A PREPOSITIONto thisFrontispiece.THisBookecontayningEmblems, 'twas thought fit,ATitle-pageshould stand to usher it,That's Emblematicall: And, for that end,OurAvthor, to theGraverdid commendA plaine Invention; that it might be wrought,According as his Fancie had forethought.Insteed thereof, theWorkemanbrought to light,What, here, you see; therein, mistaking quiteThe trueDesigne: And, so (with paines, and cost)The first intendedFrontispiece, is lost.TheAvthor, was as much displeas'd, as HeeIn such Adventures, is inclin'd to bee;And, halfe resolv'd, to cast thisPieceaside,As nothing worth: but, having better ey'dThoseErrors, andConfusions, which may, there,Blame-worthy (at the first aspect) appeare;Hee saw, they fitted many FantasiesMuch better, then whatReasoncan devise;And, that, theGraver(by meereChance) had hitOn what, so much transcends the reach ofWit,As made it seeme, an Object ofDelight,To looke on what,Misfortvnebrought to light:And, here it stands, to try hisWit, who listsTo pumpe the secrets, out ofCabalists.If any thinke thisPagewill, now, declareThe meaning of thoseFigures, which are there,They are deceiv'd. For,DestiniedenyesThe utt'ring of such hiddenMysteries,In these respects: First,Thiscontayneth noughtWhich (in a proper sense) concerneth, ought,Thepresent-Age: Moreover, tis ordain'd,That, none must know theSecreciescontain'dWithin thisPiece; but, they who are so wiseTo finde them out, by their owneprudencies;And, hee that can unriddle them, to us,Shall stiled be, the secondOedipvs.Tis, likewise, thought expedient, now and then,To make someWorke, for thoseAll-knowing men,(To exercise upon) who thinke they seeThesecret-meanings, of all things that bee.And, lastly, since we finde, that, some there are,Who best affectInuentions, which appeareBeyond their understandings;This, we knewARepresentment, worthy of their view;And, here, wee placed it, to be, to these,AFrontispiece, in any sense they please.
THisBookecontayningEmblems, 'twas thought fit,ATitle-pageshould stand to usher it,That's Emblematicall: And, for that end,OurAvthor, to theGraverdid commendA plaine Invention; that it might be wrought,According as his Fancie had forethought.Insteed thereof, theWorkemanbrought to light,What, here, you see; therein, mistaking quiteThe trueDesigne: And, so (with paines, and cost)The first intendedFrontispiece, is lost.TheAvthor, was as much displeas'd, as HeeIn such Adventures, is inclin'd to bee;And, halfe resolv'd, to cast thisPieceaside,As nothing worth: but, having better ey'dThoseErrors, andConfusions, which may, there,Blame-worthy (at the first aspect) appeare;Hee saw, they fitted many FantasiesMuch better, then whatReasoncan devise;And, that, theGraver(by meereChance) had hitOn what, so much transcends the reach ofWit,As made it seeme, an Object ofDelight,To looke on what,Misfortvnebrought to light:And, here it stands, to try hisWit, who listsTo pumpe the secrets, out ofCabalists.If any thinke thisPagewill, now, declareThe meaning of thoseFigures, which are there,They are deceiv'd. For,DestiniedenyesThe utt'ring of such hiddenMysteries,In these respects: First,Thiscontayneth noughtWhich (in a proper sense) concerneth, ought,Thepresent-Age: Moreover, tis ordain'd,That, none must know theSecreciescontain'dWithin thisPiece; but, they who are so wiseTo finde them out, by their owneprudencies;And, hee that can unriddle them, to us,Shall stiled be, the secondOedipvs.Tis, likewise, thought expedient, now and then,To make someWorke, for thoseAll-knowing men,(To exercise upon) who thinke they seeThesecret-meanings, of all things that bee.And, lastly, since we finde, that, some there are,Who best affectInuentions, which appeareBeyond their understandings;This, we knewARepresentment, worthy of their view;And, here, wee placed it, to be, to these,AFrontispiece, in any sense they please.
THisBookecontayningEmblems, 'twas thought fit,ATitle-pageshould stand to usher it,That's Emblematicall: And, for that end,OurAvthor, to theGraverdid commendA plaine Invention; that it might be wrought,According as his Fancie had forethought.Insteed thereof, theWorkemanbrought to light,What, here, you see; therein, mistaking quiteThe trueDesigne: And, so (with paines, and cost)The first intendedFrontispiece, is lost.TheAvthor, was as much displeas'd, as HeeIn such Adventures, is inclin'd to bee;And, halfe resolv'd, to cast thisPieceaside,As nothing worth: but, having better ey'dThoseErrors, andConfusions, which may, there,Blame-worthy (at the first aspect) appeare;Hee saw, they fitted many FantasiesMuch better, then whatReasoncan devise;And, that, theGraver(by meereChance) had hitOn what, so much transcends the reach ofWit,As made it seeme, an Object ofDelight,To looke on what,Misfortvnebrought to light:And, here it stands, to try hisWit, who listsTo pumpe the secrets, out ofCabalists.If any thinke thisPagewill, now, declareThe meaning of thoseFigures, which are there,They are deceiv'd. For,DestiniedenyesThe utt'ring of such hiddenMysteries,In these respects: First,Thiscontayneth noughtWhich (in a proper sense) concerneth, ought,Thepresent-Age: Moreover, tis ordain'd,That, none must know theSecreciescontain'dWithin thisPiece; but, they who are so wiseTo finde them out, by their owneprudencies;And, hee that can unriddle them, to us,Shall stiled be, the secondOedipvs.Tis, likewise, thought expedient, now and then,To make someWorke, for thoseAll-knowing men,(To exercise upon) who thinke they seeThesecret-meanings, of all things that bee.And, lastly, since we finde, that, some there are,Who best affectInuentions, which appeareBeyond their understandings;This, we knewARepresentment, worthy of their view;And, here, wee placed it, to be, to these,AFrontispiece, in any sense they please.
