<p>SUCHE prouidence hathe nature secret wroughte,<lb/> In creatures wilde, and eeke such knowledge straunge,<lb/> That man, by them in somme thinges maie be taughte,<lb/> As some foretell, when weather faire will chaunge,<lb/> Of heate, of raine, of winde, and tempests rage,<lb/> Some showe by signes, and with their songs presage.<lb/> But leauinge theise, which almost all doe knowe,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_00301"/>The <rs>Crocodile</rs>, by whome <rs>th'Aegyptians</rs> watche,<lb/> Howe farre that yeare shall mightie <rs>Nilus</rs> flowe,<lb/> For theire shee likes to laie her egges, and hatche,<lb/> Such skill deuine, and science to foretell,<lb/> Hath Nature lente unto this Serpent fell.<lb/> Which showes, They should with due regarde foresee,<lb/> When anie one doth take in hande a cause,<lb/> The drifte, and ende, of that they doe decree,<lb/> And longe thereon to ponder, and to pause,<lb/> For after witts, are like a shower of rayne,<lb/> Which moistes the soile, when withered is the graine.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_00301" lang="la"><name type="author"> Nic. Reusnerus </name>:<lb/> Quo sacer excurret Nilus in arua<lb/> Praescius: alluuie libera ponit<lb/> Oua: monens merit nos Crocodilus<lb/> Quae fata immineant, antè videre.<lb/> </gloss> </p>

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Vorausschauende Klugheit

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emblempictura

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

A crocodile and her eggs on the bank of the Nile

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Crocodile and her eggs (Foresight)

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Prouidentia

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

25F43(+5711)

25F43(+5732)

25F43(+491)

25F43(+911)

25G11

25G13

25G3(+351)

25H1123

25H1124(+0)

25H213

25H217

52A1(+4)

52A2(+4)

61D(NILE)

86(PROVIDENTIA)

Foresight

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Providentia