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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.

4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

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5.

I.

I. CANTICLES V. VIII.

II.

II. CANTICLES II. V.

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III.

III. CANTICLES II. XVI.

My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth among the Lillies.

3.

IV.

IV. CANTICLES VII. X.

V.

V. CANTICLES V. VI.

VI.

VI. PSALMS LXXIII. XXV.

VII.

VII. PSALMS CXX. V.

VIII.

VIII. ROMANS VII. XXIV.

IX.

IX. PHILIPPIANS I. XXIII.

X.

X. PSALMS CXLII. VII.

XI.

XI. PSALMS XLII. I.

XII.

XII. PSALMS XLII. II.

XIII.

XIII. PSALMS LV. VI.

XIV.

XIV. PSALMS LXXXIV. I.

XV.

XV. CANTICLES VIII. XIV.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 6.

[Of Merc' and Justice is thy Kingdome built]

Of Merc' and Justice is thy Kingdome built;
This plagues my Sin; and that removes my guilt:
When ere I sue, Assuerus like decline
Thy Scepter; Lord, say, Halfe my kingdome's thine.