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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

[Emblemes]

[dedication]

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

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S. GREG. lib. 9 mor cap. 44 in Cap. 10 Job.

As moderate afflictions bring teares; so immoderate take away teares; Insomuch that sorrow becomes no sorrow which swallowing up the mind of the afflicted, takes away the sense of the affliction.