$ LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac171 SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp LINK embmne_sam1569_emblem047 INTERP_EN Reading and Practising (The use of a book, not reading makes men wise) URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic171.jpg SEQ 181 TIPE emblempictura NEXT embstma_1667_emblem182 INTERP_DAL The use, not the reading, of a book makes men wise HIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN PARENT embstma_1667 IIHIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN IC 31AA2516 ; 31A2524 ; 31A26111(+51) ; 31A2621(+51) ; 31A534 ; 31B7 ; 31D14(+72) ; 41A33 ; 41A712 ; 41D212(+81) ; 41D221(+81) ; 49C3 ; 49C3(+4) ; 49C32 ; 49M32 ; 49MM32 ; 49N ; 49N0 ; 49N21 ; 52A51(+4) ; 54B11(+4) ; 54D21(+4) ; 61B2(D. A. P.)3 ; 86(USUS LIBRI, NON LECTIO PRUDENTES FACIT) ID embstma_1667_emblem181 TEXT_EXPL_XML
THE volumes great, who so doth still peruse,
And dailie turnes, and gazeth on the same,
If that the fruicte thereof, he do not vse,
He reapes but toile, and neuer gaineth fame:
Firste reade, then marke, then practice that is good,
For without vse, we drinke but
Of practice longe, experience doth proceede;
And wisedome then, doth euermore ensue:
Then printe in minde, what wee in printe do reade,
Els loose wee time, and bookes in vaine do vewe:
Wee maie not haste, our talent to bestowe,
Nor hide it vp, whereby no good shall growe.
vagum & instabile: certis*ingeniis immorari & innutri ti oportet, si ve-
lis aliquid trahere, quod in animo fideliter sedeat.
ingenia immorari.