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 T Ooke to the Sunfie thus in his- glory bright, 
 **To Moonc,to ftarresjfrom thence who borrow lightj 
 Tbenthinke on Heayn j for God the fountaine there 
 Of Iight,vnto his Saints his light doth (hare. 
 
 fl Looke to the candles below jthey upward tend 
 Vntotheli2ht,which never (hall have end ; 
 And fo the Saints,on Earth,can never ceafe 
 But flutter upward, till they fee Gods face. 
 
 ^ Looke to the Beak'n and Lantera,and thence Ieame 
 Ttofave you,when a true friend doth forewarnc. 
 
 f Then (hall your Lamp (hint bright, your wax (hall burne^ 
 Till death your afhes (hall to moifture turne. 
 
 ^f Th'Extinguiftier and Snuffers which are by, 
 Tels thee O man, that fometime thoumuft dye ; 
 
 ^ And leaft thou (houldft in darkenefle ftill remained 
 The Tinder box will light thee once againe 5 
 But fnuft from all corruption (halt thou be, 
 And (hine with God and Saints eternally. 
 
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fflujlriffimo Domino omnifaria ^ 
 
 Virtutisr & Pietatis ftudiis 
 
 Dom* Ityberto Karo Comitiab 
 Ancram, &c* 
 
 NobiBJJime Herds, 
 
 Ro tcmerario & inconfulto cenfe- 
 ar, qui Tibi pietatis Hyperioni, No- 
 bilitatis jubari, & omnigenx virtu- 
 tis Lampadi, faculas hafce, qua? lu- 
 tnine & fplendore tuo obiufcabun* 
 tut", offero : Verum Clementia Tua 
 & gratia,ut fpero,veriiam dabitjAquilae cnim more 
 ingenii mei foetum exploro; qui fi Solis radios fu- 
 ftinere pofliti ut meum agnofcam & tollam, fin 
 miniis,ut fpurium & nothum reiiciam c 
 
 Stella* qux Heliace occidunt, Heliace etiam ori- 
 tintur, ea:demq; Sole longius remoto, nullum nifi 
 a Sole mutunm Lumen oftendunt : tsedula? hx no- 
 ftra>qua»advultumtuurapfopius accedences tene- 
 brarum inftar caligant, (imulac longius expatiatse 
 fjierint, fcintillas, quas a te mutuas habent, morta- 
 libus confpicuas praeferent. 
 
 Ea eft Solaris fideris benignitas, ut ammalia, 
 plantas & fublunaria quaeque calore mo foveat ; 
 
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tanta tua (NobLliflime Maecenas) grga nie ( alios 
 pmereo innumeros benignitatem tuam expertos) 
 commuwcladedeprehenfum, comitas & grawitus 
 favor extitit, ut non folutn ingenium, led (Senium 
 &quicqtridmeurneft tibiin perpetuum raancipa- 
 turn profitear. 
 
 Z>ii Ttbifiqua plot nfpellant Mummy grates 
 Perfolvent digzas. ■ .1 
 Ergo neingratitudinisimpiae condemnor, hoc li- 
 cet tenue, (inccrum tamen, grati & devotiajiimi 
 fymbolum NoBilicati tua: confecro ; Spcroq; me,fi 
 non thure & hecatomhis, farre tamen pio & fitilla, 
 ut Deo, fie tibi verse Dei f oboli litare poffe. 
 
 J^ctre Caledonios inter di£ni(fime Divos* 
 
 NobiJitatisapex, & Pieraris Honos, 
 Char3 Dei loboles, & Regi fidus Achates, 
 
 Vnicamufarum cura, meumque decus. 
 Nam fimul a yultu difceflit mufa ferenp 
 
 Noftra Tuo, faciles tepperic ufque deos. 
 Oppida quam paffim decimarct fomica fcbriS) 
 
 Funderct & tctas Parca fevera domos. 
 Pieridum quum tuiba gemenSjtriftifque filerec, 
 
 Eiicerentque facras claufa Lyes a Deas. 
 Ad Tc confwgittriftis roea mufa patroaum, 
 
 In Terris fen fit Te mea mufa deum. 
 Erso Tibi insentcm dicit rediviva falutem, 
 
 Vitam, quam dederas, banc vovet efle Tuam* 
 Maclus vive Heros annis & maclus honore, 
 
 Deliciaeque foli, delicisque poli. 
 Donee Ccelicolum turmalibus additus, ipfum, 
 
 Quern colis hic^ccrnas, ignis in arcejDeijm. 
 
 Nobilitati Tux dcvJaffioQUs^ 
 RoUrtm Tardus \ 
 
To the moft Noble andllluftri- 
 ous Lady, both for Nobility 
 
 and Piety, as of Venue a rare 
 and pecrlcflc cxamplc,Lady 
 
 Anne Kare , Countcffc of 
 Ancram. 
 
 He Lizards eyes the face of man amaiethi 
 Looking on which the more and more it gageth J 
 When I your heaven infufed graces view, 
 Madam , my fenfe amazed ft a res OR You» 
 
 Heaven tempers Co its gifts in You alone, 
 
 As that all graces feeme combin'd in one > 
 
 When I do homage to Nobility, 
 
 Straight on it doth reflect Your piety* 
 
 So earthly glory and that of heav'n begurl. 
 
 Makes You a glorious object like the Sunne, 
 
 Which dartcth forth fo mahyrayes of light* 
 
 As that they dazle this my fcantling fight. 
 
 In You great lunos (lately majeflie 
 
 Is fraught with Chriftian love and charity j 
 
 You have>what vertues leatnM &twrv4 hath^ 
 
 And for her *g*> you are arm'd with faith t 
 
 What's Penus beautie to Your facreo" face, 
 
 Which is the Phyfiognomie of grace ? 
 
 If for the golden apple there fhould ^>e 
 
 A ftrife amongft the goddeffes* To thee 
 
 Let Paris give it,fo he fureiy mall 
 
 Plcafe all the three, Your felfe being more than all. 
 
 Tour Honours humble,<tnd moft devoted 
 vi^r^XO^ ftfertFarlfe 
 
To his friend the iAuthor^. 
 
 J Need not praifethy Booke : No more to tell, 
 
 Then that it Pi&ures hath iwill make it fell : 
 JBookes gaudy, like themfelves moft do now buy* 
 Yiae^rimjadorned Bookes,where they may jpy 
 More of the Carvers than th" 'Authors skill,' 
 And more admire the Pencilljthan the Quill : 
 PamphletsjwhoieOutfides promifejthey may finde 
 What may their Eyes feede,rather than t heir mindcg 
 Nay now adayes who almoft dcth behold, 
 One booke without a gaudy Liv'ry fold % J 
 E'ne Poetry it felfe is at aftay, , 
 Por all it's Eeet, if Carvers mak'tnotgay. 
 
 But as for this thy Worke(my Friend; Divine/ 
 Which no pen worthily can praife, but thine. 
 It wants no Sculptill Art*to (ct it forth, 
 Twill faft enough away, with its owne worth* 
 Tis hard to fay .whether the.Mufes trainc, 
 Or elfe the Graces ,mo(t. in thee doe raigne. 
 Thy pen was well employ' d : bring it to fi^hr, 
 Thy PhaniTe's Waighty^thoirgh thy fubjecYs Light; 
 Who,that thee knowes not , ever w ould furmi fe, 
 Thar out of Scotia fuch Light (hould arife f 
 Goe forward ,and the Mules fo thee love 
 That thou a fecond Buchanan maifl prcove. 
 
 How fubtileis thy ftile .' in holy Wric 
 How vers'd thou art / How fluent is thy wit / 
 About the Virgins Lamps,while thou doft toyle, 
 Tie fay 3 rhou haft not loft labour and oyle. 
 Fame (hall herelight her Torch^nd thy name blaze 
 To after age? # which no time fhall raze : 
 Thy Candle (ball outmine t'ic Sunne; it's raves 
 Shall not o.bfcure their Light,nor ye t thy praife. 
 The purblind judgement of the CritickeroUt 
 Shall never this extinguish without doubt j 
 To fnufte it with their cenfures them allow, 
 Twill brighter (hincjthey (hall not it outblo^ 
 
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7* the Author. 
 
 HBroes bright Iampe ? which fhe on Sefiiu ftrand* 
 Set up to be a marke,by which might land 
 Her lov'd Lea»der>When he croft the Sea 
 Of BeUeJpont 5 long fince was out,and we 
 Onely enjoy its fame,the light is gone, 
 AndtovJ'r is buried in oblivion. 
 Th' otegypttan ~P hares , which was fam'rl to be 
 The worlds feav* nth wonder,in obicurity 
 Lyes ruin'd.and that multiplicit light, 
 Once to the Marriners a Sunhe by night, 
 Is now extinft ; for tis decreed by fate", 
 What Art doth reare,that Time fhall ruinate i 
 Nay holy Writ aflures,atthelaftday 
 The ftarre* fhall fall from heaven,the funne decay, 
 The Moone be turnd to blood,thofe which God made 
 Firft moft refplenderit lights,at laft fhall fade. 
 
 C gu C chy Lights moft tranfcendent,can no hand 
 Of Time or Fate(which all things elfe hathfeand,) 
 JPut to thefe Lights an end,for thefe fhall be 
 Bright fhining Tapers to Eternity. 
 
 Ckrijlopker c Drayt<m. 
 
 Tothex^futbof, 
 
 THat I may tell the world how I admire 
 Thy WelLpend Flamesj one fparkeof that fire* 
 Which warmes thy learned breft>beft©w «n mee, 
 I, then a Poet,would dare fpeake of thee. 
 If I fhonld write thy praife When I have done 
 I hold a Candle to the flaming Sunne 
 I thinke thy towring Mufe a Starre hath reachMj 
 Or elfe a Beame from bright *ApoUo fetchM 
 To light each Taper by 5 for their pure flame 
 Doth well allure us,it from heaven came. 
 
 rfilliam pwey* 
 
To jhe Ingenious Anther, on his Latin and 
 Englijb Morall £mblems % 
 
 TWo Lights within two fcTerall S pbeares were hurld. 
 In the divided t baos of the World* 
 When like an Embryo this whole Mafic of Clay, 
 Before the Ftit , yet iwpcrfed lay. 
 And being brought to birth >by him whofe power 
 Hath all Eternity- and yet no how'r; 
 The day was fubjec* to the Nobler light, 
 And to the lefler did obey the Night, 
 So in chis Midwifery of wit,by Thee 
 Delivered, two lights, two Subjects be. 
 Thy nobler Roosan ftileto day~bornc men 
 Children of Arts 3 dircfts chy Luin pen. 
 And that the duller ignorant, might fee, 
 They have a MothcrsMoone begot by Theej 
 1 hme as Gods creatures ferve to leade the way 
 To him that gave anight 3 fuccceding Day. 
 
 Tho. Beedome. 
 
 In Imdem doU'tpmi Author is. 
 
 QVis hie refulgens aurea coma nitor 
 Perftrfngitoculos? Phofphoms redditdicm 
 'Scotia?. Georgius Camamarum decus 
 Deufque cecidit,Hefpcrus dodi chori : 
 Faflae tu refurgis* & novum jubar 
 Promis renati Pholphori. Scotia tua 
 l3m noc"te nulla mcerer, accendis faces 
 C*Io aimulas & przvias caelo, negas 
 Tenebras polo Ar<ftoo,Cam*narum decus 
 Deufcme luces Phofphore do£i chori. 
 
Britannia Lunimam Magna. 
 
 YemasjadctqnantumvisPeriiaflammas, 
 »_. p yeftalcm oftenca Roma fuperba focum. 
 Lux ceeidit dudum in cineres flamm*quefociaue, 
 
 H*cfccum Imperii vaftaruina trahit. 
 Tranflulit in Noftram Numen duo L«*mi«a Tcrram, 
 
 Solcm Pcrfarum, Romuleamquc Deam. 
 
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 <Britaines Great Lights. 
 
 
 orii<i thy Etemall fire js come to nought, 
 
 The Veftals flame is fpent* more than Rome thougit, 
 
 Both fires are gone with Empires • Heav'n above 
 
 Gives light and power to them 3 who Heav'n doe love. 
 
 Into our Land two Lights are now tr ansfer'd; 
 
 The ferfians Sunne^RoraexVeftaare imerr d. 
 
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Oxoma. 
 
 TfEftatuaeft Temper (Veneranda OxonU) Bl/SA^S 
 . Oil* v'ft* & ftando riti v oca nda fait. 
 
 Divino nine triplicem mcraifti jure foro/tam j 
 Lucis,non auri eft ilia Qow* triflex. 
 
