to fay. Amen- (^How'rf 
 Veaih.Czn^ thou appoint my fliaft ? 1 ime. Or thou ray 
 Veath, Tis I bid, doe : Time. Tis I bid. When . 
 Alas, thou canfl:not make the poarefl: Flow'r 
 To hang the drooping head, till then : 
 Thy lliafts can neither Kill, 
 Nor ftrike, untill 
 My power give them wings, and plcafure arme thy will: 
 
 Sr.AuG, 
 
HxEROGtlPH. ij 
 
 St. August. . 
 
 irheu {nCtvcfl not rr' at Time he -prill cone : irait a/'»a:es,that he- 
 csafe theu l(?:0'V£jln9t the time of b^i iomr/:i?2^j tkour/iojefr he pre-^ 
 pared again i the time he crms , A7ulfo< ■ thi^, pa c ' ci;ice^ thou l{?Jow^ 
 eft fi9t the Time ^ bccaufe thOU n:aiti te prepared ag€!nji all limes. 
 
 E p I G. a. 
 
 Fxpea, butfeare not Death : Death cannot Kill, 
 lill 7'fmf, '"that firft muft fcak her Patent j wtU : 
 Woiildft thou livelong f Kccf^ Time in high efteemcj 
 "Whom, gone, if thou canft notrccall, redeeme. 
 G 
 
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 Hl«R®GLlPH» Vll. 
 
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 y\(?cJi7iCf ncc 'Tecum . 
 
 Will AfnrfhttU Icuirtit 
 
HlfiROGLlPH. Vli. 37 
 
 His light jhall he dark, and his candle ^uU be 
 
 pHteut. I o B 18. 6. 
 
 \7 \7 Hat ayles our TapoHr ? Is her luHer fled, 
 ^ '^ Or foylM? What dire diCziier bred 
 This Change ? that thus Ihe vailes her golden head * 
 
 It was but very now, fiie (hind as faire 
 As Ke»us ftarrc : Her glory might compare 
 With Cjnthiai burnilht with her brothers haire. 
 
 There was no Cave-begotten damp that moughc 
 Abufc her beanies^ no wind, that went about 
 To breake her peace^ no Puffc, to put her our. 
 
 Lift up thy wondring thoughts, and thou flialt fpye 
 1 A Caufe, will cleare thy doubts, but cloud thine eye: 
 Subjcds mull vaile, when as their Sov raign & by. 
 
 T- 
 Canft theu behold bright Phochmy and thy fighc 
 J^o whit impayr*d ? The objed is too bright \ 
 the weaker yeelds unto the Wronger Light. 
 
 6. 
 
 Great God, I am thy Tapour; Thou, toy Sunne • 
 'rom thee^ the Spring of Light, my Light begun> 
 fet if thy Light but fliinc, my light is done. 
 
 7. 
 f thon withdraw thy Light, my L'ght will {hin«j 
 f thine appeare, how poore a light is mine i 
 \y light is darknefsj if compar'd to thine, 
 
 8 
 'hy Sun-beames are too flrong for my weake eye; 
 Pthou but ihine, how nothing. Lord, am I i 
 ih, who can fee thy vifage, and not die J 
 
 Ca 1^ 
 
aS H I B R O G t 1 V H. VII« 
 
 if intervening earth fhould make a night. 
 
 My wanton flame would then fliine forth too bright; 
 
 My earth would cv*n prefume t'eclipfe thy Light. 
 
 10 
 
 And if thy Light be fiiadow*d, and mine fade. 
 If thine be dark, and my dark light decay d, 
 I fhould be cloathed with a double fiiadc. 
 
 II. 
 What fhall I doe? O what (hall I defiref 
 What help can my diftradled thoughts require. 
 That thus am wafting twixt a double Fire ? 
 
 11. 
 In what a ftreight, in what a ftreight am I ? 
 Twixt two extreames how my rackt fortunes lie f 
 See I thy face, or fee it not, I die. 
 
 O let the ftcame of my Redeemers blood, 
 
 That breaths fro* my fick foule, be made a Cloud, 
 
 T'interpofe thefe Lights, and be my fhroud. 
 
 14, 
 Lord, what am T ? or what's the light I have ? 
 May it but light my Afhes to their Grave, 
 And fo from thence, to Theef 'tis all I crave. 
 
 O make my Light, that all the world may fee 
 Thy Glory by't ; If not. It feemes to me 
 Honour enough, to be put out by Thee. 
 
