Thy _Lot_, no Answere will bestow, To that, which thou desir’st to know; Nor canst thou, here, an _Emblem_ find, Which to thy purpose is inclinde. Perhaps, it is too late to crave, What thou desirest, now, to have: Or, but in vaine, to mention that, Which thy _Ambition_ aymeth at. Then, take it not in evill part, That, with a _Blanck_, thou answer’d art. 53 Although you now refused not, To trie the _Fortune_ of your _Lot_; Yet, you, perhaps, unwilling are, This company the same should heare, Lest, some harsh _Morall_ should unfold Such tricks, as you could wish untold. But, loe, you need not stand in awe; For, 'tis a _Blanck_, which now you draw. 54 It proves a _Blanck_; for, to what end, Should wee a serious _Morall_ spend, Where, _teachings_, _warnings_, and _advise_, Esteemed are of little price? Your onely purpose, is to looke Upon the _Pictures_ of this _Booke_; When, more discretion you have got, An _Emblem_ shall attend your _Lot_. 55 You might have drawne an _Emblem_, here, In which your _manners_ pictur’d were: But, some will vexe, when they shall see Themselves, so painted out to bee, And, blame this _Booke_, as if it had By some unlawfull _Art_ been made: (Or, was contriv’d, that, to their shame, Men, on themselves, might _Libels_ frame) And, lest you may bee so unwise, Your _Lot_, an _Emblem_, now, denies. 56 Because, _Good Chances_, others drew, To trie these _Lots_, it pleased you. But, had you such an _Emblem_ found, As fits you rightly, you had froun’d; Or, _inwardly_, you would have _chast_, Although you _outwardly_ had laugh’d. You, therefore, very glad may bee, This proves a _Blanck_; and, so may wee. _FINIS._ [Illustration: Decoration] A COLLECTION OF EMBLEMES, ANCIENT AND MODERNE: Quickened With METRICALL ILLVSTRATIONS, both _Morall_ and _Divine_: And disposed into LOTTERIES, That _Jnstruction_, and _Good Counsell_, may bee furthered by an Honest and Pleasant _Recreation_. _By_ GEORGE WITHER. _The fourth Booke._ [Illustration: Decoration] LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEWES. MDCXXXIV.