 ^Reat Oxford* Thine the Bible e'rehath beene J 
 ^For firmely (landing Vefta it is Ceene 9 
 Hence threefold Crowne,Thou haft deferv'd by right; 
 That's not of Goldjbut of Empyrean Light, 
 
 Canubrigia. 
 
 T^Extra tenet Sohm s ln{krat qui lumine mundum . 
 T\ Lx vaq$ coeleflis pocuht fundit aqua?. 
 Hxcp/tlmofTigat aftantes,quas pondera nulla 
 Frangont^us vietrixdemerueredecus. 
 
 XA Y right hand holds the Sunne % my left doth (how 
 lvl The Cap, from which-trae-light and Neclar flow ; 
 Thefe cherifh fo the Valms of VicYory ., 
 That they are trophe es o^Eternity. 
 
To the Readier. 
 
 lnce Courteous Reader jhU our courfe U one^ 
 Well overtaken, you Jbatt not pajfe alone : 
 Toufaile thisfea of life , andfb doe I; 
 Vnto the Haven of Heaven we both doe hje^ 
 BntharkeyoHy leasl in darkjenefte wedoeftray 9 
 H ere befome Lights for to dire ft our nay : 
 porches and Candles \and if the wind doe Plow, 
 Here with a Lanterne fafely we may goe * 
 Hakeufeofthefe % untiUyoneometofhore % 
 then twe Jhali have Heavens*Light for evermore*; 
 
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 ~njy X mcaCceleftisfurrttmpecit s hau<imusiflde, 
 ¥ Jll Fo ^ u kip'c^tiia«lumimsau*et aguas. 
 ^#WQ»alia in immenfum decurrunt flumina pontumy 
 rg fi Hauferunt fontes unde fluenta fuos. 
 g ^j jPonderat ad centrum terra ecu labile faxuni .j 
 — -' Emicac ad fuperas /ic mea fl aroma demos. 
 
 Gaudia x delicia:qj > gul* ftudiofa voluptas 
 Auri non animam pondera multa tenent. 
 11a quies anim* eft,furfum qua femper anhelar, 
 Donee ad Authorera veherkillafuum. 
 
 Y light from whence it camc^mounts flil on higli 
 Vnto the fource of light chat's never dry. 
 Like ai the Rivers to the Ocean runne, 
 From whence their fecret fountaines firft begun; 
 L ike as the ftone doth to the cenrcr fway % 
 
 to the Spheres my light flilf makes his way. 
 No joyesjdelighrs^nd qreateft weights of gold, 
 r pampering plcafure faft our foule can hold. 
 ie panting foule refts not ,iintill it fe e 
 \ maker Gpd, a Triune Deitie. 
 
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 Q Anima,an noftri te t*det ? qnas petis«ras? 
 Mene fagis ? quae fie die mihi caufa vis? 
 Tu mihi jampridera confors bene" jun&a fuifti, 
 
 Et comesjet npftri corporis bofpes eras. 
 Quamdiu res ft eterat nobis, tu fida manebas^ 
 
 Tempora nunc quia funt nubila,fola fagis. 
 taima.Ric eaptiva tuac vcluci cuftodise adhar/i, 
 
 Etqua duccbas,ire coafta fin. 
 Exal era<n pacriaj tandem caftode remoto> 
 _ Libera vifo meos,te pereunte, tares. 
 1 Corporis atqueanim* vinclum divdlitur *gre^ 
 
 Sed tamen ad rincres hoc redit,illa Polum. 
 
 & Nd loth'ft thou me,my Soulejoving to goc 
 
 Elfcwhere, I pray thee whither, let me know, 
 Was thou not all this while my deereft mate, 
 My gueft, my convoy, confort in eftate i 
 While I did florifh, thou didft conllant prove, 
 My times are darkned novv,fo is thy love? 
 wle. Here as a captive to a keeper, Co 
 1 tyed was with thee, at lift, to goe, 
 Baniftit from home : loe now my bonds are Ioofe # 
 Tbou dy*ft,l glad runne to my fathers houfe. 
 f Soules bond with body hardly rnalseth breach 
 Yet this doth dye,an«l that Heav n* dwelling reach, 
 
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 Vrafuf quonAim aurieomi Titanic alamos, 
 
 Et pura nicui virginicate puta. 
 trior Eos gentisquam char a fupellex, 
 Porior & flammis,clare pyrope,ruis. 
 ;rior & fulvcjflamma explora.ntejtnetallo^ 
 Quod jamfepteno tempore rlamma coquit* 
 : poftquam fmpuro male Turn conjunct a markc, 
 Coeperuntfordes illius efTe me*. 
 Scilicet im pur us temerat pu r i fll ma ta ftus 7 
 Vicinigue lues inquinat ipfa mali. 
 »rporei$ anima harcfimuleft immerfa tencbris, 
 Incipit a puro degener effe polo. 
 
 Omctimcs I was the brood of Gold'n-haird funnc, 
 More pure,more chaft,than Veftds watchfull nunnc, 
 irer than Eafterne gemmes,thanSaphirs bright, 
 ii-cr than Ophirs goIcUhan Rubies light* 
 jrer than Padols gravell often try'd 
 i fire,and furnace feven times purify'd • 
 it fince the fates to greafe did me combine, 
 is filthy dregges are judged to be mine : 
 For why conjun&iondothcontagion make> 
 nd from th*impure the pure infection take, 
 he foule once pluag'd into the body darkc, 
 irgets it was a chaft and divine fparfce. 
 
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Diogenit Lucema. 
 
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 TLLe fait cui pera penus,cui dolia fedes, 
 * Nare ftgax, mores rufticus,ore latrax. 
 Diogenes medio accenfa Tub fole lucerna, 
 
 Rimatus fanftum dicitur efle vitum. 
 Explorantaquil* puiloi ad lamina fobs, 
 
 Explorat meres fax tacuurna hominnm. 
 Namque din perfonati,reftnmque fidemque 
 
 Mentita prae fe fimplicitate ferunc 
 Scdwcita: na&itranquilla filentianottis. 
 
 Oftendunt mores tunc,fine fraudc, l»o*- 
 Is felix,quem Soi,& quenvfex virtiteundem, 
 . Coram tefte pr©bus,qui fine telle pia* . 
 
 WHofe purchafe was his pouch,his houfe a tun, 
 Critickcofaatonswtatroeverdone, 
 That learned dogge,at rioone-tyde tinn d hisltgnt, 
 Searching for one, whofe anions were upright. 
 The Eagles young ones by the Sunne are try d, 
 Mens aaiens by the lamp are beft efpy'd 5 
 For men in day time maskt with vixard? goe 
 Of truth and faith making an outward (how, 
 But when they can nights feeret hlence find, 
 Before the lamp they 2oe unmaske their mind. 
 Happy is he whom Sunne and Lamp fees pne 5 
 Who's honeft fUII,though witneffe there be none. 
 
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Non/ub Modio. 
 
MerM Emblems. 
 
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 •f Ollitur iEtherias Lampas Titania in arce*, ' 
 1 Qgp magi fubje&os lumiae luftrec agros, 
 Gloria confpicai fie eft illuftrior aftri, 
 
 Qua patet in cunaas JEtherts : aula plagas. 
 Nee condenda mihi modii fub ponderc c*ci 
 
 I ux eft;nec latcbri s ini jeienda domusl 
 Sufpendenda ahc iit no&cm funalia vincant,' 
 
 Clariiis & jaciant te&a per aha jubar 
 f Vos quibus JEterni lux eft concredita verbi, 
 
 Tollire jam veftras gentium ad ora faces. 
 Qtqui Cimmeriis gaudenc habitare teuebris, 
 
 Agnofcaa t almum gratiar adefle dietn* 
 
 Th?rtf8i day burning lamp is fee on high, 
 
 The more to light'n the Earth from faphir sty * 
 His beames more glorious and corifpicuous fhine 
 From Eaft to Weft, from South to midnight line : 
 My light 1 you muft not under buihell put, 
 Not in a chinky corners prifon (hut j 
 That lights may pleare the chambers all throughoutji 
 They rauft aloft be hanged round about. 
 f You holy Pricfts,to whom the word of light 
 Is truft,adTance your torches in the fight' 
 Of mortal so Ihcw them who in darkened dwell, 
 The narrow way that leads to He«ven>from Hell. 1 
 
Utter all Emblem? 
 
 r V Xmea fi exhilarat tacitutna filentia ao&i$ 5 
 k obfcuri luftrarw gatkiia cun&a laris. 
 Aurea fi Phcebijfi lux argencca Lun* 
 
 Ha*c noftcmj Bbarcillumirratjire diem. 
 Quanta erit Empyrcae lux non effabilis arcis, 
 
 Quota cement ipfnra lumtaa noftra Deum. 
 \ Tu citiuspoterisdextra comprendere mun*lum, 
 
 Et concha excipias vitrea ftagna maris ; 
 Dicere quam poteris,qu* lucis gloria Ccelo eft, 
 
 Qu* 8olemobfcuracfydera > & omnc jubar. 
 Hue tantum dicasjnonlux eft aurea Phcebi, 
 
 Non Phoebe* lux eft, ftelliferaeq;domus. 
 Scdquam lingua nequit 3 quam mens defcribere luceta 
 
 CernestJEtetnus lux crit ilia Deu$, 
 
 tF thus my light nights fable filence glads, 
 
 ■■■Making a cheetefullroome in midnight (hads, 
 
 If Gold n-likc Pkabii* and his fil ver fifter, 
 
 He in the day,(hee in the night doth glifter ; 
 
 What thought-furpaffing light then (hall that be, 
 
 When we in Heaven Empyrean God (hall Tee ? 
 
 Sooner thou canft the world hold in thy hand, 
 
 Or in a (hell containe the glaffie ftrand ; 
 
 Than tell how glorious is the light of Heaven, 
 
 Tba: dark'ns the SutinejMoonejStarSjand Planets &?en : 
 
 Thisonely tell: it is not Pheebm Iightj 
 
 Nor Pfcato,nor the fpangles of the night. 
 
 That light which tongue canhot,nor mind defcry, 
 
 Once (halt thou fec^ a fuprcame Diety . 
 
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 T V x anima eft facul* Ccelcfti e femiiie du&a, 
 , Pingueq; pro fragiii corpore fumen habet. 
 D*dala qaod gnari pi&oris dextcra fucat, 
 
 Coeruleum flammjs addit & arte,decus. 
 fill pigtrienta juvant,folus fed lummis ufus, 
 * Laudats ad huhc finem lux fabricata fiiic. 
 ^ Mens eft mortali vitam quae fola beataiu 
 
 Efficii, & fobolem nos probat efle polifr 
 Qmd bdna Fortunar 3 quid avit« gloria genu's, 
 
 Corporis & robur,forma decufqj juvant ? 
 Mens nifi fit ration e porens,atq; ^there nata, 
 
 Corpus & hocnofirum Spixitus i«tus alat. 
 
 tlg,ht is the Torches life of heavenly kincf, 
 Thus to a fraileand greafie mafTe combind, 
 To which the Painter beauty doth impart, 
 Giving it gloflfe and colour from his Art. 
 The painting's nought >lighc doth the Torch command 
 Which 6rft was framed onely for this end. 
 f It is our mind that doth pur life approve > 
 Shewing our race derived from above. 
 Blind Fortunes goods , kins generofity 
 Youths ftrcngth,and beauties curiofity 
 Make not 5 unlefle the fpirit doe us feafon 
 With thatHeav »-b.rcdfparkU ofdivine reafon. 
 
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M or all Emblems* 
 
 {QRata tihi mea lux 5 quando nox ingriiit atra, 
 
 J6t repjent tacitas nubila cseca domos. 
 Sivc juvac Joda? vigilem fuligo lucerna*, 
 
 Seii du&rix penfi.fedula pofcit amis , 
 Pcrvigt'l occiduo Cam firccedane^Phcebo, 
 
 Donee perno^em deilatione vocac. 
 5" Parcico janrtioftrae lucis daj;e fcenojra Soli, 
 
 Sjepiustk lircro ru potiere thte. 
 Si tenuis hierit tibi re^huic p-jr<k fubinde, 
 
 Inftar 8c Attalic* conditi 01 ^|erit. 
 
 \>| Y iigh t is ple.i fanr/vhen the night doth glooafl*, 1 
 
 And pitchy darkenefle lines the mourning roomej 
 Whither thou lifts Ctcantbu fmoake to blow, 
 Or if the Matron like to twift her tow. 
 When Pbebiu fettcth, I watch centenall 
 Vntill he from my ftation doth me call. 
 5" Spare me>lend not my light to Titans fay* 
 So (halt t h'enjoy me when there is no day. 
 If thy eftate be meane,husband it well, 
 And it Attaltok wealth lhall parallcll. 
 