 OLiijA 
 
HiBROGIlPH. t^ 
 
 Light inacctfflble, in reJpeSi ofwlich my light k utter (iar\xeft; 
 fg re fie fi upon my rvcaJ^Ties^t. at all the woiid r/iay behold thy flnngth: 
 O Majefiy incomprtbcnfible ^ in rejpcd of which n:y glory U meere 
 Pjamcj fojhme h^fi my mijeiy that aU the rcorld maj bthoid thy 
 
 E P I G. 7. 
 Wilt thou complaine, becaufe thou art bereiv'n ^ 
 Ofall thy light? Wilt thou vie Lights with Heav n ? 
 Can thy bright eye not brooke the daily light ? 
 Take heed : 1 feare, thou art a Child of nighc 
 
 C5 
 
HIPJLOOI.IPH. VIIL 
 
 :...j.l:.:>--^< 
 
 ^y^ yirtuf (fhfcumjietit . 
 
HiBHOGiiPH. Vlir. 31 
 
 Let your light fo Jhine^ that men feeing your 
 
 good workes may glonfie your Father which 
 
 is in Heaven. M a T. 5 . 1 6. 
 
 V7'\7As it for this, the breath of Hcav n was blowne 
 ^ ^ Into the noftrils of this Heav nly Creature ? 
 Was it for this, that facred Three in One 
 Confpir'd to make this QuintcfTence of Nature ? 
 Did heavenly Providence intend 
 So rare a Fabrick for fo poore an end ? 
 
 Was Man, the higheft Mafter-peece of Nature^ 
 The curious Abftrad of the whole Creation, 
 
 Whofe foule was copied from his great Creator, 
 
 Made to give Light, and fee for Obfcrvation, 
 
 Ordain'd for this ? To fpend his Light 
 
 In a darke-Lanthorne ? Cloyftred up in night ? 
 
 5* 
 Tell me, reclufe Monaftick, can it be 
 
 A difadvantagc to thy beames to fliine f 
 A thoufand Tapours may gaine Hght from Thee : 
 Is thy Light lefs , or worle for lighting mine I 
 If, wanting Light, I ftumble, (hall 
 Thy darkncfe not be guilty of my fall ? 
 
 4 
 Why doft thou lurk fo clofe f Is it for feare 
 Some bufie eye (hould pry into thy flame, 
 A.nd {yit a Thiefe,orelfc feme blcmifli there ^ 
 Or being fpy *d, flirink'ft thou thy head for fliame ? 
 Come, come, fond Tapour fliine but cleare, 
 Thou needft not ihrink for Iharae, nor fhroud for feare. 
 C4 Remember, 
 
3^ HiBROGL t PH. yill. 
 
 Remember, O remember, thou wert fct, 
 
 For men to fee the Great Creator by • 
 Thy flame is not thy owne : It is a Det 
 
 Thou ow ft thy Mate •, And wilt thou deny 
 To pay the Int'rcllot thy Light 5* 
 And skulk in Corners, and play leaft in fight f 
 
 6. 
 Art thou affraid to trurt thy eafie flam? 
 
 To the injurious wall of Fortunes puffe ? 
 Ah, Coward, rouze ; and quit thy felfe, for flianie - 
 Who dies in fervice.hath liv'dlong enoi^h : 
 Who iTiines, and makes no eye partaker, 
 Vfurps himfcife, and clofely robbs his Maker. 
 
 7- 
 Take not thy felfe a Pris'ner, that art free : 
 
 Why doft thou turne thy Palace to a laile ? 
 Thou art an Eagle; And befits it thee 
 To live immured, like a cloylterd Snaile ? 
 Let Tqies feeke Corners : Things of coft 
 Gaine worth by view : Hid leweL arc but loll. 
 
 8. 
 My God, my light iS dark enough at lighteft, 
 
 Encreafe her flame, and give her ftrength to fhlne 
 Tis fraile at beft : Tis dimme enough at brightcft. 
 But 'tis he' glory to be foyld by Thiwe. 
 Let others lurkej My light (hall be 
 propos'd to all men- and bythem, to Thee. 
 
 5;r. B £ R N. 
 
Hierogliph^* 53 
 
 St. B E R S, 
 
 ift^ou he one of the feol^Jh virgins it he CoTt^egattsnUneceTary fof 
 thee ; If thou be one of the rvifertTgrns, thou Oi't necejarj/oi the Con- 
 gregation. 
 
