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Emblems Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical

Expressed in Sculpture, and Applied to the several Ages, Occasions, and Conditions of the Life of Man. By a person of Quality

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EMBLEMS Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical.
 I. 
[EMBLEM I.] The Phœnix.
 II. 
[EMBLEM II.] The good Wife.
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[EMBLEM III.] No Working, no Eating.
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[EMBLEM IV.] Take Time by the Foretop
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[EMBLEM V.] Whet no Let.
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[EMBLEM VI.] First consider, then speak.
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[EMBLEM VII.] Industry prevents Indigence.
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[EMBLEM VIII.] Soon ripe, soon rotten.
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[EMBLEM IX.] Sweet Meat, sowre Sauce.
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EMBLEM X. Beware of a Lyer.
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EMBLEM XI. Death and Sleep compared.
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EMBLEM XII. The Gardens excellencie.
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EMBLEM XIII. A Contented minde worth all.
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EMBLEM XIV. The World's drudgery.
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EMBLEM XV. The good Physician.
 XVI. 
EMBLEM XVI. Others Harms, our Arms.
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EMBLEM XVII. The World's Vanity.
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EMBLEM XVIII. The Womans defence.
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EMBLEM XIX. Know when ye are well.
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EMBLEM XX. Diligence makes rich.
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EMBLEM XXI. Pride will have a fall.
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EMBLEM XXII. For Work, or for Weapon.
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EMBLEM XXIII. The dutiful Son.
 XXIV. 
EMBLEM XXIV. The Impotent Begger.
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EMBLEM XXV. Kindred not always Friends.
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EMBLEM XXVI. Try before ye trust.
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EMBLEM XXVII. Well fare a good Conceit.
 XXVIII. 
EMBLEM XXVIII. Every one hope the best.
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EMBLEM XXIX. Every thing in its Season.
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EMBLEM XXX. Labour in vain.
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EMBLEM XXXI. Shrubs safer then Cedars.
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EMBLEM XXXII. The Cheating Physician.
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EMBLEM XXXIII. Natural Affection.
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EMBLEM XXXIV. The Sayings of the seven Sages.
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EMBLEM XXXV. The Blessings of Peace.
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EMBLEM XXXVI. Nothing will last always.
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EMBLEM XXXVII. A friend at need, a friend indeed.
  
The Conclusion.

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[EMBLEM IX.] Sweet Meat, sowre Sauce.

To pleasure lovers.
Man is borne unto trouble Job. 5. 7.
Sharp prickles every way do Roses guard,
As 'twere from injuries the same to ward:
For they appearing lovely to the eye,
Are often nipt by such as pass them by.
If therefore we to Roses have a minde,
We shall be sure the prickles sharp to finde;
The which if to avoid we take not heed,
They'll scratch our finger, and so make it bleed.
But when we have the Rose, for all the cost,
Its sweetness makes us think no labour lost:
For though the finger with a prick do meet,
Our nostrils are refreshed with the sweet.
Here, without sowre, no sweet we can enjoy;
Contentment can't be had without annoy:
The truth on't is, no sweets or sowres there are,
But as the one with th'other we compare.
After a storm, a calm doth most us please;
After hard labour, we delight in ease:
After cold Winter, pleasant is the Spring;
And after mourning, grateful 'tis to sing.
The world is at no certainty; but still
'Twill change and vary, do we what we will:
Which to prevent, it is not in our power;
But, with the sweet, we must in'ts turn have sowre.
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