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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>As is the head-strong Horse, and blockish Mule,<lb/>
                                Ev'n such, without the Bridle, and the Rule,<lb/>
                                Our Nature growes; and, is as mischievous,<lb/>
                                Till Grace, and Reason, come to governe us.<lb/>
                                The Square, and Bridle, therefore let us heed,<lb/>
                                And, thereby learne to know, what helpes wee need;<lb/>
                                Lest, else, (they fayling, timely, to bee had)<lb/>
                                Quite out of Order, wee, at length, bee made.<lb/>
                                The Square, (which is an usefull Instrument,<lb/>
                                To shape foorth senselesse Formes ) may represent<lb/>
                                The Law : Because, Mankind, (which is by Nature,<lb/>
                                Almost as dull, as is the senselesse-creature,)<lb/>
                                Is thereby, from the native-rudenesse, wrought;<lb/>
                                And, in the Way of honest-living taught.<lb/>
                                The Bridle, (which Invention did contrive,<lb/>
                                To rule, and guide the Creature-sensitive )<lb/>
                                May type forth Discipline ; which, when the Law<lb/>
                                Hath school'd the Wit, must keepe the Will in awe.<lb/>
                                And, hee that can by these, his Passions bound,<lb/>
                                This Emblems meaning, usefully, hath found.<lb/>
                                Lord, let thy sacred Law, at all times, bee<lb/>
                                A Rule, a Master, and a Glasse to mee;<lb/>
                                (A Bridle, and a Light ) that I may, still,<lb/>
                                Both know my Dutie, and obey thy Will.<lb/>
                                Direct my Feet ; my Hands, instruct thou so,<lb/>
                                That I may neither wander, nor mis-doe.<lb/>
                                My Lookes, my Hearing, and my Wordes confine,<lb/>
                                To keepe still firme, to ev'ry Word of thine.<lb/>
                                On thee, let also my Desires attend:<lb/>
                                And, let me hold this temper, till mine end.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem134
SEQ 135
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem136
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Personification of Temperance holding a square and reins; training of a horse and a shooting contest in the background
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac171
MOTTO_LA <p>SERVA MODVM.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 11QQ712
; 25H114
; 25I1
; 31D15
; 34A22
; 41A12
; 43C421
; 43C424
; 45C15(CROSSBOW)
; 46C131613
; 49D5112
; 53B3(+4)
; 53B6(+4)
; 54A43(+113)
; 86(SERVA MODUM)
MOTTO_EN <p>Doe not the golden Meane, exceed,<lb/>
                                In Word, in Passion, nor in Deed.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic171.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem135
MOTTO_LA_NORM Serva modum
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0