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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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S. BERN. in Ser.

In this world is much trecherie, little truth: here, all things are traps: here, every thing is beset with snares; here soules are endanger'd, bodies afflicted; Here all things are vanity, and vexation of spirit.