 Hugo. 
 
 MomjiicJ^s fKa^e cloy^ento inchfethe outward max^ Q rvokldu 
 Cod they Tvouldd^e the h^etoje^raimthe in.v^d Man, 
 
 EPr G. 8. 
 
 AfTraid of eyes ? What ftill play leaft in fight ? 
 Tis much to be prefum'd all is not right : 
 Too clofe endeavours, bring forth dark events : 
 Come forth, Afoftafiickj Here's no Parliaments. 
 
34 
 
 H X B R O O L I P H. IX, 
 
 'l^t LuncL Infantia tor pet . 
 
H I B R O G L I P H. IX. 3^ 
 
 He C0meth forth like a Flower and is cut downe. 
 
 I o B I^. 2. 
 
 BihM 
 
 How fliort a fpan 
 
 Waslong enough, of old. 
 
 To meafure out the life of Man ! 
 
 In thofe wel temper'd days his time was then 
 
 Survey 'd,caft upland found but threefcore years and ten. 
 
 AIm 
 
 And what is that ? 
 
 They come & Aide and pafs 
 
 Before my Pen can tell thee , what. 
 
 The Ports of Time are fwift,which having run 
 
 Their fev*n fliort ftages 'ore, their fiiort liv'd task is don. 
 
 3. 
 
 Oht dates 
 
 Begun, wee lend 
 
 To fleepe , to antick plaies 
 
 And Toyes,untill the firll ftage end : 
 
 iz. waining Moons, twife 5'.timcstold,wegive 
 
 To unrecover'd lofs; Wee rather breathe, then live. 
 
 4- 
 
 Wee fper.d 
 
 A ten years breath. 
 
 Before wee apprehend 
 
 What is to live , or fearc a death : 
 
 Our childifh dreams arefird with painted foys, 
 
 W<^^ P^ca-^e our fenfe a while- & waking. prove butToic 
 
 How 
 
2,6 H I H R O O L I1> H. IX. 
 
 How vainei 
 
 How wretched h 
 
 Poorc man, that doth remain 
 
 A flave to fuch a State as this ! 
 
 His daies are lliort, at longeft ; few, at mol! ; 
 
 They are but bad , at bcft 5 yet lavilht out , or loft, 
 
 6, 
 
 They bee 
 
 Th€ fccrcp Springs, 
 
 That make our mi nits flee 
 
 On wheels more fwift the Eagles wings: 
 
 Our life's a €lockc, and evVy gafpe of breath 
 
 Breathes forth a warning grief,til T;w^ fhalftrike a death 
 
 How [oone 
 
 Our new-born Light 
 
 Attaines to fuU-ag'd noone f 
 
 And this,how foon to gray-hay r*d night? 
 
 Wee fpring, we bud, we bloffome, and we blaft 
 
 E're wc can count our daies ; Our daies they flee fo fafti 
 
 8. 
 
 They end. 
 
 When fcarce begun ; 
 
 And ere wee apprehend 
 
 That we begin to live, our life is don : 
 
 Man, Count thy daies 5 And if they flee too faft 
 
 For thy dull thoughts to count, count ev'ric day thy laft. 
 
 Om 
 
HlEROGLlPU. 37 
 
 0/<r Infancy is aafumtd 'metuir^gandJleephgi'maU rahlch time 
 yfiVat d'ffh' wcfrem heap:, but by aptJJib'UUj ojreafon^amceili^ 
 ty offinne ? 
 
 O miftry of/nani^md:, in •whomnofiom- the Image cfGadappeares 
 intheaQoftmKeafm, bntthc Dei^dl blmnsit m tii€ cmi^piwa #/ 
 hk Willi 
 
 E P I G. 9. 
 
 To the dfcrepit ^'f^ff. 
 
 Thus was the firft fcav'nth part of thy few daies 
 Confum'd in flcep, in food. in Toyifli plaies : * 
 Knowft thou what teares thine eics imparted then > 
 Review thy lofTe^aad weep them o re zgQU. 
 
38 
 
 Hi E ROGLI P K.Xi 
 
 ^^t l^unci Infantia tor pet 
 
 I 'U ■ Marshall Jctttgsit. . 
 
H I EROC I IP H. X. 3^ 
 
 ' His bones are full of the fmnts of his youth ^ 
 
 lOB 20.11. 
 
 I. 
 
