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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Ovr Elders, when their meaning was to shew<lb/>
                                A native-speedinesse (in Emblem wise)<lb/>
                                The picture of a Dolphin-Fish they drew;<lb/>
                                Which, through the waters, with great swiftnesse, flies<lb/>
                                An Anchor, they did figure, to declare<lb/>
                                Hope, stayednesse, or a grave-deliberation :<lb/>
                                And therefore when those two, united are,<lb/>
                                It giveth us a two-fold Intimation.<lb/>
                                For, as the Dolphin putteth us in minde,<lb/>
                                That in the Courses, which we have to make,<lb/>
                                Wee should not be, to slothfulnesse enclin'd;<lb/>
                                But, swift to follow what we undertake:<lb/>
                                So, by an Anchor added thereunto,<lb/>
                                Inform'd wee are, that, to maintaine our speed,<lb/>
                                Hope, must bee joyn'd therewith (in all we doe)<lb/>
                                If wee will undiscouraged proceed.<lb/>
                                It sheweth (also) that, our speedinesse,<lb/>
                                Must have some staydnesse ; lest, when wee suppose<lb/>
                                To prosecute our aymes with good successe,<lb/>
                                Wee may, by Rashnesse, good endeavors lose.<lb/>
                                They worke, with most securitie, that know<lb/>
                                The Times, and best Occasions of delay ;<lb/>
                                When, likewise, to be neither swift, nor slow ;<lb/>
                                And, when to practise all the speed, they may.<lb/>
                                For, whether calme, or stormie-passages,<lb/>
                                (Through this life's Ocean ) shall their Bark attend;<lb/>
                                This double Vertue, will procure their ease:<lb/>
                                And, them, in all necessities, befriend.<lb/>
                                By Speedinesse, our works are timely wrought;<lb/>
                                By Staydnesse, they, to passe are, safely, brought.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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SEQ 60
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
ANNOT In his explanation Wither emphasizes the aspect of 'speedinesse' (dolphin) and 'staydnesse' or 'grave-deliberation' (anchor), ignoring the helpfulness and stability implied by Rollenhagen for this emblem
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem061
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A dolphin coiled around an anchor
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac078
MOTTO_LA <p>TVTIVS VT POSSIT FIGI.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25F27(DOLPHIN)(+5253)
; 25H114
; 25I3
; 31A2512(+931)
; 45B
; 45C14(HALBERD)
; 46C112
; 46C131
; 46C145
; 46C215(ANCHOR)
; 47D31
; 51M11(+4)
; 51MM11(+4)
; 53A22(+4)
; 56D1
; 86(TUTIUS UT POSSIT FIGI)
MOTTO_EN <p>If Safely, thou desire to goe,<lb/>
                                Bee nor too swift, nor overslow.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic078.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem060
MOTTO_LA_NORM Tutius ut possit figi
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0