When _Emblems_, of too many parts consist, Their Author was no choice _Emblematist_: But, is like those, that wast whole _howres_, to tell What, in three _minutes_, might be said as well. Yet, when each member is interpreted, Out of these vulgar _Figures_, you may read A _Morall_, (altogether) not unfit To be remembred, ev’n, by _men of wit_. And, if the _Kernell_ proove to be of worth, No matter from what shell we drew it forth. The _Square_ whereon the _Globe_ is placed, here, Must _Vertue_ be; That _Globe_ upon the _Square_, Must meane the _World_; The _Figure_, in the _Round_, (Which in appearance doth her _Trumpet_ sound) Was made for _Fame_; The _Booke_ she beares, may show, What _Breath_ it is, which makes her _Trumpet_ blow: The _Wreath_, inclosing all, was to intend A glorious _Praise_, that never shall have end: And, these, in one summ’d up, doe seeme to say; That, (if men _study_ in a _vertuous-way_) The _Trumpet_ of a never-ceasing _Fame_, Shall through the _world_ proclaime their praisefull _Name_. Now _Reader_, if large _Fame_, be thy ambition, This _Emblem_ doth informe, on what condition She may be gain’d. But, (herein, me beleeve) Thy _studie_ for meere-praise, will thee deceive: And, if thy _Vertues_, be, but onely, those For which the vulgar _Fame_, her _Trumpet_ blowes, Thy _Fame’s_ a blast; Thy _Vertues_, Vices be; Thy _Studie’s_ vaine; and, _shame_ will follow thee. _Above thy =Knowledge=, doe not rise, But, =with Sobrietie, be wise=,_ [Illustration: NOLI ALTUM SAPERE. ILLVSTR. XIII. _Book. 3_]