<p>When I behold the Havocke and the Spoyle,<lb/> Which (ev'n within the compasse of my Dayes)<lb/> Is made through every quarter of this Ile,<lb/> In Woods and Groves (which were this Kingdomes praise)<lb/> And, when I minde with how much greedinesse,<lb/> We seeke the present Gaine, in every thing;<lb/> Not caring (so our Lust we may possesse)<lb/> What Dammage to Posterity we bring:<lb/> They doe, me-thinkes, as if they did foresee,<lb/> That, some of those, whom they have cause to hate,<lb/> Should come in Future-times, their Heires to be:<lb/> Or else, why should they such things perpetrate?<lb/> For, if they thinke their Children shall succeed;<lb/> Or, can believe, that they begot their Heires;<lb/> They could not, surely, doe so foule a Deed,<lb/> As to deface the Land, that should be theirs.<lb/> What our Forefathers planted, we destroy:<lb/> Nay, all Mens labours, living heretofore,<lb/> And all our owne, we lavishly imploy<lb/> To serve our present Lusts; and, for no more.<lb/> But, let these carelesse Wasters learne to know,<lb/> That, as Vaine-Spoyle is open Injury;<lb/> So, Planting is a Debt, they truely owe,<lb/> And ought to pay to their Posterity.<lb/> Selfe love, for none, but for it selfe, doth care;<lb/> And, onely, for the present, taketh paine:<lb/> But, Charity for others doth prepare;<lb/> And, joyes in that, which Future-Time shall gaine.<lb/> If, After-Ages may my Labours blesse;<lb/> I care not, much, how Litle I possesse.<lb/> </p>

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emblem pictura

emblempictura

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

An elderly man planting a young tree; in the background: St. Paul setting out a young tree, St. Apollos watering it(?)

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<p>POSTERITATI.</p>

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

11H(APOLLOS)4

11H(PAUL)4

21D

25G21(GOURD)

25G3

25G3(+361)

25I13

25I5

31A233

31D16

41A171

41A773

42E531

42G2

47I132

47I138

47I211

73F412(1 Cor. 3:6)

86(POSTERITATI)

<p>He that delights to Plant and Set,<lb/> Makes After-Ages in his Debt.</p>

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Posteritati