 THe fwift-foot Poft of Time hath now begun 
 His fecond Stage ; 
 The dawning of our Age 
 Is loft and fpent without a Sun: 
 The light of Rcafon did not yet appeare 
 Within th* Horizon of this Hemifpheare. 
 
 2. 
 
 The infant Will had yet none other guide. 
 But twilight Senfe ; 
 And what is gayn'd from thence 
 But doubtfiill Steps, tliat tread afide ? 
 Reafon now draws her Curtains^ Her dos*d eyes 
 Begin to open, and fhe calls to rife. 
 
 Youths now difclofing Bud peeps out, and fhowcs 
 Her -rfpr/// head; 
 Andfrom her grafs greene bed. 
 Her virgin Primcrofe early blowes 5 
 Whil'ft waking Philomel prepares to fing 
 Her warbling Sonets to the wanton Spring- 
 
 4. 
 
 His Stage is pleafant,and the way feemes fhort> 
 All ftrow'd with flowers ; 
 The daies appeare but howers, 
 Being fpent in time-beguiling fport. 
 Here griefes do neither prefs, nor doubts perplex ; 
 there's neither fcare, to curb; nor care, to vex. 
 
' 40 H I B R O G L I P H. X. 
 
 His downic Cheek growes proud, and now difdaines 
 The Tutors hand ; 
 He glories to command 
 The proud ncckt Steed with prouder Keynes : 
 The ftrongbreath'd Home mull now falute his care, 
 Withth. glad downefall of the falhng Deare. 
 4 
 
 His quicknos'd Armie,with their deepmouth'd founds, 
 Muft now prepare 
 To chafe the timVous Hare 
 About his^ yet uimorgag'd, Grounds; 
 The cvMl he hates, is Counfell.and delay. 
 And fcaresno mifchief,but a rainie day. 
 
 7. 
 
 The thought he takes, is bow to take no thought 
 For bale, norbliffe; 
 And late Repentance is 
 The la ft dearc Pen* worth that he bought: 
 He i$ a daintie Morning, and he may, 
 Ifluft 'orecaft him not, b'as faire a Day. 
 
 Proud bloffom, ufe thy Timcj Times hcadftrongHorfe 
 Will poft away; 
 Truft not the foU'wrng day, 
 "For cv'r e day brings forth a worfc : 
 Take Time at heft: Btleeve't, thy dales will fall 
 From good^to badj From bad> to worft of all. 
 
 ^ A M B. 
 
HXEROGLIPH. 41 
 
 St. A M B. 
 
 Bttwility U t YTic thing m a yoimg men , they fort id Lc cdrared : 
 tj-J enycu:h fs z7gCiOUi, vr': mjin-figt^ i^frmHj ii>' en blood s^ hc^, 
 Tvlcn Cares are jtrangrsy when ^riirth is fee, then Pri^ie fvf ells ^ 0pi 
 humUity is dcjpf.d. 
 
 E P I G. 10. 
 
 TotheoldMan- 
 
 Thy yeares are newly gray ; His, newly Greene 5 
 His youth may live to fee what thine hath fecnr ; 
 Hee is thy Parallel : H is prefv nt Stage 
 And thine, au-c the two Tropicks of Mans Age. 
 
 D 
 
4» Hiiibetif H. XI. 
 
 lam ruit in 'Vcnercm ■ 
 
 'Witt- MarJhan.Jcu^nt ■ 
 
H i i R o G I X P H. Xr. 4} 
 
 ilejoyce Ojeungman , and let thy he/rt chean 
 thee^hutkmw^&c. E c c LES. n.p. 
 
 How flux ! how alterable is the date 
 Of tranfitory things I 
 How hurry*d on the clipping wings 
 Of Time, and driv'n upon the whecles of Fate .' 
 
 How one Condition brings 
 The leading Prologue to an other State ! 
 
 No tranfitory thing can laft : 
 Change waits on Time; and Time is wing'd with hail ^ 
 Time preCrnt's but tht Ruins of Time paft. ^ 
 
 2. 
 
 Behold how Change hath incht away thy Span, 
 And how thy light does burne 
 Nearer and nearer to thy Vrne : 
 tor this deare waft what fatisfadUon can 
 
 Injurious timereturne 
 Thy fhortned daies. but thi5; the Stile of Man ? 
 
