<p>Old Sages by the Figure of the Snake<lb/> (Encircled thus) did oft expression make<lb/> Of Annuall-Revolutions ; and of things,<lb/> Which wheele about in everlasting-rings ;<lb/> There ending, where they first of all begun,<lb/> And, there beginning, where the Round was done.<lb/> Thus, doe the Planets ; Thus, the Seasons doe;<lb/> And, thus, doe many other Creatures, too.<lb/> By minutes, and by houres, the Spring steales in,<lb/> And, rolleth on, till Summer doth begin:<lb/> The Summer brings on Autumne, by degrees;<lb/> So ripening, that the eye of no man sees<lb/> Her Entrances. That Season, likewise, hath<lb/> To Winter-ward, as leasurely a path:<lb/> And, then, cold Winter wheeleth on amaine,<lb/> Vntill it bring: the Spring about againe,<lb/> With all those Resurrections, which appeare,<lb/> To wait upon her comming, every yeare.<lb/> These Roundells, helpe to shew the Mystery<lb/> Of that immense and blest Eternitie,<lb/> From whence the Creatvre sprung, and, into whom<lb/> It shall, againe, with full perfection come,<lb/> When those Additions, it hath fully had,<lb/> Which all the sev'rall Orbes of Time can add.<lb/> It is a full, and fairely written Scrowle,<lb/> Which up into it selfe, it selfe doth rowle;<lb/> And, by Vnfolding, and, Infolding, showes<lb/> A Round, which neither End, nor entrance knowes.<lb/> And (by this Emblem ) you may partly see,<lb/> Tis that which IS, but, cannot uttred be.<lb/> </p>

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An Ouroboros encircles the view of a garden house, above which the word ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ (year) hovers

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<p>Through many spaces, Time doth run,<lb/> And, endeth, where it first begun.</p>

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