ThoughFortune, hath a powerfullName,Yet,Vertueovercomes the same.

ThoughFortune, hath a powerfullName,Yet,Vertueovercomes the same.Illvstr. XLVII.Book. 2AASnake, (which was by wiseAntiquitieMuch us'd, the type ofPrudencieto be)Hemmes in aWinged-ball, which doth imply,ThatFickle-fortune, from which, none are free.Above thisBall, theSnakeadvanceth too,TheLaurell, and theSword; which,Emblemsare,Whereby ourAuthourmaketh much adoe,AConquestoverFortune, to declare.And, well enough this purpose it befits,If (Reader) any one of those thou be,WhoseFortunesmust be mended by theirWits;And, it affords instructions fit for thee:For, hence, thou mayst collect, that, no estateCan, byMisfortunesmeans, become so bad,But,Prudence(who isMistresseoverFate)May rule it so, that, good it might be made.ThoughFortunesoutlawes, on thyRichesprey,ByWisedome, there is meanes, of getting more;And, ev'ry rub that's placed in thy way,Shall make thee walke more safely, then before.NorPoverty, norPaynes, norSpightfulnesse,Nor otherMischiefes, thatMischancecan doe thee,Shall bring thee any sorrow or distresse,Which will not be, at last, advantage to thee.Lord, give me such aPrudence: for myFortunePuts many foyles, and cruell thrusts upon me:Thy helpe, long since, it made me to importune;And, thou didst grant it, or she had undone me.Still, daigne me thy assistance,Lord, and, than,Let allMisfortunes, doe the worst they can.

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AASnake, (which was by wiseAntiquitieMuch us'd, the type ofPrudencieto be)Hemmes in aWinged-ball, which doth imply,ThatFickle-fortune, from which, none are free.Above thisBall, theSnakeadvanceth too,TheLaurell, and theSword; which,Emblemsare,Whereby ourAuthourmaketh much adoe,AConquestoverFortune, to declare.And, well enough this purpose it befits,If (Reader) any one of those thou be,WhoseFortunesmust be mended by theirWits;And, it affords instructions fit for thee:For, hence, thou mayst collect, that, no estateCan, byMisfortunesmeans, become so bad,But,Prudence(who isMistresseoverFate)May rule it so, that, good it might be made.ThoughFortunesoutlawes, on thyRichesprey,ByWisedome, there is meanes, of getting more;And, ev'ry rub that's placed in thy way,Shall make thee walke more safely, then before.NorPoverty, norPaynes, norSpightfulnesse,Nor otherMischiefes, thatMischancecan doe thee,Shall bring thee any sorrow or distresse,Which will not be, at last, advantage to thee.Lord, give me such aPrudence: for myFortunePuts many foyles, and cruell thrusts upon me:Thy helpe, long since, it made me to importune;And, thou didst grant it, or she had undone me.Still, daigne me thy assistance,Lord, and, than,Let allMisfortunes, doe the worst they can.

ASnake, (which was by wiseAntiquitie

Much us'd, the type ofPrudencieto be)

Hemmes in aWinged-ball, which doth imply,

ThatFickle-fortune, from which, none are free.

Above thisBall, theSnakeadvanceth too,

TheLaurell, and theSword; which,Emblemsare,

Whereby ourAuthourmaketh much adoe,

AConquestoverFortune, to declare.

And, well enough this purpose it befits,

If (Reader) any one of those thou be,

WhoseFortunesmust be mended by theirWits;

And, it affords instructions fit for thee:

For, hence, thou mayst collect, that, no estate

Can, byMisfortunesmeans, become so bad,

But,Prudence(who isMistresseoverFate)

May rule it so, that, good it might be made.

ThoughFortunesoutlawes, on thyRichesprey,

ByWisedome, there is meanes, of getting more;

And, ev'ry rub that's placed in thy way,

Shall make thee walke more safely, then before.

NorPoverty, norPaynes, norSpightfulnesse,

Nor otherMischiefes, thatMischancecan doe thee,

Shall bring thee any sorrow or distresse,

Which will not be, at last, advantage to thee.

