Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books (1773)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · leaf 23
lives, and when hes dead forgot*Yet is his Mind with vain Ambition puffd,Altho* his Glor)s like a Candle fnuffd.In vain Purfuits his precious Time he fpends.That Time which Heaven lent for wifer Ends.Riches be hoards, yet Riches cev^r canLengthen his Life a Hair beyond its Span.Light, airy Bubbles… … The World with various Face is feen.As it is changd by Lull or Spleen ;Thefe are the Demons fcourge it round,^nd all its Happinefs confound. [ 21 ] EMBLEM V. Envy and Lufl the Scourges cf the UWld, ENVY and Lull are pifturd here.With Scourges armed both appear ;By them the World is lalhd and…
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-125-115.webp)