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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>What may the reason be, so many wed,<lb/>
                                And misse the blessings of a joyfull-Bed,<lb/>
                                But those ungodly, and improper ends,<lb/>
                                For which, this Age most Marriages intends?<lb/>
                                Some, love plumpe-flesh ; and, those as kinde will be<lb/>
                                To any gamesome Wanton, as to thee.<lb/>
                                Some, doate on Honours ; and, all such will prize<lb/>
                                Thy Person, meerely, for thy Dignities.<lb/>
                                Some, fancy Pleasures ; and, such Flirts as they,<lb/>
                                With ev'ry Hobby-horse, will runne away.<lb/>
                                Some (like this Couple in our Emblem, here)<lb/>
                                Wooe hard for Wealth ; and, very kind appeare,<lb/>
                                Till they have wonne their prize: but, then they show<lb/>
                                On what their best Affections they bestow.<lb/>
                                This Wealth, is that sweeet Beautie, which preferres<lb/>
                                So many to their Executioners.<lb/>
                                This, is that rare Perfection, for whose sake,<lb/>
                                The Politician, doth his Marriage, make.<lb/>
                                Yea, most of those whom you shall married find,<lb/>
                                Were cousned, (or did cousen) in this kind;<lb/>
                                And, for some by respects, they came together,<lb/>
                                Much more, than for the sakes, of one another.<lb/>
                                If this concernes thee, now, in any sense;<lb/>
                                For thy instruction, take this warning hence:<lb/>
                                If thou hast err'd already, then, lament<lb/>
                                Thy passed crime, and, beare thy punishment.<lb/>
                                If thou, as yet, but tempted art to erre:<lb/>
                                Then, let this Emblem be thy Counseller :<lb/>
                                For, I have said my mind, which, if thou slight,<lb/>
                                Goe, and repent it, on thy wedding night.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem070
SEQ 71
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem072
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A man takes coins from a woman's money-bag: he only wants to marry her for her money
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac089
MOTTO_LA <p>NON TE SED NVMMOS.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25F38(OSTRICH)(+352)
; 31A2512(+934)
; 31A2626
; 33C31
; 41A23
; 41A7212
; 41A7221
; 41A7612
; 41A711
; 41A771
; 41C321
; 41C37
; 41D221(CAP)
; 41D221(HAT)
; 41D267
; 46A1632
; 56FF22(+6)
; 57AA611
; 86(NON TE SED NUMMOS)
MOTTO_EN <p>Thy seeming-Lover, false will bee,<lb/>
                                And, love thy Money, more than Thee.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic089.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem071
MOTTO_LA_NORM Non te sed nummos
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0