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 atuor in noftro regnant primordia rcrura 
 Corpore.,difcordi confociata jugo. 
 
 Omnia ut ad noftram veniunc Concordia lucem, 
 
 Non minus acf noftram funt& arnica necem. 
 Terra flruic pyram,flamni3e me prajparat aer, 
 
 Naturae nammamvis fovctuda meam. 
 Non nifi coafumorVdo lucemj luce liquefco* 
 
 Lux eadem vita* caufa necifqj mex. 
 lapetonidae culpa hxcyjui lumen Olympi 
 
 Mortali poterat confociare Into. 
 ^ Corporis & noftri nativus deficit humor, 
 
 Innate fuccu* quando caloreperit. 
 Vivendo morimur,mpriendo vivimus : ipfa. 
 
 Q»ua: lucem donat,dat quoque vita necem. 
 
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 pOurc Elements in this my body are 
 
 All yockt in one,y et ever ftill at warre 5 
 As all agree to nourifh this my light 
 So to my ruine they combine their might : 
 Aire maketh way for flame, Earth builds a pyre, 
 My moifture feeds the ftill conf aming fire. 
 Still as I (hine by light^by light I dy s 
 As caufe of life,fo of mortality, 
 It was Prometbetti fault who ftole away 
 Hcav'ns fice,and joyn'd it to his mortali clay. 
 ^ Moifture doth hcat,and hear doth moifture quale* 
 That dryes our body,this makes it dampe and fraile, 
 That which doth give,doth likewife fpend ow breath $ 
 The firft of being,is firft houre of death. 
 
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I do good to others, 1 hurt my -felt jj| 
 
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 pOEnerorhanc aliis Iucem,confumor & ipfa> 
 
 Augeo quae damn is lucra aliena meis. 
 Pernofti vigilesquot duco lumine no&es ? 
 
 i Saepius in prima Lnx mea luce perit. 
 Aeriis quoties no ludibriaflabrfs, 
 
 Prsvia percaecas ire coa&a vias. 
 Siquidfitturba^furva: & graflatio no&is, 
 
 Ad mc itur j vkas fum male parca me*. 
 Difcere qucd nequeunc hominum pars maxima ,difce 
 
 Auxiliari aliis>ipfa nocerc mihi. 
 Lex eft., naturae fed lex contraria noftrse, 
 
 v Omnesqu« memoresadmoneteflefui. 
 J Impiger hoftiles trudens fe Cadrus in enfes, 
 
 Profuerat patria? 3 prodigus ipfp anima: 
 Pafcit & implumes animal Pelicanus alumnps, 
 
 Incolumes fervat paftor & aeger oves. , 
 Mortaliqs fuam gaudens profundefre vitam 
 
 Ipfe D eu s paflhs ., n e pateretur ftpmo , eft, _____ 
 
 tWliilft 1 give light to others,! decays 
 
 I Iofe my felfe,whilft I ro others play : 
 I watch all night with an unflecpy eye s 
 And oft, before the day doth dawne,I dye i 
 How oft am I by bluitcring Boreas mockt, 
 And lightning othersjl my felfe am choke j 
 If tumuIt,or a night affailing be, 
 I am employ'd,no reft ,no peace for me : 
 What moft of men neglec~t,that I obferve, 
 To fuccour other^though my fefle (hould ftarve x 
 A Law but not of nature,which directs 
 All of themfelves to have the prime refpefts. 
 ^ Codtus the Kingiis Country to defend, 
 Much like a Prodrgall his life did fpend ; 
 The Pelican to feede her piumelefle brood, 
 Doth lance her breaft, and ftraine her pureft Mood, 
 The wuchfuUfliecpherd feldomefe.ing fleepe, 
 Direfis, and kcepes from wolves hi$ ftraying fheepe y 
 E*en Chnft himfelfe^the Sonne of the moft Hie, 
 DidjuifF er deaths leaft mortall man mould die, 
 
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 HInc me Scylla rapit,prernit hinc me dira Chafybd&S 
 Ambiguiq; urgec vis nocitura mali, ^ . 
 Ocia blanda fequens,carie & rubigine caeca 
 
 Confumor multo debilicaca fitu. 
 Sin radiis nitidas iuftro rutilantibus aedes, 
 
 Extinguor flammis mox liquefa&a meis. 
 Durumj fed levins reddit pacientia : lucem 
 
 Expeco>qua fplendens utilis efie queam. 
 «f Plena laborifensfuntvitae tempora cutis, 
 
 Enervant animos ocia dira leves. 
 Hjcc intemperiem generant,& robora frangunt ? 
 
 Aft curs mentes anxietate necanc 
 Sed tamen eft melius media quam vivere forde, 
 
 Vircutis claro lumine pofle mori. 
 
 "VT Ature propounds a dilemme 3 chufe I muft, 
 
 E ither to dye by light,or r ot by r uft •• 
 ifl feeke eafe and reft, then lafmeffe 
 Doth me confume with mouldy hoarinefie; 
 But if I love to (hkie with glorious ray, 
 Then by my flames in teares I melt away. 
 Patience doth light'nthis evill : I wifh ro live 
 In glorious light ,and light to others 31 ve, 
 fl This life is worne out with laborious roile, 
 Andflothfuli reft doth minde and body fpoile > 
 Bu: yet it 's better for to dye a fparke, 
 Than like a laizie moule to live in darke. 
 
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tAorMBmbkms. 
 
 C Edula de pingui me dextra liquamjne finxic 
 5 Arcificis, luci ut txda parata forem. 
 famqj mihi reftac rucilas aflimiere flammas, 
 
 Quando oppornmiteniporishora vocat. 
 icce ruunt mures cceci c penetralibus antri, 
 
 Turb q; me multo ftridula dente petit. 
 \nte diem morior,nondiim cm vivereceffitj 
 
 Fcedaqi dentadforicisefca cado. . 
 Do lacrymasmoriens,nuncindefletarecumbQ 5 
 
 Nulla.velhic Fati forsperaeerba mei. 
 J" Sic cadit in coeeis uteri penetrahkus infans. 
 
 Qui nullum vjdit Solis,in orbe, jubar. 
 Sic immaturis juvenum fpes occidit annis 5 
 
 Qux poteratlongas emeruifle dies. 
 
 TP 4e Crafts, man did me of pure tallow frame, 
 
 And nude me-fittbnouriihheav'ns flame; 
 One thingremaio d,thatl thouid take with fire, 
 When feaibn due, and fit houre doth require : 
 Lne how the rats catching me aU alone, 
 With envious teeth my body ceafe upon ; 
 I dye before my day, they life prevent - 
 Before I lively livek&c body's fpent: \ 
 I d?ing couidyyieirtf aces my dcat.ft tetfioane, 7 I 
 Bur this untimely death d"Jtn yceld me none. 
 g The hifant (0 ofc dothitfelfeentombe, 
 Before j; fee the day, in mothers wombe. 
 So by untimely death youths hope 'decayed, 
 Which might have well deferred many daies. 
 
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 iVum mihi pingue fofet vifcolo in corpofc fumcn, 
 i~ Alma rcnideifasltjcis alumna fij. 
 Hora fed in teaucs tandem me diffipat auras, 
 
 Ad fund cmerrt Lux mea tota redit. 
 Ecce meam defefla tibi nunc Lampada trado, 
 
 pAi v icem vires ex pejierc tuas, 
 Sic eedit perfona alii,vacuamq, rehnquic 
 
 Seen am, quum partes egerit ille fuas. 
 Rex fceptri virarq§'iinml defim&us honore, 
 
 Deponit foboli fceptra tuenda fuat. 
 Emeritus, Fato & fraftus poft vulnera miles 
 
 Cedic&exercetftrenuus arnta tyro. 
 «f Felix trania&ae vita: cjuem veffcera laud*> 
 
 Et lauri aeterno gloria honoreb«ac. 
 
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 ysn Hen that my clammy fubftance was entire, 
 W 1 was ah earthly nurfe of heav'n- bred fire 5 
 Now envious time doth me in afhes turne 
 i\nd to a tedious fnuffe my light doth burne : 
 lLoel have done,take thou this light of nunc; 
 I yecld,doe what tbou canft , the turne is thine. 
 So the Comedian having plaid his (hare, 
 Gives place to others,who then actors arc : 
 A King his weighty office having done, 
 Dying transfers his Scepter to his fonne : 
 When that the crafie Souldiers ftrength dotnfaile, 
 The younger muft the enemy aflaiU. 
 q Happy is he the evening of whofe daies 
 Doth crowjic his death with ever- living baye*. 
 
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 On minor eft surges vitreis circumfluus tmdis, 
 Exoneraris lefeln ftagna fluentajlacus. 
 Nee minor jEtheriilu£ardentiffima Solis ; 
 
 Innumeroscjuamyis lumine luftrac agros. 
 Magnetis ferro v vi%'imperutafodali . 
 
 Huic,illjjtamen eft non minor ipfa fibi. 
 5ic mea multipara varias lux lumine txd'as 
 
 Accendens,Iucem mutuat>haud minuit. 
 f H«cSophi*nan»ra,fuiqu2Bprodigafemec 
 
 Comrmmem, falva, aft integritate 3 facit. 
 Sic melius dixere 6onum commimius,omnes 
 
 Gratia participes fie volet efle fui. 
 
 TPHe glaflie gulfe joyn'd with Earths globe in one 
 
 Gives waters to the rivers, loofcth nose; 
 The Suhne that makes fo many glorious dayes, 
 Doth loofc no lightjand flill he waft's his rayes : 
 The Loadftoneto the iron gives vertue rare, 
 And yet no wayes his owne hedothimpaire ; 
 So this my torch can give to others light, , • 
 
 And ftill,as is his wom 3 (hine perfect bright, 
 fl Thus Divine Wifdomfe doth communicate 
 Herfelfejthat others may participate. 
 The good more common better island grace 
 Wifoeth, all were partakers of her cafe. 
 
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I findc things loft. 
 
MordlEmhltrns. 
 
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 p Auper anus t-cnuem no&is ca-ligine dracftmanl 
 *^ Perdit,iauxparY£(peseratanarei, 
 Sedula mox properac (plendentem accenderc lychx& M 
 , £t ienro nitidam verrere fafeedomum. 
 Eruit hanc latebrisj invcnraq- gratioj illi eft ; 
 
 Quara ftierat Phrygio gaza fuperba ftni. 
 ^f Ex quo Cimmeriis Divins paxticula aura 
 
 Corporis in ccecocarcere merfalatetj 
 Vera jacec tenebris amifTa fcientia reruns* 
 
 Qua> fuperac largas Pygmalionis opes. 
 Urgo Clean th sex lux acccndenda litcern* eft j 
 
 Sic aafmi amiflas invenier L 
 
 Tftiecarefull Matrone in her cellbelotf, 
 * let fall a groat,yet where (he did not know : 
 Forthwith (he tinnes aj.ight,then vt-th her broomc 
 She neatly fweepesthe corners of the roome : 
 Thus from the duft and darkened when (he finds it, 
 More than the Phrygian Midas wealth: flie mindes it. 
 y Our fouk a divine fparke^i nee that it fell 
 Into Cimmerian darkeneffe of this cell, 
 The foules jrue knowledg&doth appeare no more , ^ 
 Which £oetfe k&dnd Pygnalkn; richeft ftore. 
 Then muft we light Cleantha Lamp and find 
 By ftudy,ih€ loft treafurcof our mind, 
 
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MerM Emblems, 
 
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 JJEfper ias poftquam Pkabus defcendic in unda% 
 
 Occidua & merfo litcora fole rtibent. 
 Acccndor clari no&urna vicarila Phcebi* 
 
 Bt fucceffivas fedula prarfto vices, 
 lux mea jam queritur confumptos corporis artUfe 
 
 Ec minuic fumen ftiria multa raeum, 
 Cedere fie cogorj reduces j am vercito currus 
 
 Phcebc,orbi clarum phofphore reddediem. 
 5" Chriftus fol mundiv poftquam remeavk ad oras 
 
 Empyreasjfcandens vijrea regtja poli. 
 Tunc fan Aos juffir lucerri prsferreminiflro«, 
 
 Grati* uc in coeco paregt orbe'rlies. 
 Ac poftquam hi fenio fra&i,vigi Jig; labore 
 
 Incipiunt feffis artubns efTe gfa!yes. 
 lampada tuncanima; traduot,opjaktq; viciflimy 
 
 Vfpoffit clara furgere nube »eus. 
 
 y^Hen Phabus fersin the Hefperian ftreames 
 
 And Wefterne (horesblufo wkh his drowned beamess 
 Then I a* P hoabns fecond mnfi give Light, 
 And a& my part in darkenefle of the night .* 
 But now my Light complaines that I decay, 
 And into greafie teares doe melt away^ 
 So [ am forft to yeeld. O turne thy teame , 
 VhabutfLnd Phojpber (hew thy morning bearne. 
 H When Chrift the Sonne of righteoufacfle did goe 
 Vnto his Heavenly manfions from below 
 Then he his holy fefvants did command, 
 Conrpicuousto the world,,like lights,to ftan^j 
 But when thcyfaile with watch ingjtoile^and age, 
 And now are ready to goe off the ftage , 
 Then up they yeeld the light of life and cry $ 
 O come thou Sonne of righteoufneiTe, wc die 
 
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 g^pemlhi noftis credunt arcana filentij, 
 
 Qu«q; folent clarum furca latere diem 
 Martis adulterium Sal toti oftendit Olympo, 
 
 Prodidit & verfis crimiHa Phoebus equis . 
 Eft mihi non temerata fidesi qua: confeia cerio, 
 
 Hzctaceo Confoturior una Deo. 
 f A me mortales taciturna filentia difcant, 
 
 Nc lasdanc fanftam garruUtate Ftfem 
 
 JN fecret filence of the night what's done 
 rt * $ ' ruft / om e )C oncea!e<Kromthe Sunne 
 Pbsrfusdid MarszndVenu! lore betray, 
 And turning backe did greater crimes bewray : 
 
 5? at , , d ° e fce when witneffe « aflee P<V 
 1 hat like Hipocrates I clofely keepe. 
 
