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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>The Squirrell, when shee must goe seeke her food,<lb/>
                                By making passage through some neighb'ring flood,<lb/>
                                (And feares to be devoured by the Streame)<lb/>
                                Thus, helpes her weaknesse, by a Stratagem.<lb/>
                                On blocks, or chips, which on the waves doe flote,<lb/>
                                She nimbly leaps; and, making them her boate<lb/>
                                (By helpe of Windes, of Current, and of Tide)<lb/>
                                Is wafted over to the further side.<lb/>
                                Thus, that, which for the Body proves unfit,<lb/>
                                Must often be acquired by the Wit.<lb/>
                                And, what our outward Fortunes shall denye,<lb/>
                                Our providence must labour to supply.<lb/>
                                Those Casualties, which may our need befriend,<lb/>
                                We should with heedfull diligence attend;<lb/>
                                And, watch to seize those opportunities,<lb/>
                                Which, men of abler fortunes may despise.<lb/>
                                Some Birds, when they an Oyster would unlock,<lb/>
                                Mount up, and let it fall upon a Rock;<lb/>
                                And, when the Cockles on the Shores lye gasping,<lb/>
                                (At ev'ry Tides approach their Shells unclasping)<lb/>
                                Crowes cast in Pebles, and so take that meat,<lb/>
                                By craft, which by their force they could not get.<lb/>
                                Wee, by indeav'ring thus, may gaine, at length,<lb/>
                                That, which at first appeares above our strength.<lb/>
                                By little Screwes an entrance we may make,<lb/>
                                Where Barres of Iron cannot passage breake.<lb/>
                                Small Engines lift huge weights; and, we have heard,<lb/>
                                That one Wise-man (though poore without regard)<lb/>
                                May save a City, when the Men of Warre,<lb/>
                                And, all their Captaines, at a non plus are.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem101
SEQ 102
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem103
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A squirrel floats on a piece of bark which it uses as a raft; on the shore crabs are waiting for mussels to open their shells a little, so they can push them further open
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac138
MOTTO_LA <p>SUPERAT SOLERTIA VIRES.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 24A81
; 25F716(CRAB)(+452)
; 25G22(BARK)
; 25G3(LAUREL)(+22)
; 25H13
; 25I12
; 46C24
; 46C2922(+0)
; 52A43(+4)
; 86(SUPERAT SOLERTIA VIRES)
MOTTO_EN <p>A little Wit, may stand in stead,<lb/>
                                When Strength doth faile, in time of need.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic138.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem102
MOTTO_LA_NORM Superat solertia vires
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0