Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · Halifax : Printed & published by Milner & Sowerby, Cheapside · leaf 28
l matters is deceitful: It isa labour and a perpetual fear; It is a dangerouspleasure, whose beginning is without Providence,and whose end is not without repentance. Hugo. Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth,which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart,and a sting in her tail. Epig.… … Quia levior eiii plux ponderi addit amor.PSALM LXII. 9. To be laid in the balance, it is altogether lighter thanvanity. Put in another weight: tis yet too light:And yet, fond Cupid, put another in; Ai\d yet another : still theres under weight:Put in another hundred : put apain ; 26 EMBLEMS. BOOK 1.…
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