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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Uenter, pluma, Uenus, laudem fugiunt.
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Uenter, pluma, Uenus, laudem fugiunt.
Why fliest thow hence? and turn'ste awaie thie face?
Thow glorie brighte, that men with fame doest crowne:
Glo. Bycause, I haue noe likinge of that place,
Where slothfull men, doe sleepe in beddes of downe:
And fleshlie luste, doth dwell with fowle excesse,
This is no howse, for glorie to possesse.
Thow glorie brighte, that men with fame doest crowne:
Glo. Bycause, I haue noe likinge of that place,
Where slothfull men, doe sleepe in beddes of downe:
And fleshlie luste, doth dwell with fowle excesse,
This is no howse, for glorie to possesse.
But, if thow wilte my presence neuer lacke,
Sardanapal, and all his pleasures hate,
Driue Venvs hence, let Bacchvs further packe,
If not, behowlde I flie out of thie gate:
Yet, if from theise, thow turne thie face awaie,
I will returne, and dwell with thee for aie.
Magnum iter ascendo, sed dat mihi gloria vires:
Sardanapal, and all his pleasures hate,
Driue Venvs hence, let Bacchvs further packe,
If not, behowlde I flie out of thie gate:
Yet, if from theise, thow turne thie face awaie,
I will returne, and dwell with thee for aie.
Non iuuat ex facili lecta corona iugo.
Propert. 4. 12.
Cernis vt ignauum corrumpant otia corpus?
Vt capiant vitium, ni moueantur aquæ?
Ouid. 1. Pont. 6
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