Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(72) The number 1, 2, 3, 4.
One simple thinge cann nothinge worke,
yt maie not stand, but fall.
Twoe maie both much and great things doe;
but three maie compasse all.
yt maie not stand, but fall.
Twoe maie both much and great things doe;
but three maie compasse all.
And fower, I trulie finde to bee
perfection of ech thinge,
ffor in the same conteyned is
what heaven and earth maye bringe.
perfection of ech thinge,
ffor in the same conteyned is
what heaven and earth maye bringe.
Woe, then, to him that is alone,
Kinge Dauids sonne cold saye,
for yf he fall, he wanteth helpe
to raise him or to staye.
Kinge Dauids sonne cold saye,
for yf he fall, he wanteth helpe
to raise him or to staye.
But where twoe things doe meete in one,
as nature help'd by art,
There mann maye prove miraculous,
through his celestiall part.
as nature help'd by art,
There mann maye prove miraculous,
through his celestiall part.
But rightlie yf these worthie two
themselves from Center spred
To three kinds of Philosophie,
newe Creatures maie be bred.
themselves from Center spred
To three kinds of Philosophie,
newe Creatures maie be bred.
ffor if divine Philosophie,
the naturall and morrall,
ffrom Center spred themselves abrode
and then in Center fall,
the naturall and morrall,
ffrom Center spred themselves abrode
and then in Center fall,
There wilbe vnion of these three,
Sol, lune, and Mercurie;
ffor in the heaven and Earth three things
the truth do testifie:
Sol, lune, and Mercurie;
ffor in the heaven and Earth three things
the truth do testifie:
All which Saint Iohn did trulie knowe,
and therefore rightlie tould
That three is one, and one is three,
which fewe menn cann vnfould.
and therefore rightlie tould
That three is one, and one is three,
which fewe menn cann vnfould.
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But if with all this secrett three
the number fower be placed,
In Tetragramaton I finde
the worke shall well be graced.
the number fower be placed,
In Tetragramaton I finde
the worke shall well be graced.
Add therefore one to three and fower,
makinge the number tenn,
In which enclosed is the skill
fast lock'd from common menn.
makinge the number tenn,
In which enclosed is the skill
fast lock'd from common menn.
Take this my sweete conceyt in worth,
though worthlesse vnto thee,
whose sacred witt, with abstruse skill
is fraught in ech degree.
though worthlesse vnto thee,
whose sacred witt, with abstruse skill
is fraught in ech degree.
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