<p>When, in this Emblem here, observe you shall<lb/> An Eaglet, perched, on a Winged-ball<lb/> Advanced on an Altar ; and, have ey'd<lb/> The Snakes, assayling him, on ev'ry side:<lb/> Me thinkes, by that, you straight should apprehend<lb/> Their state, whom Wealth, and Vertue, doe befriend.<lb/> My Iudgement, by that Altar-stone, conceives<lb/> The sollidnesse, which, true Religion gives;<lb/> And, that fast-grounded goodnesse, which, we see,<lb/> In grave, and sound Morality, to be.<lb/> The Flying-ball, doth, very well, expresse<lb/> All Outward-blessings, and, their ficklenesse.<lb/> Our Eaglet, meaneth such Contemplatives,<lb/> As, in this world, doe passe away their lives,<lb/> By so possessing that which they have got,<lb/> As if they car'd not, though, they had it not.<lb/> The Snakes, may well resemble those, among them,<lb/> Who, meerely out of envie, seeke to wrong them;<lb/> And, all these Figures (thus together layd)<lb/> Doe speake to me, as if these words, they sayd:<lb/> That man, who builds upon the best foundation,<lb/> (And spreads the widest wings of Contemplation )<lb/> Whil'st, in the flesh, he bides, will need some props<lb/> Of earthly-fortunes, to support his hopes :<lb/> And, other-while, those things, may meanes become,<lb/> The stings of Envie, to secure him from.<lb/> And, hence, I learne; that, such, as will abide,<lb/> Against all Envie, strongly fortify'd,<lb/> Must joyne, great Vertues, and great Wealth, together.<lb/> God helpe us, then, poore-soules, who scarce have either! </p>

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An eagle, balancing on a winged globe, challenges two "standing" serpents

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<p>IN VIRTUTE ET FORTUNA.</p>

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<p>He needs not feare, what spight can doe,<lb/> Whom Vertue friends, and Fortune, too.</p>

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