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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>They are not Houses builded large and high,<lb/>
                                Seel'd all with Gold, and pav'd with Porphyrie,<lb/>
                                Hung round with Arras, glaz'd with Christall-glasse,<lb/>
                                And cover'd o're with plates of shining Brasse,<lb/>
                                Which are the best; but, rather, those where wee<lb/>
                                In safetie, health, and best content, may bee;<lb/>
                                And, where wee finde, though in a meane Estate,<lb/>
                                That portion, which maintaines a quiet Fate.<lb/>
                                Here, in a homely Cottage, thatcht with reed,<lb/>
                                The Peasant seemes as pleasedly to feed,<lb/>
                                As hee, that in his Hall or Parlour dines,<lb/>
                                Which Fret-worke Roofes, or costly Cedar Lines:<lb/>
                                And, with the very same affections too,<lb/>
                                Both to, and from it, hee doth come and goe.<lb/>
                                The Tortois, doubtlesse, doth no house-roome lack,<lb/>
                                Although his House will cover but his back;<lb/>
                                And, of his Tub, the Cynicke seem'd as glad,<lb/>
                                As Alexander was of all hee had.<lb/>
                                When I am setled in a place I love,<lb/>
                                A shrubby hedge-row, seemes a goodly Grove.<lb/>
                                My liking maketh Palaces of Sheds,<lb/>
                                And, of plaine Couches, carved Ivory Beds :<lb/>
                                Yea, ev'ry path, and pathlesse walke, which lies<lb/>
                                Contemn'd, as rude, or wilde, in others eyes,<lb/>
                                To mee is pleasant; not alone in show,<lb/>
                                But, truly such: For, liking makes them so.<lb/>
                                As pleas'd in theirs, the Snailes, and Cocles dwell,<lb/>
                                As doth a Scallop in his pearly shell:<lb/>
                                For, that commends the House, which makes it fit,<lb/>
                                To serve their turnes, who should have use of it.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem163
SEQ 164
PARENT embstma_1903
MOTTO_EL_NORM Ὄικος φιλος ὄικος αριστος
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
MOTTO_EL ὌΙΚΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣ ὌΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem165
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A tortoise watches a mother and father and three children gathered around a laid table
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac218
MOTTO_LA <p>ὈΙΚΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣ ὈΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25F44(+5211)
; 25I3
; 34B11(+9535)
; 34B2331
; 41A711
; 41A7751
; 41C4
; 42B74
; 46C1215
; 47I15(SPADE)
; 47I2271
; 85(ZEUS AND THE TORTOISE)
; 85(JUPITER AND THE ANIMALS)
; 86(DOMUS AMICA DOMUS OPTIMA)
; 86(ΟΙΚΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ)
MOTTO_EN <p>The best, and fairest House, to mee,<lb/>
                                Is that, where best I love to bee.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic218.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem164
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0