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sighs of a loving soul. Each plate is accompanied with 

 a Poem of some length, written in a flowing vein of elegant 

 Latinity, and followed by diffuse quotations in prose from 

 Scripture — but more especially from the Fathers. In ad- 

 dition however to the incongruity already mentioned, the 

 pious and Christian aspirations which pervade the Book are 

 much intermixed with Heathen fable and legendary lore. 

 It was paraphrased in English verse by the Rev. Edward 

 Arwaker, and accompanied with good engravings by Sturt."*^ 

 As Arwaker's verses convey a very fair idea of the original, 

 and are not wanting in force and beauty, we may advan- 

 tageously take our specimens from them, premising that many 

 passages relating to Heathen mythology and profane liistory 

 are altered or expunged by our English translator. 



The seventh Emblem of the second Book presents the two 

 figures (Divine Love and the Human Soul) with hands joined 

 — walking forth from the City gates into the Country. Un- 

 derneath is the Motto taken from the Canticles vii. 11, " Come 

 my Beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the 

 villages." 



" Come, come, my Love, let 's leave the busy throng; 

 We trifle there our precious time too long. 

 Come let us hasten to some lonely Grove — 

 The fittest theatre for scenes of Love. 

 Strong Walls and Gates the City guard, 'tis true ; 

 But what secures it tlius, confines it too. 

 We '11 reap the pleasures of the open field, 

 Which does security with freedom yield. 

 What though the City-towers the clouds invade 

 And o'er the fields project their lofty shade; 

 Yet thence Content has made a far retreat 

 And chose the humble Cottage as its seat; 



thirty Emblems in pnuse of that Pontiff. Into the verses and the engravings for 

 every one of these the author has contrived to introduce his Holiness's Crest — the 

 Dragon — a crest not inappropriate to the man who had caused a medal to be struck 

 for the purpose of commemorating the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 



The curious engravings in both these Works are upon Copper. 



* Tx>ndon, 1686. 8vo. The author, in his dedication to the Princess Anne of 

 Denmark, stiles her father (James the Second) •• the best no less than the greatest of 

 Christian monarchs." 



