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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Vita irrequieta.
Ad Doctiss. virum W. M. fortunæ telo ictum.
The Apodes, which doe in India breede,
Still flie about, and seldome take theire ease:
They haue no feete, to reste them as wee reade,
But with theire flighte, do compasse lande, and seas:
Vnto this broode, those that about doe rome,
Wee maie compare: that haue no house, nor home.
Still flie about, and seldome take theire ease:
They haue no feete, to reste them as wee reade,
But with theire flighte, do compasse lande, and seas:
Vnto this broode, those that about doe rome,
Wee maie compare: that haue no house, nor home.
Bothe houses faire, and citties great, they viewe,
But Riuers swifte, theire passage still do let,
They ofte looke backe, and doe theire fortune rue,
Since that therin, they haue no seate to set:
Thus, passe they throughe theire longe vnquiet life,
Till deathe dothe come, the ende of worldlie strife.
Omne solum forti patria est, vt piscibus æquor,
But Riuers swifte, theire passage still do let,
They ofte looke backe, and doe theire fortune rue,
Since that therin, they haue no seate to set:
Thus, passe they throughe theire longe vnquiet life,
Till deathe dothe come, the ende of worldlie strife.
Vt volucri vacuo quicquid in orbe patet.
Ouid. 2. Fast.
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