 J La mortals Jearne to rule their tongue by me, 
 What lawfulj re cr€ c they doc heare or fee. 
 
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 19. 
 
 T)VM meacantJentfradiaretluminefl^mma, ^ 8 
 
 Et jubari lampai zquiparanda forem. 
 Illaftrem fecit me fplendor,flamma vercnduni, 
 
 Invidiofa alii*,& naetuenda fui. 
 Sedpoftquam mealux torpentiemorcuafungpeftj 
 
 Et tenebr* radios occuluere mcos 
 Torpco truncns inCrs^ *fitam munimine null© ,; 7 ' 
 
 Meroduncglires., quam metuere, facem, 
 ^ Invidiamqj m e tiimqj finuil mprtalibus adfert \ . ' " 
 
 Gloria, majeljas numinc tuta fuo eft. ( 
 
 At poftquam dominum fallax fortwna rcliquit* 
 
 Prjcdanccarmatipurnilioniserit. h 
 
 twHen as my Light much like an ev'ning ikmjij • 
 
 Did caft his glittering beames both neare and Ifar^e 3 
 Then light me glorious, flame me dreadfull made, / 
 And none injurioufly durft me upbraidej 
 But when my Light into afnuffe did turne* 
 And doth'd with darkeneffe 3 1 did ceafe to burnc, 
 Loe how without defence I naked ftand, 
 Thus torne and rent by this devouring band. 
 1T Glory ,a$ cnvy,fo ir terrour lends 
 To Mortals : Majefty it felfe defends 5 
 But after treacherous Fortune flies away, 
 To an unarmed dwnfe its made a prey. 
 
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 20. 
 
 ,]Mcitum molire neras j me tefte vereris 
 
 Aggredi,& indicium fufpicis ufqj mcum. 
 tinfta jam me fperas te potfe latere, 
 Et fine tefte cibi eun&a licere putas. 
 rallerisjin cacis £ux eft <Uvina t'eriebris, 
 Quae luftrat Stygii tefta vercnda lovis. 
 1 tu calpa Dei non fpedas lumen,& atra 
 Non potis es medium cernere no&e diem. 
 ftmodi> fed eernes,quum Lux (Iiprema favillara 
 Aecetidet,qd£ nunc corpore merfa later. 
 50 cjuidtjuid agis,tu pra»fens fufpice numen, 
 In tenebriserede& cernere cun&a Deum. 
 
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 "•Hou gocft about-mifchiefe and ftill doft feare* 
 Leaft t bis my light 'gainfi tiiee mould witflrtife b&tt $ 
 
 I having put me oat rh a think' ft £0 worke 
 ly will 3 and yet in (ecret ftiM to hirfce., 
 Thouart deceiv'd, the dirkncIT^oi'tHis cell 
 Dntainesa light,that fees the Iqweft: htlL 
 
 it thou a Wantjcanft not perceive this light*. 
 
 either difcerne Sun- mine from cloudy n ight , 
 
 hen (halt thou feeit, when the thcty 
 
 iall kindle that fparke which inihy breaft Zvtlilf. 
 
 'hat-c'rc thou doillooke tajtha* Light which mad«j . 
 
 II Lights.atifi'mirie j as day in midnight ihaaL 
 
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Overall Emblems. 
 
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 lac & hinc me flamma vorax co&fumit.umnq; 
 1 E Lagrac ad exitium Lux geminata meum. 
 ■vidic ardentes, velutlfthraus,dcxtera flamma?, 
 
 Cenfulat utq^ mihi, vix cavct lpfa fibi. 
 cino nam ta&a maio,eonforfq^pericli elt , 
 
 Dum coiens cogitcedere flamma raanum. 
 
 Dilapidet fi forte gula bonacuniSa mamw, 
 
 Vxor & in mundum deftruat iHa fuum; 
 inc & hinc difccrpta redit fors omnis ad aiTem, 
 
 Panitct & fero dilaceraflc pcnum. 
 1 uod fi fortunas dextra fulcircrucntej r 
 
 He cupiat fluxas fifterc amicus opei. 
 avifam perdens operam yix tutus abibit, 
 
 Namqi in eum virus vcrtic uterqs funra* 
 sepe malas dirimens lices male pleditur in.ons, 
 
 Vertit & iratas in fra dam*a«unus. 
 
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 r Am confamedwuh devouring fire, 
 1 Whilft Vulcane gainft me doubles thus his ire : 
 rhe hand,much like an lfthme ? doth feparatc 
 rhe flames,and doth it felfe prxapkate 
 [nto open danger,(hewing To its love , 
 rhe fcorching flames compels it to remove. 
 q A thrifthfle husband if he fpend his ft ate, 
 And fo the wife loving to goe too neat j 
 Their (tocke and meanes quickely goes to decay, 
 And late repentance comes 5 when all's away. 
 But if a friend their ruine would prevent, 
 And ft ay their falls be fare he (hall be (he nt : 
 He lofing labour fcarce mall harmelefTe, goe, • - , 
 They both againft him tar ne their malice fo. 
 Oft times who par teth quarrels and debate, 
 A^auift himfelfe doth turne the parties hate, 
 J - Lux 
 
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 *2. 
 
 v*X meapertfltasruriUnsqu*fpargitnrades> 
 ' fcxhilaran* honiineSiignicolafq; Lares, 
 il nfi Cmmeriaspraefere tibi,ccece, tenebras 5 
 
 Culpa tua elHcafiusluroine nulla vides. 
 erncre talpa nequic Solcm,dum luce corufcat ; 
 
 Et nullum caflus lumine>Iumen liabet." ) 
 
 Chnftus vera Dei Lux, Sol jforiffimusorbi eft, 
 
 Deccgic & radiis nubila cun&a fuis. 
 ernimus haud tamen hoc lumen 3 iMii,nr»mine pandat 
 
 HosocuIos,quos jam n©x tei**&rcfa premit. .. 
 
 cad nos Chnfti Lux derivata,f*|fledit 
 
 In prcprium, radio multiplicfiite,jubar. 
 
 fC£ fplendor with his bright and Sun-like ray, 
 
 D oth cheers the hcufejancfdarkenefTe chafe away 3 
 "b thee wh'ait blind, I'm datke as fable night, 
 t*s thy defaulc,not minejthou lak'ft thy fight. 
 r he Moule cannot Hyperions glory fee $ 
 Vho want their eyes, no comfort have by me. 
 7 Chrift is the gbry of that light from hie, 
 Vhicb can the darkeft Chacs fUl defcry j 
 Lnd yet we fee him notuntillour eyes 
 I e open , whicli thkkeit darkeneiTe doth tiwprife $ 
 Hen doth hUlieh^uittdhimfelfetefoA ^,f,~ 
 teal us as initios With arievv alpect 
 
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 Loxia nulla foretfaeul*,nifi furva reoebris 
 
 Involvat mundiim nox racituma fuis. 
 Ua polo quura nulla micat,quum cornua Phce&C 
 Condit, & obfcura fidere cunfta latent, 
 gora condenfanc temicm vicina calorem, 
 Splendidiufq, nitet, node filentejubar. 
 6 magis eft no&is caligo obfe/Ta tenebris, 
 H6c lumen tarda; clarm^eflefolet. 
 Obvia fi adverfis ponas contfaria rebiw, 
 Obfeffis pugnant viribiis ilia nragis. 
 tuti confer vitiumjfplendcbit tttruniq;, 
 Clarius hinc parct dedecus 5 inde fdecus. 
 
 TO glory could I (hew,wer't not the night 
 In fable clouds did mantle up heavens fight* 
 
 hen ftarres are vail'd,and Phce? her homes doth hide» 
 
 ying her creflet and attire aiide. 
 
 \\e more nights fogge doth maske the fpangied fpheare, 
 
 le more in darkeneffe doth my Light appearej 
 
 ights foggy cold doth make my flame more ftrong, 
 
 rid light's more glorious pitchy clouds among. 
 If you together contraries paralcll, 
 
 I contrary opposition they excel!. 
 
 jrtue compare with vice»and you&all (ee 9 ■ CM I 
 
 bis {hew his glory,thax his infamie. 
 
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 KjVnc importunis Boreas me flaribut urge* 5 
 ; Flat, ceu fornacis flamma ciendaforet. 
 Fallitur,m t'enues lucem mihi diffipat auras; 
 
 : Sic confumpta magis,luceo clara minus. 
 Ipfe opcram perdit Boreas,oieumqj ego percto, 
 
 Impar congreflus vinous eftq; meis. 
 T Non fi tardigradus ftimuk) fodiendu* aCeflus* 
 
 Nobilibusftiifulosfubdere oportec equis. 
 Aonidum proles non eft laceranda flagelloi 
 
 Plumbea gens ifto eft erudien-da medo* 
 SMHt certas viresrerum & trancjiulla.facukas, 
 
 Quas urgens nimia feduliea te oecas. 
 
 MOw Boreas puffing in his boiftrous ire 
 Blows as he were to kindle Vulcans fire : 
 He doth undoe me by hischurliftineffe, 
 I am confumed more >and (hine the If fTe * 
 He fpends ]us labour,(b I iofc mine oyle, 
 As no wayes fit to undergoe fuch toyle. 
 ^j You beat the AiTe lingring under his load, 
 The generous Horfe defervetn not a goad : - 
 The Mufes fonnes cannot away with lathes* 
 Which are more fitting for Arcadian afles. 
 Eachftrength within his limits,Nature bounds, 
 "Which who fo paflcth ^Nature he confounds. 
 
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 A Vrcus banc lucis fplcridor trahit amulus aftr % 
 *> Nefcit at infeftas efle calore faces. 
 In fraudes incauta rait; fplendoris amore 
 * Dum capitur,flamm* carpitur igne gravi- f 
 # Splendida purpureoturget qua; gloria amietW, 
 
 Fulget m excelfo confpfcienda loco. 
 Invidiofa fimul, cuh&ifqtte optabilis ardet 5. 
 
 Aft mifera ftuhosimprobitate nccat. 
 Tollit, ut a fummo dcturbet culminejtetas 
 
 Cum miferis mutat glojia vana vices. 
 Icarke vicreo natarunt aequore penn«» 
 
 Phcebovicinasfollicitandov4*s. J 
 
 Dum Phaeton capiturcumts fplendore paterm, 
 
 Eridani in medtas decktjt uftus aquas. ., 
 
 Tuta fatis aon funt^hcpbsis proxima flammis, 
 
 Audeat aaricojaum fi temerare juhar, 
 
 f Ights ftarre-like fplendor doth allure thisflye, 
 
 ^Nqt knowing that (he may be burnt thereby s 
 
 Thus whilft (he kindled with a great defire 
 
 Of Light, toe how toee dies in flaming fire. 
 
