A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne: Quickened With Metrical Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine, Etc.Wither, George
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A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne: Quickened With Metrical Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine, Etc.
Wither, George
Emblems
As noted at the start of the text, inconsistencies and apparent errors
in the text have been left. The only changes that have been made are to
unclear or missing punctuation marks (e.g. where a gap in the text is
seen). In these cases, consistent punctuation has been used.
A list of inconsistencies and problems found in the text:--
Introduction
Sheet 6 "A Writ of Prevention". STRVCTVRFS should probably read
STRVCTVRES.
Sheet 13 "To The Reader". A closing bracket should be added after
"Graver" (whether hee were the Versifier or the Graver.
Sheet 14 "To The Reader". A closing bracket should be added after
Hieroglyphicks (as in the Tetragrammaton; in the Figure of Arîon; and
in the Proprieties due to some other Hieroglyphicks.
Book I
In Book 1, The first illustration is labelled "Illvstratio", subsequent
ones are labelled "Illvstr."
Embleme 21. "And by our Death, our Life is new-begnnne", should
probably read "new-begunne."
Embleme 27. "Some, I have knowne, by Harlots Wiles undone", the italic
"n" seems out of place.
Embleme 30. "And shine like purest Gold, and Pretious-Stones", Pretious
and Precious are both found in the text.
Embleme 45. "Made entrance to it owne Destruction, hath", it could be
its.
The First Lotterie, No. 19. "Of much more Warinesse, then Speed", "more
then" is used throughout the text.
Book 2.
Illvstr. 2. "The Crowe, when deepe within a close-mouth'd-Pot.", should
end with a comma.
"Illvstr. IIII.", IV is used in Book 1. IIII used in Book 4. XIIII,
XXIIII and are used in Books 1 and 2. XLIIII in B4
Illvstr. XLV. "And, view the well-grown Trees, the wel-trimm'd Bowers",
perhaps "wel" should be "well".
The Second Lotterie. Verses after 54 are labelled 5 and 6, but should
be 55 and 56.
p.120 has been mislabelled as 118 and corrected by hand.
Book 2 ends at page 124, book 3 starts at page 135.
Book 3.
Illvstr XIII. "But, with Sobrietie, be wise," should end with period.
Illvstr. XV. "But, when one Foote, thus grasp'd a Peple-stone",
"Peble-stone" is used a few lines down.
Illvstr. XVI. "The stubstance of it, still, in God, remaines",
"stubstance" should probably be "substance".
Illvstr. XX. "Of those deare Mercies, and that bloudy Passion", "and"
may be italicised in error.
Illvstr. XXIV. "By long nelect of time, will burthensome", "nelect"
should probably be "neglect"
Illvstr. XXIV. "As much as makes, at least, One Line a Day," should end
with period.
Illvstr. XXVI. "It brings (us when we passe the common sight)", Opening
bracket should be placed after "us".
Illvstr. XXX. "Delight not Archers; tyet, such uselesse Toyes", "tyet"
should probably be "yet".
Book 4.
Book 3 ends with page 196, Book 4 starts with page 109. The next page
is 210 so 109 should be 209
Illvstr. XXXI. "Your houres, in serions matters, if you spend",
"serions" should probably be "serious"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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