 And what's a Man f A cask of Care, 
 New tunn'd, and workings Hee's a middle Staire 
 Twixt birth and death j A blaft of fill ag*d Ayre» 
 
 His breft is Tinder, apt xd entertaine 
 
 The fparks of Cupids fire, 
 i Whofc new-blowne flames muft now en<julre 
 A wanton luilippeout, which may reftraine 
 
 The Rage of his deflre, 
 Whofe painfull pleafuro is but pleafing pajnc* 
 
 His life's a ficknes, that doth rife 
 From a hot D'ver, whilft his paflTion lies 
 Ejtpe^ng Cordials from his MiftreCs cyts, 
 
 P* H8 
 
44 Hi B R O G L I PH.XI. 
 
 4. 
 
 His Stage is ftrowd with Thornes, and dcckt with 
 
 His yeare fometimes appeares ( Flowers } 
 
 A Minic; and his Uinksjeares ; 
 His doubtful! Weather's fun-ihinc, mlxt with Jhowers ^ 
 
 His traffique, Hopes and Feares: 
 His life's a Medly, made of fweets zndfowers ; 
 
 His paines reward is Smiles, and Pouts j 
 His diet is faire language mixt with Flouts ; 
 He is a Nothing, all composed oiDoahts, 
 
 Doej waft thy Inch, proud 5/>^» of living earth; 
 Confume thy golden daies 
 In flavifh freedomc ; Let thy waics 
 Take beft advantage of thy frolick mirth ; 
 
 Thy Stock of Time decaics ; 
 And laviOi plenty ftill foreruns a Dearth : 
 The bird that's flowne may turne at lafl: ; 
 And paineful! labour may repaire a waft ; 
 But paines nor price can call thy minits paft. 
 
 SEl 
 
H I B R o G 1 1 P u. 4y 
 
 Sen. 
 
 ExpeH^-eatyy yvben thoujhall lay dowru the mnd of a Child y 
 mid deferze t^efideefAnvife rrcui , for at thofeycmcs childhood fi 
 pali, b lit oftentimes child Jhnefs remams^ trd robat ii worfe^ t!:ou 
 hafl the Authmiy of a. Mm^ but the zicciofa Childe. 
 
 EPi G. II. 
 
 To the declining Man» 
 Why ftandft thou difcontented ? Is not he 
 As e.quall dilhnt from the Toppe as thee > 
 Wfaat then may caufe thy difcontented frowne ? 
 Hce*s mounting up the Hill ; Thou plodding downed 
 I>3 
 
^j( HxB.ro CI I PH. XII. 
 
 =.'"i>>J^S!^^\\^\\\^v>\\ \\v\y.\VMIi!«/;/"«>','^; /',^/^-- v<' - :: ' _. 
 
 l^tSol ^'^ardorc 'Vir'ilj 
 
 WiV^MatJh^.fiutt!it. 
 
Hi V ROG Lxru. XII. 47 
 
 ^^s thy daies^fojhallthy flrength be. 
 DEUT.33. 25, 
 
 The Poft 
 
 Of fwift foot Time 
 
 Hath now , at length, begua 
 
 The Kalends of our middle Stage : 
 
 The number'd Steps that wc have gone, do (liow 
 
 The number of thofe Steps wee are to goc: 
 
 The Buds and bloflbms of our Age 
 
 Are blowne,dccay*d,and gone. 
 
 And all our prime 
 
 Is loft ; 
 
 And what we boaft too much, wehaveleaftcaufeto 
 
 (^boaft. 
 
 Ah mee ! 
 
 There is no Keft , 
 
 Our Time is alwaies fleeing: 
 
 What Rein can curb our headftrcg hours \ 
 
 They poft away : They pafTc wee know not how: 
 
 Our Now is gene , before wee can fay, Notv: 
 
 Time paft and futur's none of ours 5 
 
 That y hath as yet no Being j 
 
 AndThis hath ceaft 
 
 To bee : 
 
 What is, is OHely ours : How fliort a Time have AVee ! 
 
 D4 And 
 
4§ HllROGLlPH.XlI. 
 
 And now 
 
 j^plloes eare 
 
 Expeds haifiionious llraines. 
 
 New minted fro the Thractan Lyrej 
 
 For now the Virrue of the twiforkt Hili 
 
 infpires the raviilit fancy , and doth fill 
 
 The veines with Pegafean fire : 
 
 And now , thofe fteriil braines 
 
 That cannot {how. 
 
 Nor bcare 
 
 Some fruits , (hall never weare Apollo/ faired Bow. 
 
