Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works (1860)
Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Farley, Robert, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, ill, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, ill, Pigot, Richard · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 217
o a tedious fnuffe my light doth burne :Loe I have done, take thou this light of mine;I yeeld, doe what thou canft, the turne is thine.So the Comedian having plaid his fhare,Gives place to others, who then adors are :A King his weighty office having done.Dying transfers his Scepter to his fonne… … A FOOUISH NA/OMAN IS CUAMOROUS.196 BETTER BEND THAN BREAK. Cedendo Victor abibis.
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