<p>What thing soever some will have exprest,<lb/> As typified by this Halcyons-nest,<lb/> I shall not thinke this Emblem ill-appli'd,<lb/> If, by the same, the Church bee signifi'd.<lb/> For, as it is (by some) affirm'd of these,<lb/> That, whilst they breed, the fury of the seas<lb/> Is through the world alayd; and, that their Brood<lb/> Remaines in safetie, then, amidst the flood:<lb/> So, when the Christian Church was in her birth,<lb/> There was a generall Peace throughout the earth;<lb/> And, those tumultuous Waves, which after that<lb/> Began to rise, and bee enrag'd thereat,<lb/> Were calmed so, that Hee was borne in peace,<lb/> From whom, the faithfull off-spring did encrease.<lb/> They, likewise, on a Rocke, their dwellings have,<lb/> As here you see; and, though the raging Wave,<lb/> Of dreadfull Seas, hath beaten, ever since,<lb/> Against the Fortresse of their strong defence,<lb/> Yet, still it stands; and, safe, it shall abide,<lb/> Ev'n in the midst of all their foming pride.<lb/> Vpon this Rocke so place me, oh my God!<lb/> That, whatsoever Tempests bee abroad,<lb/> I may not feare the fury of my Foe;<lb/> Nor bee in danger of an overthrow.<lb/> My life is full of Stormes ; the Waters roule,<lb/> As if they meant to swallow up my soule.<lb/> The Tides oppose; the furious winds doe roare;<lb/> My Cable's weake, my tacklings, Lord are poore,<lb/> And, my fraile vessell cannot long endure;<lb/> Yet, reach to mee thy hand, and I'm secure.<lb/> </p>

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A kingfisher and its young on a nest; in the background a body (Ceyx's ?) washed ashore

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<p>In ev'ry Storme, hee standeth fast,<lb/> Whose dwelling, on the Rocke is plac'd.</p>

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Mediis tranquillus in undis