 Excefle 
 
 And fiirtet ufes 
 
 To wait upon thefc dales; 
 
 Full feed , and flowing cups of wine 
 
 Conjure the fancy , forcing up a Spright, 
 
 :By the bafe A^fagick^ of deboyfd delist ;• 
 
 Ah pittie twileborne Bacchns Vine 
 
 %\io\A^^2i.x^t Apollo sBnyes, 
 
 And drown thofe Mufes 
 
 That blefle 
 
 And calm the peaceful foule,whe ftorms of cares oppre*. 
 
 Strong light, 
 
 Boaft not thofe beames 
 
 That can but onely rife, 
 
 And blaze awhile , and then away : 
 
 There is no Solflice in thy day; 
 
 Thy midnight glory lies 
 
 Betwixt th*cxtrcms 
 
 Ofnight, 
 
 A Glory foyld with fliame, and foold with falfe delight. 
 
 " " ■ ■ m} 
 
H I B R O G L I P Hi ' 49 
 
 Hali thou climhdup ta the full age of thy few ckies? Loo\ half-- 
 ivoids y aadthoH jhaU fee t efaUty of i'y youth ; t\)e joUi of thy 
 Childhtodyand ihnrafie o[thj Ivjmcy ; Lool(^cfa)rr^ds;thoitfba/t 
 fee, the cam of the vaaUd^ >';« troit^iti of thy mmd, the difeafes (fthy 
 Lady. 
 
 E PI G. I 
 
 To the midle Agd. 
 Thou^that art praiincing on the luftie Noone 
 Of thy full Agc.boaft not thy fclfe too foone: 
 Convert that breath to wayle thy fickle ftate; 
 Take heed^thoul'tbrag too fgoncjor boaft too late. 
 
;o 
 
 HIVROCIIPH. Kill. 
 
 StAIartem spiral ct armcL - 
 
 wm'Marflua.Jcutfs'tt . 
 
Hib&ogliPh. XIII. ft 
 
 Hee muft cncreafe^ but Imufidecreafe. 
 
 I OH. 3. 30. 
 
 Time voy ds the Table : Dinner's done 5 
 And now our daies declining Sun 
 Hath hurried his diurnall Loadc 
 To th* Borders of the Wefterne roadc; 
 Fierce Pife/f£^»,with his fellow Steeds, 
 Kow puffcs and pants, and blowes and blcefi^?. 
 And froths, and fumes, remen^brjng ftill 
 Their lafhcs up th' Olympick Hill ; 
 Which, having conquerd,now difdaine 
 The whip, and charaps the frothy reyn. 
 And, with a full Career^ they bend 
 Their paces to their lournies end : 
 Our blazing Tapour now hath loft 
 Her better halfe : Nature hath croft 
 Her forenoone book,and clcard that fcore. 
 But fcarce gives truft for fo much mori : 
 
 And now the gen'rous Sappe forfakes 
 
 Her feir-grown twig: A breaih ev*n iliake* ' 
 
 The down-ripe fruit ; fruit foon divorced 
 
 From herdeare Branch,unt©uchd,unforc'd. 
 
 Now fanguinc ^^//^ doth begin 
 
 To draw her wanton colours in 5 
 
 And flees negleded in difgrace^ 
 
 Whirft 3/^rj fupplies her lukewarm plac?; 
 
 Blood turnes to Choler : What this Age 
 
 Lofesin ftrength it finds in Rage : 
 
 That rich Ennamell, which of old, 
 
 Damaskt the downy Cheeke.and told 
 
 A harmelefs guilt, unaskt, is now 
 
 Wornc cflTfrom the audacious brow i 
 
 Luxurious 
 
Jl Hi ERO GLIPH.XIIL 
 
 luxurious Dalliance, midnight Revells, 
 Loofe Ryot, and thofe veniall evils 
 Which inconliderate youth of late 
 Could pleade, now wants an Advocate, 
 And what appeard in former times 
 Whifpring as faults, now roare as crimes : 
 And now all yee, whofe lippes were wont 
 To drench their Currall in the Font 
 Offorkt Parnajl Hi .^y on thztht 
 The Sons o^Phochus, and can flee 
 On wings of Fancy, to difplay 
 The Flaggeof high Invention, {kaiy : 
 Repofe your Quills ; Your veines grow fower. 
 Tempt not your Salt beyond her power: 
 Ifyourpall'd Fancies but decline, 
 Cenfure will ftrike at every line 
 And wound your names; The popular care 
 Weighs what you are, not what you were. 
 Thus hackney like,we tire our Age, 
 Spurgall'd with Change,from Stage to Stage, 
 
 Seefi; 
 
HiEROGLlPH* 53 
 
 Scefl t'OU tJje daily light cfthegreaier vpmld? irhen malndto the 
 big eji pitch of Meiidm glory, icffaieth mt^butbytc fame degrees, 
 it afcended^it defands. A nd n the light of the lejfer world mo. epe-^ 
 mmmt ? cominftanci « ^he child o/Etermty^ mt oflimn 
 
 EPi G. ij. 
 
