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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Observe the Sheafe of Arrowes, figur'd here;<lb/>
                                And, how the pow'r, and fury, of the Beare<lb/>
                                (Though hee attempt it) no device can finde<lb/>
                                To breake one slender-shaft, while they are joyn'd :<lb/>
                                Whereas, were they divided, strength but small,<lb/>
                                Like rotten Kexes, would soone breake them all.<lb/>
                                This Emblem, therefore, fitly doth imply<lb/>
                                That Safeguard, which is found in Vnity ;<lb/>
                                And, shewes, that, when Dis-union is begunne,<lb/>
                                It breedeth dangers, where before were none.<lb/>
                                The Psalmist, numerous Off-springs, doth compare<lb/>
                                To Quivers, that with Shafts replenish'd are.<lb/>
                                When Vnity hath knit them in her bands,<lb/>
                                They prove like Arrowes in a Gyants hands.<lb/>
                                And, though, for these, their Foes in wayt have layd,<lb/>
                                They shall not be supriz'd, nor made afrayd.<lb/>
                                Consider this, yee Children of one Sire,<lb/>
                                'Twixt whom, is kindled some contentious fire,<lb/>
                                And, reconciled be, lest thou, at length,<lb/>
                                Consume away the marrow of your strength ;<lb/>
                                Or, by dividing, of your joyned-pow'r,<lb/>
                                Make way for those, who studie to devoure.<lb/>
                                Yea, let us all consider, as we ought,<lb/>
                                What Lesson, by this Emblem, we are taught.<lb/>
                                For, wee are Brethren all; and (by a Bloud<lb/>
                                More precious, then our nat'rall Brother-hood )<lb/>
                                Not knit, alone, but, mingled, as it were,<lb/>
                                Into a League ; which is, by much, more deare,<lb/>
                                And, much more dangerous, to be undone,<lb/>
                                Then all the Bands, that can be thought upon.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem142
SEQ 143
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem144
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A bear cannot break up a bundle of arrows, tied with a rope; in the background women continue to dance as a group, in spite of being threatened by a wolf, a lion and a basilisk
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac179
MOTTO_LA <p>VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 22C32
; 25F23(BEAR)(+512)
; 25F23(LION)(+512)
; 25F23(WOLF)(+512)
; 25FF311(+512)
; 25I1
; 43C9422
; 47I1421(+0):45C15(ARROW)
; 52BB42:45C15(ARROW)(+69)
; 52BB42:31A2746(+0)
; 54E31(+4)
; 86(VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR)
MOTTO_EN <p>A Mischiefe, hardly can be done,<lb/>
                                Where many-pow'rs are knit in one.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic179.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem143
MOTTO_LA_NORM Virtus unita fortior
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0