 ^ Glory in purple robes is fet on hie, 
 
 Envious to many, lovely to the eye : 
 
 But many times slory doth fooks undoe, 
 
 Whilfr, without wit and reafon, they it wooe 1 
 
 It raifeth them that with the greater fall , 
 
 It may them overthrow and crufti withall. ^ 
 
 Whilft fttfrosfoares to Hyperions beames, 9 
 
 Hfi headlong fals intoth' icarianftream&i 
 
 AndPb^OBdaringfortoruletheday, r 
 
 Was thunder-beate, and burnt with PfrojttKffay. 
 We nearer to the Sunne more glorious are, 
 Xfofiticfco^ingrayeswebeaware. _ 
 
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 fAx ego dum opcatar multum peto lumina flamm*, 
 
 _ A flamma Iucem fervidiore peto. 
 iinc cita n£ acceudor,jam jam confumar,& omni* 
 
 Summisin lacrymas vis liquefa&a cadet. 
 I Res quibus eft anguftadomi>& fortuna novercans, 
 , c 9g«nfnrDominos folljcitare fuos. 
 /emia quibus cerant,& adorant fiipplice voto, 
 
 Munificam duris mittere rebus opem. 
 *unc miferosmora Ionga necat,nam fpes caditomms, 
 ) R ecu la & exilis,quae fuit ante, peril, 
 empeftiva beam doaantis mimera dextrse, 
 
 Dcnaqj cemporibus non njj? grata fuis. 
 
 jj^Hen I this wifht-for light to tinnc defire, 
 
 I proitrate crave it from this flaming fire j ' 
 
 pom whence iflight come not in fitting time, 
 am confumM before the light be mine. 
 Whofemeanesare fmalI,whom Fortune favours not. 
 hey take their patrons mere v for t heir lot 5 
 9 them their applications they <iire&, 
 ttending ftill with homage and refpect t 
 elay undo'th them , makes them fpend their oyle, 
 heir hopes grow lefle,and greater is their toyle i 
 nleffe their Patrons timely (hew their love : 
 V gifes^by timely giying>doul4e prove. 
 
 E I Fax 
 
Helpeorelfeldyc. 
 
MtrM Emblems, 
 
 27. 
 
 TjAx ego fplendebam fixa dum fede- manerem 3 
 
 Salvaq; fublato vertice flamma foret. 
 Nunc poftquam cafus Jucem temcravic iniquus> 
 
 Prona vacillanticorpore tsedajacet. 
 Adfer opem quicunqj vides,fuccurre Jabanti, 
 
 Tutaq; ficnoftrsc gloria iucjs em. 
 ^ Humanum eft labi,vari*q^ qbeoxia forti 
 
 Vita,nequit cerco firma manfej-e loco. 
 Vel qua/Tat fortuna, movet vej lubricus error 3 
 
 Inq, horas hominnm labitur omne genus. 
 Felix labenti cui vis fuccurf it arnica, 
 
 Qniqj hominis,tanquara nu^Jnis, ufus ope eft. 
 Namq; docenc,quaecunq5 nocejij; prudenfq, cavebiS 
 
 I&us 3 cum laffo fortius ibitequo. 
 
 T Shined brightly whilft I flood Hprighr> 
 
 And firmely feated gave a perfed light j 
 But after that mifchance did me furpnfe, 
 I am caft downe and know not how to rife. 
 Helpe,helpe>who fees my cafe,now fuccour me* 
 S®,asbefore 3 my Light (hall glorious be. 
 ^ A man may fall, this brittle \ik of ours 
 Is fubjed to more chances than to houres : 
 Or fortune falfe,or errours ftippery fall 
 Suffers us notjconftant to proove at all ; 
 Happy is he who falling findes a man, 
 |4uch like a Godjfupporting what he can. 
 By hurt he learning gaines^he wifer growes, 
 And with the weary Oxc more warily goes. 
 
 E 4 Cunfo 
 
MmllEmhkms. 
 
 £Vn&a fuam nitoiuntanimamvivenria d*mao> 
 
 A Iterim, vitam nutrio fola meant. 
 Planta rapit terras vircs,8f pafcirar illis j 
 
 Brutaqj florenti germine planta fovec 
 Innocuas nee non animas anitnalia perdtmtf, 
 
 Humanx ut fiancaltili* efca gul«. 
 ^ Alterius damn js hominum pars maxima vivit, 
 
 Aageac utq; fuas res, aliena rapit. 
 Sic homini lupus eft homo,rapto vivitur,& qui 
 
 Fraudepoteft alios falkre,lncra ferecj 
 pelix qui propria dueit fe forte beatum, 
 
 Qup<Igj fuum eMucic fatqj fup exqj fibi. 
 
 ALL living things with others Jofle maintaine 
 "^Their life,not fo my harmclefle light I gaine. 
 The plant doth fecde upon the fertile foile 5 
 And bruitiih br.fts the pleafant pi *nts doc fpoile j 
 So harmeleffe beafband bird,and fi(h muft dv, 
 To pamper mans too licorifh gluttony. 
 But of condition though I mortall be| 
 Yet this my Light is onely nurft by me. 
 % The moft ofmen doe live by others Jofle, 
 Whilft others goods they to themfelves engroffe : 
 So man proves wolfe to maa,and robbery gives 
 Moft game to him,ftho moft unj uftly lives. r 1 
 
 Thrice nappy's he, who's of his ftate content, 
 As if it were Ct<$m or Crafii rcnu 
 
 Sit 
 
NonmewetExting 
 
iMerdl Emblems. 
 
 I* 
 
 Sit mlhi fors quaecwiqg, tamcn gratiffima femper 
 V ita mihi eft,monor non nifi Jaffa mori. 
 Quando manns Domini extinguit,velfortior aur* 
 
 Enecat,auc peflfum cafus iniquus agit. . 
 Sin minus irrupta hanc animam cum eorpore jaagit 
 
 Copula>fupremo non nifi rupta die. 
 f Ipfa hominem juffit vitam naturatuen, 
 
 Qua nil mortali charius cflc folct. 
 Ille fedinviris refecac fuaftamina Parcis, 
 
 Exofuiq; animam,res fibi habere jubet. 
 Scilicet inserts metuensdifcrimina mortis, 
 
 Ante tubas mortem s ne moriatuffjoblt. _ 
 Ah ! mifer ^theria non dignns munere lucis, 
 . Vivere qui non vult, neicit & ipfe mori. 
 
 vy/Hat e're my ftat'sjmy love proves conftantftill 
 W To this my Soule, we part agamft our will ; 
 6r when fierce Boreas with his bluftringgaie, 
 Or fome mifchance my lovely- light doth quale : 
 Elfe I and Light my life,would never part, 
 is efore to a(hes fates did me convert. 
 f Nature commands us to maintaine our breath 
 And being,(hunainglife-deftroying death. 
 Yet man from Atropus ofc takes the knife, 
 And cuts his fatall thred,devouring life: 
 For why,he fearing death before his day, 
 Before th'allarunijmakes himfelfe away. 
 Ah wretch .' unworthy to behold the skye, 
 Who will not live,and knowes not how to dye. ' 
 
 Omnia 
 
MonllMmhUmsl 
 
 30. 
 
 fV Xextinfta peritenon fpes tamen excieflt onfcfo 
 
 ■ Dcnuoq§ accendet lux sediviva facem; 
 DiHtiHs at vivam,morior 5 fie mors mihi lucrum eft. 
 
 ■ Alrernafq; dabit flamma iterata vices. 
 
 J Nos moriraur, fatoq; omtits coBcedimus atro, 
 Et mors eft tanquam merfa foporequies. 
 
 «?amqi anima /Etherias fimujac volicavit ad arces" 
 Corpus in h«c mundi prima elementa redit . ' 
 
 Jonec ad ilia redux anima,hos aflumpferic arms.' 
 Quos pofuit,vita dans mcliorc frui. 
 
 ^Y Light is gone,yec hopedoth ftiU remaine, 
 I hat Light revived feall me quick n again* . 
 game by death,fbr fo I longer laft, 
 ,iit (h all returne, after fome houres are pair. 
 
 All of us dye,whcn thtsow threed is fpunne s 
 >nd cut,deaths droufie fleepe is then begunnel 
 iftertheghueft is gone,the Innes decay, 
 Jir body's turn d to rubbifc and to day A 
 mill the foulc returning doe poffeflc 
 to: bodies in Etematfhappiqdfe; 
 
 Tiberias 
 
MtrAllEmhUms. 
 
 V 
 
 ^gTh£n«isea flamma polaris anhelac ad arccs. 
 f lux in natalem fubvolat ufq 5 locum, 
 ^orpprco fed preffa jugo defcendere flamma 
 b Cogitur, u t qua»rat txdae alimcnta in*,. 
 Decre/cens fequitur fi c fu m en,donec ad ipfum 
 i vf ne?lt ' u * rr * 9 U ° non da* 1 "" irc,rogum. 
 J Mens mea riefcio qua Cali dulcedine-capta 
 
 Cogitat alatam tendere ad aftra viam. 
 KOgrave mergit onus.dum compes duracaJuci 
 t Corporis,hanc meatem ferpere cogit humi. 
 uiveris in medio quaerens vidumqj & ami&wn, 
 Lotum cdic,& patri* vix. memor ipfa fuse eft. 
 
 typ Light up to Heavens Manfions fiilldoth move, 
 
 Seeking his native place of reft ab ove ; 
 Jut being ty'd in bondage to this frame, 
 I ftoopes t o feeke his food 3 and feed his flame : 
 [ oftiIl it finkesdownewardjuntill itturne 
 into a fnuffe, and aflies ceafe to burne. 
 I My mind s Iknownothow,Ioneethtoflyc, 
 fnto the Heavenly Courts and Saphiresky, 
 Jutftill its plungMjfoto the body bound, 
 rhat its compel'd to igrovell on the ground* 
 rhus trailing for it* food my foulecan fret, 
 vid tailing t ote,b« Country d©tb forger. 
 
 Taatut 
 
tAorallEptbltatsl 
 
 3* 
 
 ■#■ Aiitus amor patrii Cceli eft, fie tendit in ateuiri 
 
 ■*■ Lumen, uc adverfas nefciac ire Was. 
 Lux deprefla tamen fcandit 3 penetratq; ruina* 
 
 I IllameaSjmorte&fternitadaftraviam. 
 <J Emicat ad Ccelos anima haeccorpufgi fupinas 
 
 .- Hoc grave,dum Cecum tollere membra cupic. 
 Nitirur } at fruftra $ cbrpus radicibus hserens 
 Terra?, cognataih linquftre nefcit humum. 
 t> eprimit ad filices tumulamq; xfifta fene&u», 
 
 ; Cum parat iatgaamfigere Patxfc caput. 
 Tunc anima. inverfi per corporis ifriruinas 
 Geftit,&ad fuperas fcrre trophifca domo»* 
 
 * « I I ■ 
 
 g Vch is lights love to Heaven>that ftill above 
 
 It mounts>and cannot to the center move > 
 Hold you it undcr,it will upward reach, 
 And through its ruinous body make a breach. 
 ^ Our foule doth bend ourbodies ftraight and even, 
 As with it felfe, it would them raife to Heavens 
 But all in vaine it uodergdes fuch toyle, 
 The body will not leave its native foyle : 
 Age puis it downe 3 and makes it ftoope full loW^ 
 Till death doth eive his fatall overthrow 
 Then through the bodies breach the Souledoth rife* 
 And like a cdn^uerour,mount to the skyes. 
 
 OmaSii 
 
Mohll Emblems! 
 
 U 
 
 Q Mnia qu 2 mea funt.ihecum bene provida ported 
 r . fit mitfompm fobria flaranu fuo. ' *° * 
 
 b i tenuis nuhl fit res,mecum convcmrifli, * 
 r Et quaecunqj venit fors.mihi grata ven it. 
 
 ^Hlquam mendieo^ nee qui<* fit triftis egeftas 
 
 c y iva %fW* fit mortua, euro m?nus. 
 
 ^ iiMt qmbus unum opns e£[ aliena viverc quadraV 
 £tlautamaheriusdilacerarepenum. * ' 
 
 Vulturn humani generis,fuci<j; culinac, 
 
 A ^ c ? famra .h? r ryiae,forfculi penoris. 
 
 At salens aniyum fortuna; accommodat jeqtmm, 
 
 : Metuus modulo feg j penumqjfuo. 
 
 Grauor exiguieft nuic efta pat aVilis horti; - 
 Malvag;, qiiam magna; fportula larga domus. 
 
 J With which I am content, and feeke no mo* •' ' 
 
 What ftateibcver,welcornecomc s tomc : 
 
 I never beggei ali ve,what is dUbcflfe, — 
 
 ^n^not. butoncedeadJcaretViIefle. 
 5 borne Jive on others trenchers,and doe eate 
 fhe bread offlotb/or tvhich they rlevt (wear • 
 
 T^^reedyravemofmankind,tcitcbingdronef; 
 R^ch tables Uarpyes.raw^ChameJions. S 
 pe wifemari howfoever he doth finde 
 Portunc^o it he fitsand frames his mind; 
 He doth preferred courfe and country fajie 
 ^co Ins Patrons dole and difhes rare. ' 
 
 F * Cm 
 
hucenttnon inYideo. 
 
