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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

2.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

3.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

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4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

I.

I. ROMANS VII. XXIII.

II.

II. PSALMS CXIX. V.

III.

III. PSALMS XVII. V.

IV.

IV. PSALMS CXIX. CXX.

V.

V. PSALMS CXIX. XXXVII.

VI.

VI. ESTHER VII. III.

VII.

VII. CANTICLES VII. XI.

VIII.

VIII. CANTICLES I. III.

IX.

IX. CANTICLES VIII. I.

X.

X. CANTICLES XXX. I.

XI.

XI. CANTICLES III. II.

XII.

XII. CANTICLES III. III.

XIII.

XIII. PSALMS LXXII. XXVIII.

XIV.

XIV. CANTICLES II. III.

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XV.

XV. PSALMS CXXXXVII. IV.

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How shall we sing a song of the Lord in a strange land?

S. AUGUST. Med. Cap. 33.

15.

5.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 12.

[I follow'd Rest, Rest fled, and soone forsooke me]

I follow'd Rest, Rest fled, and soone forsooke me;
I ran from Griefe, Griefe ran, and over-tooke me.
What shall I doe? Lest I be too much tost
On worldly Crosses, LORD, let me be crost.