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 |
 |
| 1. |
|
Dolus in suos.
|
| 2. |
 | A choice of emblemes, and other devises |  |
27
Dolus in suos.
While nettes were sette, the simple fowles to take,
Whoe kepte theire course alofte, and woulde not lighte,
A tamed ducke, her hoame did straighte forsake,
And flewe alofte, with other duckes in flighte,
They dowtinge not, her traiterous harte at all,
Did flie with her, and downe with her did fall.
Whoe kepte theire course alofte, and woulde not lighte,
A tamed ducke, her hoame did straighte forsake,
And flewe alofte, with other duckes in flighte,
They dowtinge not, her traiterous harte at all,
Did flie with her, and downe with her did fall.
By this is mente, all suche as doe betraie,
Theire kindred neare, that doe on them depende,
And ofte doe make, the innocent a praie,
By subtill sleighte, to them that seeke theire ende
Yea vnto those, they shoulde moste frendship showe,
They lie in waite, to worke theire ouerthrowe.
Perfida cognato se sanguine polluit ales,
Theire kindred neare, that doe on them depende,
And ofte doe make, the innocent a praie,
By subtill sleighte, to them that seeke theire ende
Yea vnto those, they shoulde moste frendship showe,
They lie in waite, to worke theire ouerthrowe.
Officiosa aliis, exitiosa suis.
And. Alciat. De anate.
| A choice of emblemes, and other devises | |