 TothejOHngMm, 
 Young man, rejoyce; And let thy riling dales 
 Cheare thy glad heartj Thinkll thou thefe uphill walec 
 Leade to deaths dungeon ? No : butlmow withall 
 Arji|ing i^ but Prologue to a Fall. 
 
54 
 
 HilROOLlPH. XIV, 
 
 InvidioscL ScncEius 
 
 ^'^'tUArarrhan,r:uip::t- . 
 
HiEROGLlPH. XIV/ ^5 
 
 Tet d little while is the light with you. 
 loH. 12.35. 
 
 I. 
 
 THe day growes old; The low pitcht Lamp hath made 
 No lefle than treble fliade : 
 And the delccnding damp does now prepare 
 
 T'uncurle bright Titans haire; 
 Whofe Weltcrne Wardrobe, now begins t'unfcld 
 
 Her purples^ fringed with gold, 
 T© cloathchis evening glory ^ when th'alarmes 
 Of Reft fhall call to reft in reftlafs Thetis armcs, 
 
 z. 
 Nature now calls to Supper, to refrelh 
 
 The fpirits of all tlefli ; 
 The toylingploughman drives his thirfly TeameSj 
 
 To tart the flippVy ^treames : 
 The droyling Swincheard knocks away, and feafts 
 
 His hungry-whming guefts : 
 The boxbill Ouzle, and the dappled Thrufli 
 Like hungry Rivals meet, at their beloved bufii. 
 
 3. 
 And now the cold Autumnall dewes are feenc 
 
 To copwebbe every Greene ; 
 And by the low-fliorne Rowins doth appears 
 
 The faft-declining yeare. 
 The Saplefs Branches d'off their fummer Suits 
 
 And warne their winter fruits : 
 And ftormy hiaft , have forced the quaking Trees 
 T§ wrap their trembling limbs in Suits of moflie Freeze. 
 
 Our 
 
J6 HiEROGLI ?H.XIV. 
 
 4. 
 Our wafted Tapour,now hath brought her Iigh< 
 
 To the next dorc to night ; 
 Her fprightlefs flame,grown great with fmiffc, does tufii 
 
 Sad as her neighb'ring Vrne : 
 Her flendcr Inch, that yet unfpent remaines. 
 
 Lights but to further paines. 
 And in a filent language bids her gueft 
 Prepare his wearie limbs to take etcrnall Rert. 
 
 y. 
 Now carkfull Age hath pitcht her painefull plough 
 
 Vpon the furrow'd brow -, 
 And fnowie blafts of difcontented Care T 
 
 Hath blancht the fallfng haire: > 
 
 Sufpitious envie mixt with jealous Spighc 
 
 Difturb's his wearie night: I 
 
 He threatens youth with age : And, no"^, alas. 
 He ownes not what he is, but vaunts the Man he was^ ^' 
 
 6. 
 Gray haires, perufe thy daies; And let thy paft 
 
 Reade ledures to thy lall : 
 Thofe haftie wings that hurri' d them away -* 
 
 Will give thefe daies no Day: - 
 
 Theconftant wheeles of Nature fcorne to tyre 
 
 Vntill her worke expire : 
 Thatblaft that nipt thy youth willruine Thee ; (Tree. 
 That hand that fliooke the branch vill quicklie ftiikc the 
 
 ^t»CHKY. 
 
H I I R O G L I P H* 57 
 
 St. Chrys. 
 
 Cray hayres are howurab/Cy when the behaviour fuits with gray 
 kayres: But when an undent man bath childijh manners^be bumts 
 more redkiUom tHn a chi/de. 
 
 Sen-. 
 
 Thou oit mva'me attained ti eld \eares J that re^atefithy ymth* 
 fulnefe. 
 
 E Pi G. 14. 
 
