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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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CYPR.

When eyes are dimme, eares deafe, visage pale, teeth decaid, skin withered; breath tainted, pipes furred, knees trembling, hands fumbling; feet fayling, the sudden downefall of thy fleshly house is neare at hand.