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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Would God, I could as feelingly infuse<lb/>
                                A good effect of what this Emblem shewes,<lb/>
                                As I can tell in words, what Moralls bee,<lb/>
                                The life of that, which here you pictur'd see.<lb/>
                                Most Lovers, minde their Penny, or their Pleasure ;<lb/>
                                Or, painted Honors ; and, they all things measure,<lb/>
                                Not as they are, but as they helpfull seeme,<lb/>
                                In compassing those toyes, they most esteeme.<lb/>
                                Though many wish to gaine a faithfull Friend,<lb/>
                                They seldome seeke one, for the noblest end:<lb/>
                                Nor know they (should they finde what they had sought)<lb/>
                                How Friendship should be manag'd, as it ought.<lb/>
                                Such, as good Husbands covet, or good Wives<lb/>
                                (The deare companions of most happy lives)<lb/>
                                Wrong Courses take to gaine them; yet, contemne<lb/>
                                Their honest love, who rightly counsell them:<lb/>
                                And, lest, they unawares the Marke may hit,<lb/>
                                They blinde their judgements, and be foole their wit.<lb/>
                                He, that will finde a Friend, must seeke out one<lb/>
                                To exercise unfeigned love upon;<lb/>
                                And, mutuall-duties, must both yield, and take,<lb/>
                                Not for himselfe; but, for his Friendship sake.<lb/>
                                Such, as doe rightly marry, neither be<lb/>
                                With Dowries caught, nor wooe a Pedigree ;<lb/>
                                Nor, meerely come together, when they wed,<lb/>
                                To reape the youthfull pleasures of the Bed:<lb/>
                                But, seeke that fitnesse, and, that Sympathy,<lb/>
                                Which maketh up the perfect'st Amity.<lb/>
                                A paire, so match'd; like Hands that wash each other,<lb/>
                                As mutuall-helpes, will sweetly live together.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Cupid pours water of the joined right hand of a man and a woman
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac164
MOTTO_LA <p>MANUS MANUM LAVAT</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25G411
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; 31D14
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; 41A713
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; 42D30
; 42D330
; 54E11
; 83(ERASMUS, Adagiorum chiliades I i 33)(+0)
; 86(MANUS MANUM LAVAT)
; 92D1
; 92D18(BOW AND ARROW)
MOTTO_EN <p>Where Lovers fitly matched be,<lb/>
                                In mutuall-duties, they agree.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic164.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem128
MOTTO_LA_NORM Manus manum lavat
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0