CMorallEmblwt, 
 
 H. 
 
 QV M tua psr rioftisradiarec flamma tenebras ; 
 
 Splendebat tua lux invidiofa mihi. 
 Ac poftquam Titan luftravit iumine terras, 
 Tlamma tua eft 5 tenebris a-mula fa&a meis. 
 ria lucis 
 lullamcis. 
 "i .comitatur hpnorcro 
 Invidia^Sr hvor culmina fumma petit. 
 Gloriolam obfcurat fi quando gloria- major, 
 <51oripla» invidiam gloria major habet. 
 
 y^Hcn thouindarfcenefTe of the night didflblafce, 
 
 I could not without euyy on thee gafce 5 
 But when the Cyclep Titan comes in fighr," 
 There is no ods twixt darkeneffe and thy lipht: 
 I doe not envy thee, although thou (hine • 
 No glor' I have ; nor is the glory thine. ' 
 J Asiightfomeb^ye«do«amaddowgive$ 
 bo glory without envy cannot Kye • 
 When greater glory doth the meane fupptdfe, - 
 It Iikewife takes the envy from the Mcf 
 
 Qui 
 
M$r*U Embltms. 
 
 35 
 
 « • £c . c «P" exunftam node latere feeem J 
 Qj£«^ifungo cum modem* ca<br 
 
 «as prcme, fuDprefllo; imi jam pcdpri5*ft u 
 
 pellica; m flammas diia libido micat. 
 
 tj^Ho fcarft ontragiout rs&iWi damned ire 
 W And wouldft kfafc from nighXprifin'. &.. 
 Pmour the fWtbe fmoakmg fnuffeC* ' 
 Leaft from tbe fmoafcc the fire it felfereS 
 For fire .s next to fmo ,ke, 8 nd oft itsfeene, " ' 
 
 Andaps/iflames.bbfetvethi.rulehemuft. 
 rfcarti eoncup^ence.'fore it'.vehement, 
 r ooke that in wordi hefuffer't not to vent ; 
 
 wwordsarefinoake of burning heart, defire-, 
 .motner hts WO rd S> he need, noffeare the fire • 
 
 *>A blowh»fire, aB dmake. r h im g^ collfcht . 
 
 Mnlta 
 
(JW0/ -all Emblems. 
 
 3<?, 
 
 ]Vf Vita mcam accelerant vie* difcrimina mortem 
 f Et tandem Bore* vis crnculcnta necat. 
 Fla mma cadit, calor excedirjux aarea cceca eft, 
 
 Spiritus,& vitas fpecula parva manec 
 ^ Hanc homintun vitam vexant incommoda mille, 
 - Et minuit noftros fors inopina dies. 
 Cura, dolor perimant,enervant corpora morbi * 
 
 Ettrahit ad capulum dira fene&a fenes 
 Vefperc vel For tuna,dedit quae mane, reveZEc j 
 
 Aut fpoliat miferos hoftica turba viros. 
 Forma peri t fubito, vires franguntur, honores 
 
 Aufiigiunt, fra&as Jinquic amicus opes. 
 Spes at arnica hianet,dubiis fidiilima, rebus, 
 
 H*c comes extrema non nifi merte fugit. 
 
 ^ ThQufandevilsthisrayl.fedotb (pend, 
 
 At length fierce Boreas thereto purs an end : 
 My light, my h c at 5 my flame and ail isp&^ 
 Onely,wrulft breath reraame8,my hope doth taft, 
 H This hie of ours istoft to and againe, 
 Time and unconftant Fortune wrrkes -our bane : 
 Care kits us,gnefe,difeafes doth outweare 
 This lik,E>eath dragges us to the dolefull biere. 
 Fortune taJres what (he in the morninq give; 
 Gr enemies robbe and fpoile what e're we have ; 
 Strengt^beauty penih honours flye aw<jy, 
 Faife friehds jW rfen mcanes are gone.they will not {by ■ 
 Hope s onely conftant in adverfity, J ' - 
 
 Before (he's kild by death, (he will n't, fly, 
 
 Luccntem 
 
MorAllEmblms. 
 
 17. 
 
 [\ centem me adverfa nod jam perdiditaura; 
 a Ifi i , Cnno fed flam, wa$ aura ftcunda dabit. 
 imi leu's u c quondam,vcntiis contraria frirat," 
 
 vno narng^ calor, frigus &ore meat. " 
 I fJPpe procellofi quern excqffit gurgiris unda, 
 
 InpaDpem rediera gyrgifis Unda°refert. 
 
 w» Fort H»* "'anus bbruit.altera tollitj 
 
 San^quodfixit, Pelias hafta latus. 
 
 j/j r * j pc hunc hoftk a terra fovet, 
 Dxfriciles,raciles cxperiere Dcos. 
 
 J^H/Ift I did mine fierce Boreas p Utt we out, 
 Againe he kindles mc at the.fecond bout j 
 g fometiroes dyd the clowne,no w Benas doth* 
 oth heat and cold he breatheth from his mouth, 
 
 Thebillow whom «caft into the maine 
 ^turning threw him in the Shippe againe •' 
 ortune throwes down^thenraifeth from the ground; 
 tthtSes fpeare doth cure whom it did wound, 
 off^ prove £>ood to fornejwhom Greece cendemnd, 
 be Pertfan for his valiour could commend 
 c not caft dowhedifpaire not at mifchance/ 
 <od who hathcroffed thce,willthee advance. 
 
 Hellefpontiacis 
 
M or all Emblems. 
 3 8. 
 
 LJEliefporitiacis Hero viciria procellis 
 11 Sufpcndic claram mrrjs ap arce facem. 
 Hanccerdtens mediis fiabat Leander in undfs 
 
 Ad Dominaj properani gaudia blanda fu*. 
 Hanc pofttjuam exonguit BoiC* violentior auri* 
 
 * aSEquoris in tumidis mcfgitur iVe vadis. 
 Sic juveni fuerat quondam qua? taeda* jugalis, 
 
 Ad funus juveni teda paraia fiiit. 
 f Calicoliim Pater,ac sterni conditer orbis, 
 
 Lumen ab Athena' protnfit arce fuum. 
 Hoc feqaimpr vita; jacjati milk procellis, 
 
 Dum petimns celjffgaudia vera poli. 
 Nulla fed hoc Boreas auc ventorum infania laedst 
 
 Ad portum incolurpes fie licet ire pi:'s. 
 ^uofimul ac feffi pervenimus,illa Jugalis 
 
 fax trit,& n^quafn-fenebris efle poteft. 
 
 £|£rG who dwelt by Hellefponticke Grand* ' 
 
 HangM forth a Light, Leanders marke for land* 
 Whither his helrnelefie coiufe hefleerd and mov*d, 
 Whilfi; he made hafte to fee his welbelo/d, 
 Which when fierce Boreti with hisbluftring blaft 
 Put out, he in the floods away was caft : 
 So that his wedding light became a torch, 
 To convoy him to Pioferpines blacke porch. 
 f Almighty God who made all by hispower, 
 JHolds forth his Light from the Celeftiall Tower : 
 That when the ft^rmes our toffedfoules annoy > 
 It may direft us to.our heav'nly joy. 
 No ftorme asainft this Light can fapreyaile 
 But Saints unto their wiiht-for Haven may faile. 
 Where for their Wedding torch this Light they have, 
 Which never (hall Convoy them to their grave* 
 
Met -all Emblems. 
 
 39. 
 
 sj VHa %re faci & cerat diicrinuna odqth 
 
 ax fimul exnnfta cft^patile fax tetnw&Ci * 
 
 Hyblaeos redolet m^lela cera favos. » 
 
 | Sic prscexta t« dmn fidget honoris i n «ft ro 
 
 Improbu$ ja ffimili s credkur effc probo. 
 cquttm nil miferans perfonam dctrahit Or&sV 
 
 Cxcutic aue nudos fors malefida finus. 
 ic,cacninnancisVulgi tuncfordec in ore, 
 
 ftanafc fentin* ut fceda mephitis olet. 
 HMtin advcrfii contra prpbus-inq; fecundis, 
 
 NHllaqj Forruna tela n6ccr/qncuut. 
 tun ubi mors animam temics cMavicin aura*, 
 
 viva chuncremis *mu?a faroa regis. 
 
 ^Hen as the waxen light and candle did (bine, 
 
 i As wa^the taper, fo the candle was fine : 
 
 hen i light ,s g one,this gives an odious fnuffe, 
 
 lac fiifcb-of Hybl'as fweetc neGanan ftufTe. 
 
 So when the wicked fits in honours chaire % 
 
 ico the good man all doe him compare; 
 
 it when death fparing none, his maske bids of,' 
 
 *d changing Fortune fets him for a fcoffe r 
 
 hen to the frir.de people hedoth ftinke, J 
 
 s namefmeis like a comrribn-uSore or finke : 
 
 ie good againe, even in adverfity , 
 
 ires not for Fortunes faffe fnconftancy ; 
 
 id wheri i againft him death hath done h Cr heft, 
 
 r s name fraells like the Aicrtix ipicy ne& 
 
 Cum 
 
%Mwall£mhkmi$ 
 
 40. 
 
 QVmmarefermcncat tor^sjquum fluai D us fcmiof 
 v t Inramet,& ventis afpera glifcjt hycnw. 4 
 Sol ociUi$ quando eripirar j caligise coeluro , 
 ^ Ectumiduminvolvitnox tenebrofa /alum. , 
 Dax velurijux. noftra monet vicarc Chary Win* 
 m *t ScylUarum jurgia dira canijm. 
 1 Erraihiw vie* ja&ari mille procellisj 
 * Prarpedit & noftrwn nubilus error iter, 
 ScdChriftusclaflisnoftra* prsetoria aavis 
 i lucentem pr*fcrc,pcr vadadrtca faccnt. 
 Hanc fe<jqere,optarasC<jeliqui cendis ad orais 
 ChriftuschimvcraKcftvia,Ioxqjvi*.. 
 
 Jfl^Hen ftdrmie<Bore<w puts the feas in rage, 
 
 h- And fwellin* waves intefting W a r re do wages 
 
 Pcnftn is darfm'd,when nightdoth ^av'acohrWd, 
 
 ^ndfwraingWlovvesgiveadifcordfound. 
 
 W light then leads the way thronga reeling tiztttii: 
 
 Riding by ScyBasxocfcCbarybdisCmdf. 
 
 I Heie we arc toffed in a ' tnaine of fcaresj 
 
 fut Cnrift ouradmirall the lanterne beares* 
 
 -eaft we rhbuIdfufTer (hipvWacfee in the" night. 
 
 ic ieadsus thrpughall gangers by Jiijlight. 
 
 Ni° l ^u !? u d ft < ome to Jtov'n^long *"V for 6sy.> 
 f olIow ib? Saviour wbo»s truth ,ttght,and Way; 
 
 .urn 
 
tMmlltimblm?. 
 
 gVm.mea.per waekas radiarct Inmine LampaW 
 
 •ffimula qimm ftellis flamma comfca foret. 
 Ill prccio fiierac mea Iux,dignabarhonore, 
 
 Inq* oculis cun&is fax mea laeta fuit. 
 Nunc rnqribunda gemo, fordens fufpiria duco» 
 
 Sumq; invifg aliis,ipfa odiofa mini. 
 Quod fi flamma redux fuerit,decus omne redibit, 
 ^ Qujqj prius frixit,fn recjdivus amor. , 
 7 Jcs quum falva raanet,quim> pleno copla cornrt eft 
 
 Inta ftas populus fufpick onrois opes . 
 At fimul fnconftans reflat Fortuna, faccftunc 
 , Omues,& miferisriHlIus amicus adeft. 
 Quin ubi fors vultum mut*T,quum denuoridec, 
 
 Aflcntatorum reflttaturbaredit. 
 Oceani velut unda fluitjfluit imda clientum, 
 
 Ver% dac pelles fors male ftda vices. 
 