 To the Touth, 
 Seeft thou this good old man? He rcprefents 
 Thy FutHre; Thou, his Preterperfe^ Tcnfe j 
 Thou go'ft to labour. He prepares to Reft : 
 Thou break'ftthy Faft; Hcfuppes : Now which is beft; 
 
 £ 
 
^s 
 
 H^ERaOLlP H.XV. 
 
 J?lumbcur in tcrram 
 
 'Will JUar/hatl/ctilpsit 
 
HlElL«a^JPH. XT, ^4 
 
 Tht dafis effiuryeMirts are thyeifcortyt^tresmd 
 
 Un. P 5 AL. 90. 10. ' 
 
 /. 
 Co have I i^cne th'illiiilrious Fy'ir.ce of Light 
 *^Rifingin glorie from his Croceanhtdi^ 
 And trampling doune the horrid ll^ades of nighty 
 Advancing more a.n4 more his conqVir.g head* 
 Paufc firftj dedifYC; at length, begis lo ihroud 
 His hunting browes withio a (ole black cloud. 
 1. 
 So have I feeoe a well l>uiit Caflle iland 
 Vpon the Tjptoes of a lofty Hill, 
 Whofe a<5Uvc powV commands both Sea and JjLsad^ 
 And curbs c^c pride of the Beleag rei s will^ 
 At length her ag"d Foundation failes her uufl. 
 And layeskcrtoitriBgruincsifl theDuIi 
 
 So have I feene the blazing T^^our (hoot 
 Her golden head into the feeble Ayre j 
 Whofe fhadbw-gildirg-Ray.fprcd royadaboutr 
 Makes the foule face of black -brow'd darkneiTt &ire^ 
 Till at the length he^ wafting glory fad<s. 
 And jbeawefi ti^ ai^t cd her inVet race Shades . 
 
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 Ev'n fo this little wor kl of Uviog CUj^ 
 
 The pride oi Nature , glorified by Arty 
 
 Whom earth adores, and all her hofls obay, 
 
 Ally*d to Heav'n by his Diviner part, 
 
 Trioaiphs a while, then droops, and thi?n decaies. 
 And worne by Age, Death carcells all his daies. 
 
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 That glorious 5/^», that whilom fiionefo bright/ 
 Is now cv*n raviftitfrom our darknedcyes ; 
 That fturdy Caftle, man'd with fo much might. 
 Lyes now a Monument of herowne difguize : 
 
 That blazing T^p^»r, that difdain'd the pufFe 
 
 Gf troubled Ayre, fcarce ownes the namcof Snuffc. 
 4. 
 Poorc bedrid Man \ where is that glory now^ 
 Thy Youth fo vaunted ? Where that Maielty 
 Which fat enthron'd upon thy manly brow ? 
 Where,where that braving Armef that daring eye? 
 
 Thofe buxom tunes > Thofe Bacchavalian Tones ? 
 
 Thofe fwcUing veynes? thofe marrow-flowing bones?^ 
 7. 
 Thy drooping G^ryVblurrd, and proftrate lyes 
 Crov*lingin duft ; And frightfuU Horror, now. 
 Sharpens the glaunces of thy gafhfuU cyts, 
 Whilft feare perplexes thy diftra^ed brow : 
 
 Thy panting breft vents all her breath by groanes. 
 
 And Death enervs thy marrow-wafted bones. 
 8. 
 Thus Man,thafs borne of woman can remaine 
 But a fhort time ; His dayes are full of forrow ; 
 His life's a penance, and his death's a fame. 
 Springs like a flow'r to day, and fades to morrow ? 
 
 His breathes a yuhbU, and his daies a S^ah'* 
 
 Tis glorious mifery to be borne a M^n* 
 
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 fffjen eyes are di?fme, cares deafe^^zifage pale, teeth decoied, sJ^ 
 withered; bre£th tainted, pipes fiared, l(nees trembling, hmls 
 fumllmg', feet fay ling, P^e fttdden dorr?tefaU fifth) fiejbly hot^c it 
 fieare at b<md. 
 
 Si, August. 
 
 AU vices TVix (Mby Age : Covetonfriefs alove, gTOwesjcujj^, 
 
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 To the Infant. 
 
 What he doth fpcnd In groanes, thou fpendft in tearcs 
 Judgment and ftrength*s alike in both youryearcs; 
 Hee's helplefs; fo art thou ; What difference than ? 
 Hcc's an old Infant ; Thou, a young old Man, 
 
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