That, which wee call the _Sea-horse_, is a Creature, Whereby the Priests of _Ægypt_, wonted were, To typify an _Ill-disposed nature_; And, such, as to their _Parents_, cruell are: Because, this _Monster_ (as their _Authors_ write) When strong he growes, becommeth so ingrate, That he pursues, with violent despight, His old and weakly _Sire_, which him begate. Contrariwise, the _Storke_, they figur’d, then, When they occasion had, to signifie The good condition, of those honest men, Who pleasure take, in workes of _Piety_: Because, the _Storkes_, not onely harmed none, But, holpe their aged _Parents_ in their need; And, those offensive _Serpents_, prey’d upon, Which, in the Fennes of _Ægypt_, yearely, breed. The _Royall-Crowne_, therefore, supporting thus That pious _Fowle_, and overtopping, here, The wicked, and the fierce _Hyppotamus_, May serve to _comfort_, and to keep in _feare_. For, it informes, that, if we pious grow, And love our _Princes_ (who those _Parents_ bee, To whom all _Subjects_, filiall duties owe) The blessings of their _Favours_, we shall see. It shewes us, also, that, if we affect _Vnrighteous-wayes_, no _Wit_, or _Strength_ of our, Nor any _Vncouth-place_, shall us protect From being reached, by the _Sov’raigne-power_. The way of _Iustice_, therefore, learne thou still, For love of _Goodnesse_, or for feare of _Ill_. _Take wing, my =Soule=, and mount up higher; For, =Earth=, fulfills not my =Desire=._ [Illustration: NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO. ILLVSTR. XXII. _Book. 3_]