THisBookecontayningEmblems, 'twas thought fit,ATitle-pageshould stand to usher it,That's Emblematicall: And, for that end,OurAvthor, to theGraverdid commendA plaine Invention; that it might be wrought,According as his Fancie had forethought.Insteed thereof, theWorkemanbrought to light,What, here, you see; therein, mistaking quiteThe trueDesigne: And, so (with paines, and cost)The first intendedFrontispiece, is lost.TheAvthor, was as much displeas'd, as HeeIn such Adventures, is inclin'd to bee;And, halfe resolv'd, to cast thisPieceaside,As nothing worth: but, having better ey'dThoseErrors, andConfusions, which may, there,Blame-worthy (at the first aspect) appeare;Hee saw, they fitted many FantasiesMuch better, then whatReasoncan devise;And, that, theGraver(by meereChance) had hitOn what, so much transcends the reach ofWit,As made it seeme, an Object ofDelight,To looke on what,Misfortvnebrought to light:And, here it stands, to try hisWit, who listsTo pumpe the secrets, out ofCabalists.If any thinke thisPagewill, now, declareThe meaning of thoseFigures, which are there,They are deceiv'd. For,DestiniedenyesThe utt'ring of such hiddenMysteries,In these respects: First,Thiscontayneth noughtWhich (in a proper sense) concerneth, ought,Thepresent-Age: Moreover, tis ordain'd,That, none must know theSecreciescontain'dWithin thisPiece; but, they who are so wiseTo finde them out, by their owneprudencies;And, hee that can unriddle them, to us,Shall stiled be, the secondOedipvs.Tis, likewise, thought expedient, now and then,To make someWorke, for thoseAll-knowing men,(To exercise upon) who thinke they seeThesecret-meanings, of all things that bee.And, lastly, since we finde, that, some there are,Who best affectInuentions, which appeareBeyond their understandings;This, we knewARepresentment, worthy of their view;And, here, wee placed it, to be, to these,AFrontispiece, in any sense they please.
THisBookecontayningEmblems, 'twas thought fit,
ATitle-pageshould stand to usher it,
That's Emblematicall: And, for that end,
OurAvthor, to theGraverdid commend
A plaine Invention; that it might be wrought,
According as his Fancie had forethought.
Insteed thereof, theWorkemanbrought to light,
What, here, you see; therein, mistaking quite
The trueDesigne: And, so (with paines, and cost)
The first intendedFrontispiece, is lost.
TheAvthor, was as much displeas'd, as Hee
In such Adventures, is inclin'd to bee;
And, halfe resolv'd, to cast thisPieceaside,
As nothing worth: but, having better ey'd
ThoseErrors, andConfusions, which may, there,
Blame-worthy (at the first aspect) appeare;
Hee saw, they fitted many Fantasies
Much better, then whatReasoncan devise;
And, that, theGraver(by meereChance) had hit
On what, so much transcends the reach ofWit,
As made it seeme, an Object ofDelight,
To looke on what,Misfortvnebrought to light:
And, here it stands, to try hisWit, who lists
To pumpe the secrets, out ofCabalists.
If any thinke thisPagewill, now, declare
The meaning of thoseFigures, which are there,
They are deceiv'd. For,Destiniedenyes
The utt'ring of such hiddenMysteries,
In these respects: First,Thiscontayneth nought
Which (in a proper sense) concerneth, ought,
Thepresent-Age: Moreover, tis ordain'd,
That, none must know theSecreciescontain'd
Within thisPiece; but, they who are so wise
To finde them out, by their owneprudencies;
And, hee that can unriddle them, to us,
Shall stiled be, the secondOedipvs.
Tis, likewise, thought expedient, now and then,
To make someWorke, for thoseAll-knowing men,
(To exercise upon) who thinke they see
Thesecret-meanings, of all things that bee.
And, lastly, since we finde, that, some there are,
Who best affectInuentions, which appeare
Beyond their understandings;This, we knew
ARepresentment, worthy of their view;
And, here, wee placed it, to be, to these,
AFrontispiece, in any sense they please.