 , . . ' "~^ "" *" "•: : -H- ' -— — - 
 
 ^Hen as my Light with beames did brightly (hiW 
 
 And (hrre- light was but equall.unt© mine; 1 
 I was in great requeft andifet above, 
 Was deare to all, who faw me,did me love / 
 Now breathing fighes ,and langui(hing I grohe: 
 Fm hateful! co my felfe>beloy'd of none. 
 If o»ce againe my light bcginne to burne, 
 With it my light and honour (hall murne. 
 f When fortune {landing on her flippery ball, 
 D oth favauCithen are weadmir'd of all ; 
 But if (hefrowncthen flatterers flyaway, ."*. 
 No frierids~*bide, if once your meanes decay ; 
 O But if Foj^ine change 3 and fmile aaaine, 
 Then fawnt th efe flatterers , and beare up your traine. 
 Much like the Sea thefe Clients note and flow; 
 And FortttM lurnes her coat,at every {how. • 
 
 Q' J ft ultra 
 
Morall Emblems* 
 
 4*. 
 
 jTruftra me zrAtntem eclat praetenta facerna, 
 »r ii Luminc Aagrabic tafta laccrna meo. 
 * ottra mcam nofti produnc incendia lucem, 
 € J n J c ^* vcftis datg ; ruinaviam. 
 
 da " m S u, 'c«nq;fovet penctralibus imi 
 rif -c ns * & f P crat P oirc iatcre nefo$ « 
 V?? A la • Fll " ar M m raentc ' cduda, 
 j Scd fruftra in vultus impia flamma micat. 
 S»cqu lcunq . nefas di|> . 0Qncepic 0rc ft is> 
 
 Non minus & Farias impij Oreftis taabet.^ 
 vniimula tuquantumvis, vis infica menti 
 Qfi* peniuis Tcntis, cogic apcrta loqui. 
 
 |N vainc thou mantles up this light of mine, 
 ^Thinking that no man (hall perceive it (hine. 
 Put all in vaine, flame will it fclfc bewray 
 ^Vnd through thy coat, by burning,make his way. 
 If Who in his lower heart doth hurt concealed 
 Hoping that nothing (hall the fame revealc. 
 He hides the torches of the hellifli roue, 
 Which will at length with violence burft out : 
 >Vho doth conceive Oreft t impious thought, 
 ft will ere long to furious fad be brpughr. 
 OuTemble what thou can'ft, that inward fparlce 
 iVil* buxft forth into Light,tbough now its d»kc# 
 
 O 3 Arte 
 
Morall Emblems. 
 
 43 
 
 A lite faber chalybem fingens fictemperat igni, 
 
 Ut fi 1 icis. tterjever bcra f err c quea t. 
 Hcc quando faxi ca^cis incendia ab antris 
 ' Excutit,in cremium malta fa villa cadit. 
 Scintillas fovcthoc rutilas, a fulphure donee 
 
 Accenib flammam teda parata rapit. 
 Teda faci tandenf trsdit,fax ardet ad ufus 
 
 Humanosjaliis commoda>nulla fibi. 
 ^ Sic juffit Natura Deo parere potenti 
 
 Omnia, & Inproprias efleminiftra vices, 
 B/Te quibus Natur* <tedit fine munere vitae 
 
 Herbarnm vic'af prima element* fovenc. 
 Bruttim animal v$ridis terras fie planca iaginat, 
 
 Humanse tit fiant efca parata gulae. 
 Omnia fie noftroi didunt fe commoda in ufus : 
 
 Debemus noftro morigeri etfe Deo . 
 
 HT He Smith the ftecle,fo tempers in the fire, 
 As that it may indure flints ftroke and ire; 
 The flint and fteef>'gainft others while they ftrive> 
 Give fparkles, which the tinder keeps alive 5 
 Vntili the fulphure to the match gives flame, 
 Which keeps, and to the candle doth give the fame ; 
 The candle thus lighted proper ufe hath none : 
 Thus all ordained is for man alone, 
 41 Dame Nature focommandeth ev'ry thing 
 In his owne kind to ferve his lord and King > 
 Things of meere being,and which doe not live, 
 As Elements,food to the living give > 
 The living herbs doe beafts with fenfe mainctaine, 
 And thefe, to feede u^ev'ry houre are flaine : > ) 
 
 So every thing is for the uic of ma n, 
 To God (hould he not doc then, what he cat) ? 
 
 © 4 Vidrix 
 
Morall Emblems. 
 
 4*. 
 
 V J? 5-1 <Juum 1Am rem e*ret ab or{* 
 '£,;' 1 V Iaffi - 8 »*. arm awgKfi:eretiraDcjt.- 
 Nauphuj Argolicai ulturus fraudc carinas. 
 I.. s H f P« ndlt r«tila*.ad yada caca faces 
 I«* in faxa niunt,inimico Jumine falfa?,* 
 
 Euboicifqjnatat naufraga claims aquis. 
 J Pom paimiwpatriamjvitaBiactamurinundij, 
 c Ec gemit affiduo quaffa carina noto . 
 SufpenduBt faculas Honor & damnofa Voluptas, 
 
 InftarSircnisfingituterqidolos. 
 Qaudia proimmmt pprtu^placidamqjquietcm, 
 
 Interca mifcfos in mala damna trahant. 
 vt faprarvahi vitato Capharea Jionoris 
 
 Fal/a,vokpcati$ naufraga faxaiugc. 
 
 yyiien as the conqiTring fleete return d from Trey, 
 
 \jj And Pallas ftormyvvratlvdid< them annoy; 
 
 Then Nauplita fought revenge upon the Greefa, 
 
 And hang'd out Lanterns on the rocky creekes* 
 
 The Greenes deceived did the rockes miitake, ' 
 
 And daihing gainft them did nights (hipwracke make, 
 
 fl VVhilft we unto our wiOit-for Country 2oc, 
 
 *This fflcs feirce billowes toffe Us to tnd fro » 
 
 Honour and glory hangout lights fofaire, 
 
 And Siren- like doe feeke us to enfnare : i . 
 
 A )oyfuII 3 quiet haven they doe pretend ; . 
 
 But oft they draw us toadolefull end: 
 
 & t&ou be wife (hunne honours lights fo hy, 
 
 And from {bipwa< king Siren pleafure fly* 
 
 to » - tut 
 
tPrteftatmorari 
 
CWerdl Emblems. 
 
 45- 
 
 T Vx mea torpenti languet jam proxima fungo j 
 
 Vicina eft nigjr&fax moribunda rogis. 
 Ecce mex prsefto lux inhiat altera forti 5 
 
 Carnificemgj, Jiieis ut potiatur 5 agit. 
 Konimpune meam accelerat tamen ilia ruinam, 
 
 Namg j ulcifcetur noftra favilla necem. 
 <f -Ante diem pattiai minuit jic filius annos, 
 
 Et fi non giadip,fajpe dolore necat, 
 Occupet ut bona quae genitor fudore paravit 5 
 
 Nort tamen HpcNemefis defletjinulta nefas, 
 Dilapidat nanrdUndanepos^rogusajice parentis 
 
 Quam frigetr> nati res male-parta,|perit. 
 
 JlAY Lightjnto a fnuffe is almoft turn'd, 
 
 And now the candle to fmaaking afhes burnM, 
 Behold another Light ft ands ready by, 
 Which to enjoy my place will make me dye. 
 Yet not unpunifliM itputs oat my breath, 
 My very afties doe revenge my death. 
 <ff So doth the fonne his Father make away, 
 If not with fword,with griefe, before his day, 
 That he his Fathers goods andmeanes may joy, 
 Which Nemtfit revenging doth convoy. 
 For oft the fpendthnfts goods Co e vill gotten 
 Are fpent before his Fathers bones are rotten. 
 
 Atratum, 
 
Signum eU Luxijje 
 
M trail Emblems* 
 
 A Tratum glutting videe fcligine fungum, 
 _ .- SentiecillcmcumcoBfenuifTeiubar. 
 T«dt corufcanti flagrabat limine qubndam r 
 
 iuminw, extincto Iumine,ftigma manec 
 T Strcnuusarmatos domnicqui marte duellcs, 
 
 Yulncra vireuti $ iigna rcfirre folet. 
 Zn Veneris meruit qui caftris,vix trahit artus, 
 
 Mcmbracf; cabificadebilitatahie. 
 Difcipuli VultUs macrijinfaniqj gulonw 
 
 Pinguis aqualicutos fymbolica cfle foleuc. 
 ..Sew i virtus fueric,vicium feu ignofeilc^anquam 
 
 Sorcx,ijnhck> pgrtt utrum$ fno. 
 
 ^fftofo beholds tbisfmoalcy fnufte of mine, 
 
 He muft needsthinke thatfometime I di<f fltfnc- 
 Bur now my Light i$ gone,my glory's darke, ' 
 
 Onely of light I have the brand and marke. 
 5 Who for his Country hath with valour flood 
 His wounds doe feew, that he hath fpent his blood * 
 IxiVenm i training who hath beene pra&ifedj 
 Somctoken hfc bearesof what he cxercifed. 
 theSchoilarsbao'gc.are fallow lookes and blanch; 
 The gluttons \i th* famefle of his panch, 
 Vertue and vice doth leave fome token behind, 
 Which of themfctves doe put us Ml in mindt. 
 
Bxtgm melius. 
 
MmttEmblms, 
 
 47. 
 
 Wis b!ei nimia extinguit,moderatag $ nutric; 
 v QuoH fbvet,hoc nimium quando erit, ataniraat. 
 Diluviis fcpcundus ager fterilefcit aquarum, 
 
 At modtcolatas educat imbre comas 
 Delicix enervant animnm, corpufqj falivS 
 
 Torquent 5 eft modics gratia multa dapfe : 
 Vivjtur in Mica melius quam in Apolline, poflh 
 
 Vt Tana, in fano corpore,mente fiui* 
 
 - 
 
 TV/fY Light U beft maintained with little Oylc , 
 
 Too much of that which feeds me, doth me fpoile. 
 Deluge o fwaters drownes t he fertile grounds 
 Soft dropping rainesmakeg h wi>h graffe abound i 
 Riot in cheere the body kils and minde, 
 The meaneft fare, the bell for both we finde ; 
 Rather in Mica than Apollo dine, 
 It thou wouldft wit and health dill to be thine. 
 
 jTurfc* 
 
An eviH-doer hatecli Light. 
 
UMmllEMbUms: 
 
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 •j Vrba latrocimis gnuTans dum perfbrat xdis 
 Noxiaqj in tcnebris furra Latere putat " 
 lux mea per vitreasfimul eft confpefta feneiW 
 
 Tcrrec, 8c hos trepidam cogit inire fuearo. 
 Lux jnvifa trialis, quia ca-cas ^rodere frawies, 
 - Fadare & latebrasin/Idialque poteft. 
 T Tempifs erat,c<rcistcriebrisquomcrfajacebaht 
 
 Cmma , terrigenis nee fuit ulla ties. 
 Tunc graffabatur caco-da-montefta frequentans, 
 
 Peftons acque domus incola fape fuit 
 At poftqnam Eois lux Chrifti affulffcab'oris. 
 Pan magaus tandem fugi c ab <flbe 0eus. 
 
 ^H 4 lft theeves doe digse ar middle of the night, 
 Working the workes of darkneffe,not ©flight J 
 No fooner through the window they me fpy 
 But they affrighted turne their backs and fly. 
 This Light ill-doers no wayes can abide^ 
 Simply rerca!ing,what they falfely hide. 
 <ff There was a time when all in darkened hj % 
 When mortals had a naturail nifch t , no day ; 
 Then Satan that arch • theefe did range abroad. 
 Seeking in hearts and houfes his aboad; 
 But fince that Chrifts bright Starrc hath (hewne his Li Ati 
 GreacPanis d*ad,the DeviII isputto flight. 
 
 H Dabcbat 
 
MorMlEmhkmsl 
 
 49- 
 
 jy&&*t rapjdis mea lux Judibria ventis, 
 Tunica ftdpoftquam Jg pefficida^rn™' 
 
 ^PTIMSP * Iuceo tcSa ma § is - 
 
 Sxternoinjunam roBore fcrre pdteft. 
 ^ Splcodida nobilitasfomm* obnoxia telo e& 
 . Eximwmgs petit livida turba decas. ' 
 
 spicndorcm pietas ut m«rus ahcneus ambit, 
 
 Gloria virtummque a»gidc tt£t* nitet . 
 *k Tit* quafcunque eict fors dira procelks, 
 
 ilia camen luccns fub probitatc laret. 
 
 ', 
 
 gEfoxeTOy Light was to t& winds aicorne ' 
 
 MyWylikewifefubjedtoterorrKi 
 « 0V l 556 ^ e S^ d X th " ^nserne have, 
 *o wh,lftl (hiae from wrong it doth me f aV e .' 
 Even as the Diamond hislight forth fends ' 
 And with his hardnefTeiWf himfelfe defends 
 5 Honoiir is fub/ca to unconftant chance* ' 
 Wor can it without envy* tfelfeadvance - 
 V crtue to honour is a brafen wall 
 guarded with which^t is not hmt at alh 
 AM bow fo ever Portun's ftormes doe blow, 
 *c* Glory lurking chus,his light can (hovr. 
 
 ** * <Sw; 
 
tAordl Emblems. 
 
