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EMBLEME 22.
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EMBLEME 22.
Behold, on what the Romaine Faith consists:So tost by Errours winds; so lapt in Mists;
That their Arch-pilot scarse can rule the sterne:
He lackes foundation, therefore still to learne
How to make's Ship his Harbour. O I wonder
Th'ore burden'd Vessell crackes not quite asunder,
And sinkes not downe, opprest by its owne weight,
With sinfull soules so stuft, and over-freight.
The high Auenger (though he seemes to faile)
With winged wrath will split their proudest saile.
Heau'ns yron-hand (most slowly heau'd aloft)
Falls quicke, dead-sure, and home, although not oft.
All wish, for their sakes of Romes simpler sort,
That you might steere their vessell to the Port:
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