Lord, give me such aPrudence: for myFortune

Puts many foyles, and cruell thrusts upon me:

Thy helpe, long since, it made me to importune;

And, thou didst grant it, or she had undone me.

Still, daigne me thy assistance,Lord, and, than,

Let allMisfortunes, doe the worst they can.

ALife, withgood-repute, Jle have,Or, winne an honourableGrave.Illvstr. XLVIII.Book. 2IIN this ourEmblem, you shall finde exprestAMan, incountring with aSalvage-beast;And, he resolveth (as hisMottosayes)Tolivewithhonour; or, todyewithpraise.I like theResolution, and theDeed,In which, thisFigureteacheth to proceed.For, us, me thinkes, it counselleth, to doe,An act, which all men are oblig'd unto.That uglyBore(wherewith the man in strifeHere seemes to be) doth meane aSwinish-life,And, all those beastlyVices, that assayTo root becommingVertuesquite away;ThoseVices, which not onely marre our features,But, also, ruinate our manly natures.The harmefull fury, of this ragingBore,Oppose couragiously, lest more and more,It get within you; and, at last, appeareMore prevalent, then your defences are.It is a large-grownePig, of that wildeSwine,Which, ev'ry day, attempts to undermineOurSafetiesFort: Twas he, which long agoe,Did seeke theHoly-Vineyardsoverthrow:And, if we charge him not with all our power,TheSire, orhee, will enter and devoure.But, what's our Strength,O Lord!or, what are weeIn such aCombate, without ayde from thee?Oh, come to helpe us, therefore, in this Fight;And, let us be inabled in thy might:So, we shall both inlife-time, Conquests have;And, be victorious, also, in theGrave.

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IIN this ourEmblem, you shall finde exprestAMan, incountring with aSalvage-beast;And, he resolveth (as hisMottosayes)Tolivewithhonour; or, todyewithpraise.I like theResolution, and theDeed,In which, thisFigureteacheth to proceed.For, us, me thinkes, it counselleth, to doe,An act, which all men are oblig'd unto.That uglyBore(wherewith the man in strifeHere seemes to be) doth meane aSwinish-life,And, all those beastlyVices, that assayTo root becommingVertuesquite away;ThoseVices, which not onely marre our features,But, also, ruinate our manly natures.The harmefull fury, of this ragingBore,Oppose couragiously, lest more and more,It get within you; and, at last, appeareMore prevalent, then your defences are.It is a large-grownePig, of that wildeSwine,Which, ev'ry day, attempts to undermineOurSafetiesFort: Twas he, which long agoe,Did seeke theHoly-Vineyardsoverthrow:And, if we charge him not with all our power,TheSire, orhee, will enter and devoure.But, what's our Strength,O Lord!or, what are weeIn such aCombate, without ayde from thee?Oh, come to helpe us, therefore, in this Fight;And, let us be inabled in thy might:So, we shall both inlife-time, Conquests have;And, be victorious, also, in theGrave.

IN this ourEmblem, you shall finde exprest

AMan, incountring with aSalvage-beast;

And, he resolveth (as hisMottosayes)

Tolivewithhonour; or, todyewithpraise.

I like theResolution, and theDeed,

In which, thisFigureteacheth to proceed.

For, us, me thinkes, it counselleth, to doe,

An act, which all men are oblig'd unto.

That uglyBore(wherewith the man in strife

Here seemes to be) doth meane aSwinish-life,

And, all those beastlyVices, that assay

To root becommingVertuesquite away;

ThoseVices, which not onely marre our features,

But, also, ruinate our manly natures.

The harmefull fury, of this ragingBore,

Oppose couragiously, lest more and more,

It get within you; and, at last, appeare

More prevalent, then your defences are.

It is a large-grownePig, of that wildeSwine,

Which, ev'ry day, attempts to undermine

OurSafetiesFort: Twas he, which long agoe,

Did seeke theHoly-Vineyardsoverthrow:

And, if we charge him not with all our power,

TheSire, orhee, will enter and devoure.

But, what's our Strength,O Lord!or, what are wee

In such aCombate, without ayde from thee?

Oh, come to helpe us, therefore, in this Fight;

And, let us be inabled in thy might:

So, we shall both inlife-time, Conquests have;

And, be victorious, also, in theGrave.

