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Emblems Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical

Expressed in Sculpture, and Applied to the several Ages, Occasions, and Conditions of the Life of Man. By a person of Quality

EMBLEMS Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical.

[EMBLEM I.] The Phœnix.

II.

[EMBLEM II.] The good Wife.

III.

[EMBLEM III.] No Working, no Eating.

IV.

[EMBLEM IV.] Take Time by the Foretop

[EMBLEM V.] Whet no Let.

VI.

[EMBLEM VI.] First consider, then speak.

VII.

[EMBLEM VII.] Industry prevents Indigence.

VIII.

[EMBLEM VIII.] Soon ripe, soon rotten.

IX.

[EMBLEM IX.] Sweet Meat, sowre Sauce.

EMBLEM X. Beware of a Lyer.

XI.

EMBLEM XI. Death and Sleep compared.

XII.

EMBLEM XII. The Gardens excellencie.

XIII.

EMBLEM XIII. A Contented minde worth all.

XIV.

EMBLEM XIV. The World's drudgery.

XV.

EMBLEM XV. The good Physician.

XVI.

EMBLEM XVI. Others Harms, our Arms.

XVII.

EMBLEM XVII. The World's Vanity.

XVIII.

EMBLEM XVIII. The Womans defence.

XIX.

EMBLEM XIX. Know when ye are well.

XX.

EMBLEM XX. Diligence makes rich.

XXI.

EMBLEM XXI. Pride will have a fall.

XXII.

EMBLEM XXII. For Work, or for Weapon.

XXIII.

EMBLEM XXIII. The dutiful Son.

XXIV.

EMBLEM XXIV. The Impotent Begger.

XXV.

EMBLEM XXV. Kindred not always Friends.

XXVI.

EMBLEM XXVI. Try before ye trust.

XXVII.

EMBLEM XXVII. Well fare a good Conceit.

XXVIII.

EMBLEM XXVIII. Every one hope the best.

XXIX.

EMBLEM XXIX. Every thing in its Season.

XXX.

EMBLEM XXX. Labour in vain.

XXXI.

EMBLEM XXXI. Shrubs safer then Cedars.

XXXII.

EMBLEM XXXII. The Cheating Physician.

XXXIII.

EMBLEM XXXIII. Natural Affection.

XXXIV.

EMBLEM XXXIV. The Sayings of the seven Sages.

XXXV.

EMBLEM XXXV. The Blessings of Peace.

XXXVI.

EMBLEM XXXVI. Nothing will last always.

XXXVII.

EMBLEM XXXVII. A friend at need, a friend indeed.

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EMBLEM XV. The good Physician.

To Learned Physicians. This Emblem is humbly presented.

Here in this Figure is presented thus
The fam'd Physician, Æsculapius,
Who had such skill in Physick, (it should seem)
That as a God the people did him deem.

Which by his Lawrel-Crown is represented.
His Beard declares him well experimented,
And grave likewise; both which do well commend
All such as Physicks practice do pretend.

The Scepter shews how he doth bear the sway
Among his Patients; none dares say him nay.
The ragged Staff denotes his crabbed skill,
Or else in stead of cure, he'd often kill.

His Sitting shews he must have minde sedate,
That so he may all rash proceeding hate.
The Serpent shews how he doth age restore,
And oft recover persons from deaths door.

The wakeful Cock his watching doth declare,
The better of his Patients to take care.
The Dog of faithfulness is emblem true;
Which a Physician ought all times to shew.

Physicians that are qualifi'd like this,
Of making Cures can rare or never miss:
But wanting true endowments for the same,
They of Physicians do usurp the name.