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 ££rea fax temnit Borealis flamina ve-nti, 
 
 A } ta procellofi nubila ferre poli. 
 Demonftratque viastempefta: no ft is in umbris, 
 
 Etnitidum gelido fub love lumen haber.. 
 Dcfidet at candela domi, luftratque penar.es, 
 
 A debacchantis verbere cuta noci. 
 Gaudia delicisque laris penetralia fervat r 
 
 Ambulat ilia foris, hxc latet ufqj domi. 
 5 Splendida fie vegetus linquit fua tee>a maritiw 
 
 Sub gelido gaudens mania obire dio. 
 Perque maris currit fcopulos 3 ccelique proeellajs 
 
 Augeat ut tefmem fedulitate penum. 
 Vxor cafta domimanet, & teftndims inftar 
 
 Eft domiporta,fui & fplendiHa cura larjs/ 
 Vc fubiterrorum^ifcriminafortis Vlyfles; 
 
 Penelope curamgjeftic habere domus. 
 
 '"PHis waxen torch is nblc to endure 
 
 The winds,when JEolvs puts them in ure, 
 It leads the way in darkneflc of the night, 
 And, though theferene fal.',it fhewes his Light : ' 
 Thecandle ftillltirks at home, and there doth mow 
 Its light, not caring how the winds doe Mow, 
 This as the houfes joy at home doth flay, 
 The other ft ill abroad doth make his way. 
 y The hardy husband from hivhoufe goes forth 
 Seeking to comp^ffebufineffe of worth > 
 He failes by rockes and fands, earcly and late 
 He toiles,and feekes to purchafe an efhtc : 
 The wife at home rjauch like a fnaije fbc fas [j£ 
 Onfeouf-wifry eMpipying all her wits : 
 VlylTei in his trayelshard did (hift , 
 Penelope a t home di& ufc her thrift. , 
 
 H i ■ Vndique 
 
So I am landon by doing good] 
 
 
Morall Emblems. 
 
 Si 
 
 ^Ndiqaelaternam circa graftal" bus Euris, 
 
 Debucrat tutum delituiflc juhar. 
 Importutia nocet; pietas,male provick lucem 
 
 Perdicdum luccm fccnerat ilia {"nam. 
 ^ Si hoftis habetnaurostunc ne pandamr amico 
 
 Porta,feret damnum fie male cautus amor. 
 Hoftibus accedat fi concomicatus amicus. 
 
 Neglige, vicini eft vis memenda mafi. 
 Effepiusfi vis.omnes circumfpiee cafhs s 
 
 Damnofa ne (is impietate pius« 
 
 TWHilft ftormy winds about the Lanterne rage, 
 The light ought to haye lurked in his cage j 
 Vmimely love undoes him while he lends 
 "His Light, loe how his harmelefie life hefp'nds. 
 1T When troops of enemieshefiege the wall, 
 For feare of hurt,(but gates,though friends doe call. 
 If that a friend accompanied with a foe 
 Doth come,feare neighbour danger, let him goc. 
 If thou lov ft to be charitable, doe 
 So good to others, that it hurt not you. 
 
 H 4 Prjrihut 
 
QlorrtlErnbkms. 
 
 
 pRabuit una via m morti jam rima dehifcens 
 _ -Pum male per parvum flabra foramen eunt, 
 Irruitinfanus Boreas, perimitcg latentem, 
 
 Ad Hiram rima eft area lata necem. 
 1 Vna .faburratam mergit fiffiira carinam* 
 
 T*daqj magnificasHeftn.it una dbmos. 
 .Viuus & morbi contagia dira falutem j 
 
 Perdunt,atqj wno vulhere vitacadit. 
 Vnica peccati labes fie pcrdere corpos 
 
 Atq; ammam astern* mergere node potefh 
 Ergo quod eft vnum & parvum : r»e temne periclnm 5 
 
 S*piuscft rasgri caufa pufilla mali, 
 
 r 
 
 F Whilft thorow ir fierce Bon en doth blow : 
 jk crevifc is a Oty gate to death, 
 Who ftiH in atnbuih feekes to flop our breath : 
 J A 1 tdechinke doth Browne the loaded barkc, 
 & ftately houfc is burned with a fparke • 
 fcnd one difeafe doth this our health annoy* 
 '•Me wound our life is able ro deftroy -• 
 3ne Sinnecan Souleand BodyovcnlVow 
 ntothc hell.and darkened thats below. 
 Joe not a danger which j$ meane defpife 5 
 ?rom meaneft caufes greateit ev»Is arife. 
 
 Vnica 
 
(JUirallEmblems. 
 
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 IfNica rima fuit ; lorcalis flamina vend 
 " Qa» poterant folo mi nocnere modo. 
 
 $ Pe&ore vwlneribus patuit qua feutiger Hero*, 
 
 He&oreus lethi hoc repperit enfis iter. 
 £lanta pedis ftiit JEacida penetrabilis,inq- fe an c 
 
 Fcemineam Paridis rexit Apollo maiium. 
 Hoftis afein/idiis veluti, mors obGdet &mnes 3 
 
 Agmina, qua" murus parte laborat, tabet. i 
 ftiria five gelu fuerit,feu mufca,vel urid* 
 
 Gutiula, Londmj lictera fivcneceV. 
 Mille artes callet mo^ infidiofa necahdi, 
 
 Vel facit,aut fa4*m repperit ilia viam. 
 
 QNe chinke there was arid not another way 
 
 For Bore as 7 his Fury to effay$ 
 So Heffou fatal* gift Aiax confounded, 
 And ftor/d him Where he onely could be woonded 5 
 Af olio fo direded Varu dart 
 To wound AcbtUes foote, and kill his heart* 
 m Death lies in ambufh like anencmy. 
 And brafheth where our fconce* wcakeft be. 
 Whether an icecle or drop of water, " 
 Or gnat,orLo»to.Sch6lIer-killing letter. 
 A thoufand trtftit we fee of cunning death j 
 He makes or finds a way to (fop our breath. * 
 
 Ecce 
 
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*MordllEmblmsl 
 
 SS. 
 
 JJCce Vtnit Jtyonfas,qua «on fperatar in IioraV f 
 r - Advemufquepoteftdifcere nemo diem J 
 Scilicec tic fur vis no&urnus lacrotenebris; 
 
 Sic venie c, judex & paranymphus erit. 
 Seraphica ex omni refona6it cardine mundi 
 
 Buccina,tuncnubesclara tribunal erit. 
 Corpora fan&orum, pravorum corpora fur gent > 
 ; «Atque animae reduces in fua membra fluent* 
 Tunc cui : alladiofaturaca eft munere Lampas > 
 
 Salvificamq; dedit Gratia vera fidem j 
 Cum Chrifto fcaudet Ccelos, ductftque triumphant 
 
 Inter Ccclicolos aligeroftjue choros ; 
 Sed cui non ulla pinguefcit Lampas Oliva, 
 
 Cujus & in duro pe&ore nulla jfides j 
 Tarcareos ilium Chriftus relegabit ad igaes, 
 
 In quibus eft ftridens & fine fine dolor. 
 
 |J Ehold the Bridegroome cGmes,he tafccs his way. 
 .Nor Mais,nor Angeil fcpowes thehoure or day % 
 He faies^he'le conoe } much like a tbeefe in night, 
 To judge the world with equity and right ; 
 Angels {bail charge with trumpets founding cleare, 
 And Chrift as lodge (hall in the clouds appeare $ 
 The righteous & the wicfcedthall arife, 
 Bodies and $Qules,to pafleupon thatijze $ 
 He who the oyle of preparation hath, 
 Whom Chrift (hall find furni(h»d with favingfaith, 
 Shall with the ;bklTed Bridegtoome mount onhie> 
 Mongft Seraph jmes triumphing glorioufly i 
 ffiut he yviio hath -nooyle>nor£mhatall, 
 heavens dreatrfull Iudge fhall that raahcurfed'cali, 
 jAnd banith h im into the pit of hell, 
 
 c with thr fiends for cvtrbc-muft dwell. 5 
 
 Qjalia 
 
 
21 trail Emblems, 
 
 QValia fammigeii* qnum fervida muncra Baccki 
 ; J)o Jii in angufto carccrc claufa latent j 
 Qutmdiu fumma cado promuntur vina,palato 
 
 fit melius fapiunt, uberhifqjftuunt; # 
 Aft tibi perventum eft tetrar ad confinia faecij. 
 
 It minima in fundo,& peffima vina latent : 
 Talia & accenfa? fplendent incendia tarda: ; 
 
 jEquali haua Temper famine flamma uitet : 
 Teda recensaccenfa,magifq», &darius ardet, 
 
 Et faculaeft plcno famine pulchra magiv j 
 Aft «bi decrevic ntoribundi ad tat dia fungi, 
 
 Hie olet,eft caccae faxqj maligna facts . 
 Vinum,&fax vita eft,primisqtt« floret in anais* 
 
 Bt viget,& genio nobiliore calet 5 
 Scd fimul effatas fentifcir damma feneftat, 
 
 Pant nobis paucit*dia muka flies. 
 
 mytVch like at vf inc the nurfe of Poets vcjne, . 
 ^When prifon Jike the ca$ke doth it conteine % 
 Farre from the bottome while you draw the wine, 
 You will it find more plenteous and more fine 5 
 But when you come to dreg,no wine abounds , 
 Both leaft and worft remaineth in the ground* : 
 Such like theftiningofa candle we fee, 
 Which kindled once burnei not (till equally 5 
 At 61ft it giv's greater and clearer light, 
 And is more plcafanr both *o4mell and fight \ 
 But when it comes to fnuflfe and even fpent, 
 Itfliineth leffcand gives a filthy fent. 
 The candle & wine's our life,which ,in its prime, 
 Doth flourifti more, and hath more hope of times 
 But when with muftie age our life decayes, 
 Than many forrowesbave we,and few dayes. 
 
 -■*-■- I When 
 
Teluxmeafallit. 
 
 My light efcapes thee. 
 
Morail Emblems. 
 
 |7. 
 
 ^Hen firft my Iioht did (hine,ycu lik'd me well. 
 A Wow that isgone j you bate my loathfome fmeU . 
 *ou witfi prolongers made me Iive>and art ' 
 
 Freierv <T my light 5 but now Tim a<fb hi s part, 
 Tr«mphant r«j f ,ihewes r6^ my glaffe is runne, 
 f What m* God known) I fihde my tinted is fame* 
 Hnvy hath playd its part>df doe ^oe * 
 
 To Coffin ; as I doe,alimuft doefo. 
 Ttme breaths a £hrewd and lift-bercaving blafh 
 Xet upward flyes my ligfowhereit (bail laft. 
 I me glad to part frombody iV vhichIIov'd 
 &o deerejthat many vvayes and arts I prcvM 
 * ne mudWall to maintaine ,md body fave. 
 *utyec i n fjfijgfit of me r'wili go to grave. 
 This is my comforr^^tbat thy tombe 
 Which is thygrave,(hail be thy mothers wgmbe 
 i o bring thee once ngaincunto the lighr, 
 And Iife.which death (ball never know,or night? 
 penbe concent,tbdugh you and I depart * 
 TO Souli and Body Ml (hall have one heart. 
 
 ^Ethejel 
 
jbtmttEmblms* 
 
 *« Et fluicqwd Terr* cft^Iamma valcrc )W<U 
 1ft cin*r«» fuag«i3, fiuaus vanefcit in auras, 
 
 Can«Ulsq» dccus,quod fuit ante,|enc 
 Mors fimul Human* difrupit ftamina vie*. .-* 
 
 C<r tem anima 9 & tomulvm putna membra p«HH 9 
 fcivitiifqsvaiere jubetiafticiiehonorcs, 
 
 Aftra toper* patrio* expetit ilia lares. 
 Difcite mprtalcs mifcra* conccmnerc fortis 
 
 Muncra J qu* tandem reiicienda anim* } ^ • 
 
 Pifcitc Caeleftcs animarum pofcerc dotes* 
 
 Qu*rkc gux fwrfum vos comitcnturopcf • 
 
 FLamc goes to heav'n/rom wbenceit once did come, 
 Bids earth adue, and what it hath there frorny 
 The fnuffe to afties, fmoakc turnesinto ayre j 
 Lights beauty's goncwhich fjmetime was to fajre i 
 When death hath giv'n his laft and fatall blow, 
 Our foule to Hcaven,our Earth to earth doth goe* 
 Riches and honours .which it once did love, 
 The Soule now Iethes 5 and fceket to dwell above.' 
 Learne Mortals^all f alfc pleafures to contemne, 
 And trtafuresjwhichthcfoule muft oncecondemnc : \ 
 Seeke rather for the graces of the minde , 
 Which you your convoy to the Heaven will finde. 
 
 Sutfum cords. 
 FINIS. 
 

 &ufyftci»thy?rifie 
 
 Bury Death and weary Tia&