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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>This is that fruitfull Plant, which when it growes,<lb/>
                                Where wholesome Water in abundance flowes,<lb/>
                                Was, by the Psalmist, thought a likely Tree,<lb/>
                                The Emblem, of a blessed-man, to bee:<lb/>
                                For, many wayes, it fitly typifies,<lb/>
                                The Righteous-man, with his proprieties;<lb/>
                                And, those true Vertues, which doe helpe increase<lb/>
                                His growing, in the state of Blessednesse.<lb/>
                                The Palme, (in this our Emblem, figur'd, thus)<lb/>
                                Depressed with a Stone, doth shew to us<lb/>
                                The pow'r of Truth : For, as this Tree doth spread,<lb/>
                                And thrive the more, when weights presse downe the head;<lb/>
                                So, Gods eternall Truth (which all the pow'r<lb/>
                                And spight of Hell, did labour to devoure)<lb/>
                                Sprung high, and flourished the more, thereby,<lb/>
                                When Tyrants crush'd it, with their crueltie.<lb/>
                                And, all inferiour Truths, the same will doe,<lb/>
                                According as they make approaches to<lb/>
                                The best Perfection ; or, as they conduce<lb/>
                                To God's due praise, or some such pious use.<lb/>
                                Lord, still, preserve this Truth's -integritie,<lb/>
                                Although on ev'ry side, the wicked prie,<lb/>
                                To spie how they may disadvantage it.<lb/>
                                Yea, Lord, though Sinners in high place doe sit,<lb/>
                                (As David saith) yet, let them not oppresse)<lb/>
                                Thy Veritie, by their imperiousnesse.<lb/>
                                But, make both Her, and her Professors, bide<lb/>
                                The Test, like Silver seven times purifide.<lb/>
                                That, all Truths lovers, may with comfort see,<lb/>
                                Shee may deprest, but, not, oppressed bee.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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TIPE emblempictura
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Even with a slab on the top of its stem, a palm-tree continues to grow straight upwards; two women, a dog(?) and a kneeling man, waving a branch, on a small island, in the background
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac174
MOTTO_LA <p>VERITAS PREMITVR NON OPPRIMITVR.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25D1
; 25G3(+22)
; 25G3(PALM-TREE)(+3):53A2(+4)
; 25HH212
; 25HH14
; 31A233
; 31AA2351
; 31D14
; 31D15
; 51G2
; 86(VERITAS PREMITUR NON OPPRIMITUR)
MOTTO_EN <p>Truth, oft oppressed, wee may see,<lb/>
                                But, quite supprest it cannot bee.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic174.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem138
MOTTO_LA_NORM Veritas premitur non opprimitur
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0