Sheeshall increase in glory, still,Vntill herlight, the world, doth fill.Illvstr. XLIX.Book. 2WWHat in thisEmblem, that mans meanings were,Who made it first, I neither know nor care;For, whatsoere, he purposed, or thought,To serve mypurpose, now it shall be taught;Who, many times, before this Taske is ended,Must picke outMoralls, where was none intended.This knot ofMoones(orCrescents) crowned thus,Illustrate may a Mystery to us,Of pious use (and, peradventure, such,As from oldHieroglyphicks, erres not much)Old-times, upon theMoone, threenamesbestow'd;Because, three diverse wayes, her selfe she show'd:And, in thesacred-bookes, it may be showne,Thatholy-Church, was figur'd by theMoone.Then, these threeMoones in one, may intimateTheholy-Churchesthreefold blest estate.TheMoone, still, biding in ourHemisphære,May typifie theChurch, consisting, here,Of men, yet living: when she shewes her lightAmong us here,in portions of the night;TheChurchit figures, as consist she mayOfthem, whosebodiesin theGravedoe stay;And, whose blestspirits, are ascended thither,WhereSouleandBodymeet, at last, together.But, when theMooneis hidden from our eyes,TheChurch-triumphant, then, she signifies;Which, is aCrescentyet, that, some, and some,Must grow, till all her parts together come:And, then, thisMooneshall beames, at full, display;Lord,hasten this greatCoronation-day.

Illvstr. XLIX.Book. 2

WWHat in thisEmblem, that mans meanings were,Who made it first, I neither know nor care;For, whatsoere, he purposed, or thought,To serve mypurpose, now it shall be taught;Who, many times, before this Taske is ended,Must picke outMoralls, where was none intended.This knot ofMoones(orCrescents) crowned thus,Illustrate may a Mystery to us,Of pious use (and, peradventure, such,As from oldHieroglyphicks, erres not much)Old-times, upon theMoone, threenamesbestow'd;Because, three diverse wayes, her selfe she show'd:And, in thesacred-bookes, it may be showne,Thatholy-Church, was figur'd by theMoone.Then, these threeMoones in one, may intimateTheholy-Churchesthreefold blest estate.TheMoone, still, biding in ourHemisphære,May typifie theChurch, consisting, here,Of men, yet living: when she shewes her lightAmong us here,in portions of the night;TheChurchit figures, as consist she mayOfthem, whosebodiesin theGravedoe stay;And, whose blestspirits, are ascended thither,WhereSouleandBodymeet, at last, together.But, when theMooneis hidden from our eyes,TheChurch-triumphant, then, she signifies;Which, is aCrescentyet, that, some, and some,Must grow, till all her parts together come:And, then, thisMooneshall beames, at full, display;Lord,hasten this greatCoronation-day.

WHat in thisEmblem, that mans meanings were,

Who made it first, I neither know nor care;

For, whatsoere, he purposed, or thought,

To serve mypurpose, now it shall be taught;

Who, many times, before this Taske is ended,

Must picke outMoralls, where was none intended.

This knot ofMoones(orCrescents) crowned thus,

Illustrate may a Mystery to us,

Of pious use (and, peradventure, such,

As from oldHieroglyphicks, erres not much)

Old-times, upon theMoone, threenamesbestow'd;

Because, three diverse wayes, her selfe she show'd:

And, in thesacred-bookes, it may be showne,

Thatholy-Church, was figur'd by theMoone.

Then, these threeMoones in one, may intimate

Theholy-Churchesthreefold blest estate.

TheMoone, still, biding in ourHemisphære,

May typifie theChurch, consisting, here,

Of men, yet living: when she shewes her light

Among us here,in portions of the night;

TheChurchit figures, as consist she may

Ofthem, whosebodiesin theGravedoe stay;

And, whose blestspirits, are ascended thither,

WhereSouleandBodymeet, at last, together.

But, when theMooneis hidden from our eyes,

TheChurch-triumphant, then, she signifies;

Which, is aCrescentyet, that, some, and some,

Must grow, till all her parts together come:

And, then, thisMooneshall beames, at full, display;

Lord,hasten this greatCoronation-day.

