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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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[By Fathers, backt; by Holy Writ, led on]

1.

THE FIRST BOOKE

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2.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

I.

I. ISAIAH L. XI

II.

II. ECCLESIASTES IV. VIII.

III.

III. JOB XVIII. VIII.

IV.

IV. HOSEA CXIII. III.

V.

V. PROVERBS XXIII. V.

VI.

VI. JOB XV. XXXI.

VII.

VII. DEUTERONOMY XXXX. XIX.

VIII.

VIII. PHILIPPIANS III. XIX.

IX.

IX. ISAIAH X. III.

X.

X. NAHUM II. X.

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XI.

XI. MATTHEW VII. XIV.

Narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

11.

EPIGRAM 11.

XII.

XII. GALATIANS VI. XIV.

XIII.

XIII. PROVERBS XXVI. XI.

XIV.

XIV. PROVERBS XXIV. XVI.

XV.

XV. JEREMIAH XXXII. XL.

3.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

5.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 11.

[O Cupid, if thy smoother way were right]

O Cupid, if thy smoother way were right,
I should mistrust this Crowne were counterfeit:
The way's not easie where the Prize is great:
I hope no virtues, where I smell no sweat.