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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Some better Arguments, then yet I see,<lb/>
                                I must perceive; and, better causes, why,<lb/>
                                To those gay things, I should addicted bee,<lb/>
                                To which, the Vulgar their Affections tye.<lb/>
                                I have consider'd, Scepters, Miters, Crownes,<lb/>
                                With each appurtenance to them belonging;<lb/>
                                My heart, hath search'd their Glories, and Renownes ;<lb/>
                                And, all the pleasant things about them thronging:<lb/>
                                My Soule, hath truely weigh'd, and, tooke the measure,<lb/>
                                Of Riches (which the most have so desired)<lb/>
                                I have distill'd the Quintessence of Pleasure,<lb/>
                                And, seene those Objects, that are most admired.<lb/>
                                I, likewise feele all Passions, and Affections,<lb/>
                                That helpe to cheat the Reason, and perswade<lb/>
                                That those poore Vanities, have some perfections,<lb/>
                                Whereby their Owners, happy might be made.<lb/>
                                Yet, when that I have rouz'd my Vnderstanding,<lb/>
                                And cleans'd my Heart from some of that Corruption,<lb/>
                                Which hinders in me Reasons free commanding,<lb/>
                                And, shewes, things, without vailes, or interruption;<lb/>
                                Then, they, me thinkes, as fruitlesse doe appeare,<lb/>
                                As Bubbles (wherewithall young-children play)<lb/>
                                Or, as the Smoke, which, in our Emblem, here,<lb/>
                                Now, makes a show, and, straight, consumes away.<lb/>
                                Be pleas'd, Oh God, my value may be such<lb/>
                                Of every Outward-blessing, here below,<lb/>
                                That, I may neither love them overmuch,<lb/>
                                Nor underprise the Gifts, thou shalt bestow:<lb/>
                                But, know the use, of all these fading Smokes ;<lb/>
                                And, be refresht, by that, which others chokes.
                        </p>
                        
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SEQ 86
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TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Symbols of worthly and ecclesiastical power fly through the air over an erupting volcano
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac104
MOTTO_LA <p>SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MVNDI.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 11P31111
; 11P31121
; 25C11
; 44B19:45C13(SWORD)(+67)
; 44B191:44B112
; 44B191:44B113
; 44B192
; 44B193
; 45C212
; 86(SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI)
MOTTO_EN <p>Even as the Smoke doth passe away;<lb/>
                                So, shall all Worldly-pompe decay.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic104.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem086
MOTTO_LA_NORM Sic transit gloria mundi
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0