TrueVertueis aCoat of Maile,'Gainst which, noWeaponscan prevaile.Illvstr. L.Book. 2LLOrd, what a coyle men keepe, and, with what careTheirPistolls, and, theirSwordsdoe they prepare,To be in readinesse? and, how they loadThemselves with Irons, when they ride abroad?How wise and wary too, can they become,To fortifie their persons up at home,With lockes, and barres? and suchdomestick-Armes,As may secure their bodies, there, from harmes?However, when all's done, we see, their foesBreake in, sometimes, and worke their overthrowes.For, though (about themselves, with Cable-quoiles,They could inclose a hundred thousand miles)Thegunshotof a slanderoustongue, may smite,TheirFamequite through it, to the veryWhite.Yea, more (though, there, from others, they were free)They wounded, by themselves, to death might be,Except theirInnocence, more guards them, thanThe strength of twenty royallArmies, can.If, therefore, thou thySpoylers, wilt beguile,Thou must be armed, like thisCrocodile;Ev'n with such nat'rallArmour(ev'ry day)As no man can bestowe, or take away:For, spitefullMalice, at one time or other,Will pierce all borrowedArmours, put together.Without, letPatiencedurifie thy Skin;LetInnocencie, line thy heartwithin;Let constantFortitude, unite them so,That, they may breake the force of ev'ry blow:And, when thou thus artarm'd, if ill thou speed;Let me sustaine theMischiefe, in thy steed.Finis Libri secundi.

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LLOrd, what a coyle men keepe, and, with what careTheirPistolls, and, theirSwordsdoe they prepare,To be in readinesse? and, how they loadThemselves with Irons, when they ride abroad?How wise and wary too, can they become,To fortifie their persons up at home,With lockes, and barres? and suchdomestick-Armes,As may secure their bodies, there, from harmes?However, when all's done, we see, their foesBreake in, sometimes, and worke their overthrowes.For, though (about themselves, with Cable-quoiles,They could inclose a hundred thousand miles)Thegunshotof a slanderoustongue, may smite,TheirFamequite through it, to the veryWhite.Yea, more (though, there, from others, they were free)They wounded, by themselves, to death might be,Except theirInnocence, more guards them, thanThe strength of twenty royallArmies, can.If, therefore, thou thySpoylers, wilt beguile,Thou must be armed, like thisCrocodile;Ev'n with such nat'rallArmour(ev'ry day)As no man can bestowe, or take away:For, spitefullMalice, at one time or other,Will pierce all borrowedArmours, put together.Without, letPatiencedurifie thy Skin;LetInnocencie, line thy heartwithin;Let constantFortitude, unite them so,That, they may breake the force of ev'ry blow:And, when thou thus artarm'd, if ill thou speed;Let me sustaine theMischiefe, in thy steed.

LOrd, what a coyle men keepe, and, with what care

TheirPistolls, and, theirSwordsdoe they prepare,

To be in readinesse? and, how they load

Themselves with Irons, when they ride abroad?

How wise and wary too, can they become,

To fortifie their persons up at home,

With lockes, and barres? and suchdomestick-Armes,

As may secure their bodies, there, from harmes?

However, when all's done, we see, their foes

Breake in, sometimes, and worke their overthrowes.

For, though (about themselves, with Cable-quoiles,

They could inclose a hundred thousand miles)

Thegunshotof a slanderoustongue, may smite,

TheirFamequite through it, to the veryWhite.

Yea, more (though, there, from others, they were free)

They wounded, by themselves, to death might be,

Except theirInnocence, more guards them, than

The strength of twenty royallArmies, can.

If, therefore, thou thySpoylers, wilt beguile,

Thou must be armed, like thisCrocodile;

Ev'n with such nat'rallArmour(ev'ry day)

As no man can bestowe, or take away:

For, spitefullMalice, at one time or other,

Will pierce all borrowedArmours, put together.

Without, letPatiencedurifie thy Skin;

LetInnocencie, line thy heartwithin;

Let constantFortitude, unite them so,

That, they may breake the force of ev'ry blow:

And, when thou thus artarm'd, if ill thou speed;

Let me sustaine theMischiefe, in thy steed.

Finis Libri secundi.

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