An _Emblem’s_ meaning, here, I thought to conster; And, this doth rather fashion out a _Monster_, Then forme an _Hieroglyphicke_: but, I had These _Figures_ (as you see them) ready made By others; and, I meane to _morallize_ Their Fancies; not to mend what they devise. Yet, peradventure, with some vulgar praise, This _Picture_ (though I like it not) displayes The _Morall_, which the _Motto_ doth imply; And, thus, it may be sayd to signifie. He, that hath many _Faculties_, or _Friends_, To keepe him safe (or to acquire his ends) And, fits them so; and, keepes them so together, That, still, as readily, they ayd each other, As if so many _Hands_, they had been made; And, in _One-body_, usefull being had: That man, by their Assistance, may, at length, Attaine to an _unconquerable-strength_; And, crowne his honest _Hopes_, with whatsoever He seekes for, by a warranted Endeavour. Or, else, it might be sayd; that, when we may Make our _Affections_, and, our _Sense_, obay The will of _Reason_, (and, so well agree, That, we may finde them, still, at peace to be) They’l guard us, like so many _Armed-hands_; And, safely keepe us, whatsoere withstands. If others thinke this _Figure_, here, inferres A better sense; let those _Interpreters_ Vnriddle it; and, preach it where they please: Their _Meanings_ may be good, and so are these. _The =Hearts= of =Kings= are in =God’s= Hands; And, as He lists, He Them commands._ [Illustration: IN MANU DEI COR REGIS. ILLVSTR. XLVI. _Book. 3_]