A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... (1635)
Wither, George, 1588-1667, Rollenhagen, Gabriel, 1583-1619. Nucleus emblematorum, Passe, Crispijn van de, ca. 1565-1637, engraver, Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver · London: Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, MCCXXXV [1635] · leaf 242
indeed, but in xhejhm. So farre am I, oh Lord! from laying claime To have this Vertue, that, I doe but ayme At fuch perfeclitn; and, can come no nigher As yet, than to obtaine it in defire. But, fixe thou fo,this weake defire of mine, Vpon the Venues of thy Roc Ice divine, That I, and that… … ILLVSTR. XI. Book.4 .Hat was this Figures meaning, but tofhow, That, as thefe kinde of Shell-ffh backwardgoe,So now the World, (which here doth fecme to takeAn arfeward Ioumey on the Cancers backejMoves counterwife; as if delight it had,To runnea race, in Courfes retrograde:And, thar,i* very likrly…
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