See, _Emb._ IV. 5 Though you, perhaps, no _perill_ dread, A _mischiefe_ hangs above your head; By which, you (taking little care) May perish ere you be aware. To minde you, therefore, to eschew Such Miseries as may ensue; Your L_ot_, this warning _Emblem_ sent; Observe it, and your _harmes_ prevent. See, _Emb._ V. 6 Thou _fly’st_, in hope, to shun thy griefe; Thou _changest place_, to seeke releefe; And, many blamelesse things are shent As, causers of thy discontent. But trouble, now, no more thy minde, The root of thy disease to finde; For, by thine _Emblem_, thou shalt see, The _Fountaine_, whence thy torments bee. See, _Emb._ VI. _M_ 7 Thou art, or els thou wert, of late, Some great, or petty, _Magistrate_; Or, _Fortune_ thereunto, perchance, In time to come, will thee advance. But, by thine _Emblem_, thou shalt see, That, when restrein’d, thy _pow’r_ shall be, Offenders, thereof will be glad, And skoffe the pow’re which thou hast had; Observe it; and be so _upright_, That, thou maist laugh at their _despight_. See, _Emb._ VII. 8 _Promotion_ thou dost much desire, And, spacious _Fortunes_ to acquire; As, if thou thoughtst, thou mightst attaine, True _Blessednesse_, by such a _gaine_: To shew thee, therefore, what event, What _happinesse_, and what _content_, Such things, will bring vs, at the last, An usefull _Object_, now, thou hast. See, _Emb._ VIII. 9 Disheartned be not, though thou see, Thy _Hopes_, quite frustrate seeme to be; For, many _Hopes_, appearing past, Have, beene renew’d againe, at last; And, grew far greater, then before, When, they seem’d lost, for evermore. _Examples_, therefore, now are brought, That, still, to _Hope_, thou mayst be taught. See, _Emb._ IX. _M_ 10 Most men desire to gaine the _Fate_, Which keepes them safe, in ev’ry state; And, you, no doubt, would faine provide, A _Station_, which might firme abide. If so you meane; your _Lot_ hath brought, Some newes of that, which you have sought: For, by your _Emblem_, you may see, What men shall most unmooved be. See, _Emb._ X. 11 You seeme, to wonder, much of late, That, some goe _backward_ in _Estate_, Who seeme to thrive; and, why, we finde, Those _Friends_, who seemed very kinde, (And, forward good respects to show) Doe now unkinde, and froward grow. But, when your _Emblem_ you shall see, No wonder, then, such things will be. See, _Emb._ XI. 12 Thou seek’st a _Conquest_; or, (at least) Of such a Pow’re to be possest, As none can conquer; And, bohold, Thou, in an _Emblem_, shalt be told The meanes to get thy hearts desire. Yet, know, that if thou come no nigher, Then but to _know_ the meanes of _blisse_, The farther off, the _blessing_ is. See, _Emb._ XII. 13