<p>Some write (but, on what grounds, I cannot tell)<lb/> That they, who neere unto the Deserts dwell,<lb/> Where Elephants are found, doe notice take,<lb/> What trees they haunt, their sleeping-stocks to make;<lb/> That, when they rest against an halfe-fawne stemme,<lb/> It (falling) may betray those Beasts to them.<lb/> Now, though the part Historicall, may erre,<lb/> The Morall, which this Emblem doth inferre,<lb/> Is overtrue; and, seemeth to imply,<lb/> The World to bee so full of Treacherie,<lb/> As, that, no corner of it, found can be,<lb/> In which, from Falshoods Engines, wee are free.<lb/> I have observ'd the Citie ; and, I finde<lb/> The Citizens, are civill, grave and kinde;<lb/> Yet, many are deluded by their showes,<lb/> And, cheated, when they trust in them repose.<lb/> I have been oft at Court ; where I have spent,<lb/> Some idle time, to heare them Complement :<lb/> But, I have seene in Courtiers, such deceit,<lb/> That, for their Favours, I could never wait.<lb/> I doe frequent the Church ; and, I have heard<lb/> Gods judgements, by the Preachers, there, declar'd,<lb/> Against mens falshoods; and, I gladly heare<lb/> Their zealous Prayers, and good Counsells there;<lb/> But, as I live, I finde some such as they,<lb/> Will watch to doe a mischiefe, if they may.<lb/> Nay, those poore sneaking Clownes, who seeke their living,<lb/> As if they knew no manner of deceiving;<lb/> Ev'n those, their witts, can (this way) so apply,<lb/> That, they'l soone cousen, wiser men, than I.<lb/> </p>

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An elephant is standing behind a tree, which is sawn by two men; in the backgroud an elephant is lying on the ground next to a falling tree

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<p>NUSQUAM TUTA FIDES.</p>

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<p>Bee warie, wheresoe're, thou bee:<lb/> For, from deceit, no place is free.</p>

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