He that by drawing, here, his _Lot_, Some caveat or advice hath got, Did, peradventure, need alone That _Caution_, which he lighted on: But, unto thee, so needfull are All _Warnings_, and, all _Counsells_ here, That, _Fortune_ will not _one_ bestow, Lest, thou may’st thinke thou need’st no moe. 53 You, may be glad, you drew not that, Which, in your thought, you guessed at; For, so it points out that _condition_, Whereof you give a great suspicion, That, had it such an _Emblem_ nam’d, As fits you right, you had beene sham’d. Since, then, your fault is unreveal’d, Amend, and keep it still conceal’d. 54 The _Muses_ Oracle is dumbe, Because to tempt them you are come; For, in your _heart_, you much despise, To follow that, which they advise: Their admonitions, you doe jeere, And, scorne to helpe your _Wisedome_, here. The _Muses_, therefore, leave you, still, To be as foolish, as you will. 5 It would, perhaps, have made thee proud, If, now, thy _Lot_ had beene allow’d To let an _Emblem_ shadow forth What is conceived of thy _worth_. Or, if thy _Vertues_ were descry’d, Perchance, thou wouldst be more envy’d Then praysed, when they are exprest; A _Blanke_ for thee, was therefore best. 6 No _Emblem_, to this _Lot_, replyes; Minde, therefore, well (I thee advise) What from the _Preacher’s_ voice thou hear’st, When in the _Church_, thou next appear’st: Yea, there indeavour thou, to seeke Thy _Lot_ of _Counsell_, ev’ry weeke. For, at all seasons, there will bee Such _Prophecies_, concerning thee, That, if of those, thou takest heed, These _Emblems_, thou shalt never need. _FINIS._ A COLLECTION OF EMBLEMES, ANCIENT AND MODERNE: Quickened With METRICALL ILLVSTRATIONS, both _Morall_ and _Divine_: And disposed into LOTTERIES. That _Instruction_, and _Good Counsell_, may bee furthered by an Honest and Pleasant _Recreation_. _By_ GEORGE WITHER. _The third Booke._ [Illustration: Decoration] LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEWES. MDCXXXIV. TO THE MOST ILLVSTRIOVS Princesse, _FRANCIS_, Dutchesse Dowager _of_ RICHMOND, _and_ LENNOX, _&c._