A choice of emblemes, and other devises For the moste part gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised, by Geffrey Whitney. A worke adorned with varietie of matter, both pleasant and profitable: Wherein those that please, maye finde to fit their fancies: Bicause herein, by the office of the eie, and the eare, the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes, shadowed with pleasant deuises: both fit for the vertuous, to their incoraging: and for the wicked, for their admonishing and amendment |
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Abstinentia.
Ad ampliss. virum Dn Carolvm Calthorpe Regiæ Matis
procuratorcm in Hibernia, Dn. mihi omnibus modis colendissimum.
Who so are plac'd, in sacred Iustice roome,
And haue in charge, her statutes to obserue:
Let them with care, behoulde this garnish'd toome,
That suche a one, at lengthe they maie deserue:
Of marble harde, suppose the same to bee,
An Ewer eeke, vppon one corner standes,
At th' other ende, a bason wee maie see:
With Towell faire, to wipe theire washed handes:
Th' effecte whereof, let Iudges printe in minde,
That they maie leaue a lasting name behinde.
And haue in charge, her statutes to obserue:
Let them with care, behoulde this garnish'd toome,
That suche a one, at lengthe they maie deserue:
Of marble harde, suppose the same to bee,
An Ewer eeke, vppon one corner standes,
At th' other ende, a bason wee maie see:
With Towell faire, to wipe theire washed handes:
Th' effecte whereof, let Iudges printe in minde,
That they maie leaue a lasting name behinde.
The marble showes: they must bee firme, and sure,
And not be pierc'd, nor mooued from the truthe:
The reste declare: they must bee cleane, and pure;
And not inclin'd to rigor, or to ruthe.
But, when a cause before them shalbee harde,
With conscience cleare, let them the same decide:
No Ritche, or Poore, or frend, or foe, regarde.
For feare, they doe throughe theire affections slide:
But let them washe, theire handes from euerie crime,
That God maye blesse, and here prolonge theire time.
Non priùs in dulcem declinat lumina somnum,
And not be pierc'd, nor mooued from the truthe:
The reste declare: they must bee cleane, and pure;
And not inclin'd to rigor, or to ruthe.
But, when a cause before them shalbee harde,
With conscience cleare, let them the same decide:
No Ritche, or Poore, or frend, or foe, regarde.
For feare, they doe throughe theire affections slide:
But let them washe, theire handes from euerie crime,
That God maye blesse, and here prolonge theire time.
Omnia quàm longi reputauerit acta diei;
Qua prætergressus? quid gestum in tempore? quid non?
Cur isti facto decus abfuit, aut ratio illi?
Quid mihi præteritum: cur hæc sententia sedit,
Quam melius mutare fuit? miseratus egentem,
Cur aliaquom fracta persense mente dolorem?
Quid volui, quod nolle bonum foret? vtile honesto
Cur malus antetuli? mim dicto, aut denique vultu
Perstrictus quisquam? cur me natura, magis quàm
Disciplina trahit? sic dicta & facta per omnia
Ingrediens, ortóque à vespere cuncta reuoluens,
Offensus prauis, dat palmam, & præmia rectis.
Auson. de viro bono Edyll. 18.
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