Identifier: collectionofembl00withe (find matches)
Title: A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ...
Year: 1635 (1630s)
Authors: Wither, George, 1588-1667 Rollenhagen, Gabriel, 1583-1619. Nucleus emblematorum Passe, Crispijn van de, ca. 1565-1637, engraver Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver
Subjects: Emblem books, English
Publisher: 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)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ILLVSTR. XLVII. Book., ;He fairhleffe lems repining currifhnefle,The blelted Pfalmlft, fitly did expreffe,Bygr inning-dogs, which howling roameby night,To fatisfle their grudging appetite.Here, therefore, by an Emblem, wee are fliowne,That, God, (who as hee lifts, beftowes his ownc)Providing fo, that none may bee unfed,Dorh offer to the Dogges, the Children* bread. • And, by this Emblem, wee advifed are,Of their prefumptuous boldnefle to beware,Who bound Gods Mercie; and, have fhut out fomeHorn hope or Gr*tt,before the Night is come :Sirtce,to the Dogs,his meat is not denide,If they retnrne, (though not till Evening tide.) Moreover, wee, fome notice hence may take,That, if provifion, God, vouchsafes to make,For l.yom, D0£*,and Ravens, in their need,Hec will his Lambes,and harmleffeTurtles feed :A,,l Jn provide, that they fhall alwayes haveSufficient, to rmintainc the Life hee gave. I muft contclle, I never merit fhall,The Crummct, which from thy Children* table, fall:Yet, thou haft

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