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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>The Virgine, or the Wife, that much desires,<lb/>
                                To please her Lovers, or her Husband's Eyes,<lb/>
                                In all her costl'est Robes, her selfe attires;<lb/>
                                And, seekes the coml'est Dresse, shee can devise.<lb/>
                                Then, to her trustie Looking-glasse, shee goes,<lb/>
                                (Where, often, shee her person turnes and winds)<lb/>
                                To view, how seemely her attiring showes;<lb/>
                                Or, whether ought amisse therein she finds.<lb/>
                                Which praisefull Diligence, is figur'd thus<lb/>
                                In this our Emblem ; that, it may be made<lb/>
                                A documentall signe, remembring us,<lb/>
                                What care of all our Actions, must bee had.<lb/>
                                For, hee that in God's presence would appeare<lb/>
                                An acceptable Soule ; or, gracious grow<lb/>
                                With men, that of approv'd conditions are,<lb/>
                                Must by some faithfull Glasse, be trimmed so.<lb/>
                                The good Examples of those pious men,<lb/>
                                Who liv'd in elder times, may much availe:<lb/>
                                Yea, and by others evills, now and then,<lb/>
                                Men see how grossely, they themselves, doe faile.<lb/>
                                A wise Companion, and a loving Friend,<lb/>
                                Stands nearer, than those ancient glasses doe;<lb/>
                                And, serveth well to such an usefull end:<lb/>
                                For, hee may bee thy Glasse, and Fountaine too.<lb/>
                                His good Example, shewes thee what is fit;<lb/>
                                His Admonition, checks what is awry;<lb/>
                                Hee, by his Good-advise, reformeth it;<lb/>
                                And, by his Love, thou mend'st it pleasedly.<lb/>
                                But, if thou doe desire the perfect'st Glasse,<lb/>
                                Ioyne to the Morall-Law, the Law of Grace.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem190
SEQ 191
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem192
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A young woman looking in a mirror; in the background Narcissus looking at his own reflection in a fountain
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac245
MOTTO_LA <p>VT NE QUID DEDECEAT.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 11Q712
; 25I151
; 31AA5111
; 31D15
; 41D261
; 52A53(+4)
; 54B12
; 59A3
; 86(UT NE QUID DEDECEAT)
; 97B6(+0)
MOTTO_EN <p>In all thine Actions, have a care,<lb/>
                                That no unseemlinesse appeare.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic245.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem191
MOTTO_LA_NORM Ut ne quid dedeceat
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0