The mirrovr of maiestie: or, The badges of honovr conceitedly emblazoned. A photo-lith. fac-simile reprint from Mr. Corser's perfect copy. A.D. 1618 (1870)
Green, Henry, 1801-1873, Croston, James, 1830-1893 · Manchester, Pub. for the Holbein society by A. Brothers · leaf 64
\7\ 7 nil may you ncuer find the want, or lof.^ ^ Of that inoft hallowed^and inftrmfling Crt>(fe^On which our Saviour dide: for thcfc will flicw1 lie many bicflcd thoughts of that, in few:Hccrc you may over-looke the world, and feeNothing fo plcntifull^as erodes be :Thence you may take occafion… … THus playcs the Courtly Sycophant^ind thusSclfe-pleafing Sinne, which poyfons all of vs :Thus playd the whore whome the wife King dcfcnbc:Thus he who rayles at, and yet pockets bribes :Thus playcs the PoUtnim^ who will fmilc^Yet like this Serpent fling your heart the while.Bung vp thync cares then^…
Emblems · Heraldry
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