A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation. By George VVither. The first booke.

Invincibilitie is there,Where Order, Strength, and Vnion are.

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VIS NESCIA VINCI.

ILLVSTR. XII, Book. 4

FRom these well-order'd Arrowes, and the Snake, This usefull Observation you may make; That, where an able Prudence, doth combine Vnited-forces, by good Discipline, It maketh up a pow'r, exempted from The feare, or perill, to be overcome: And, if you covet safetie, you will seeke To know this Ward, and to acquire the like. For, doubtlesse, neither is it in the force, Of iron Charets, or of armed Horse, In which, the King, securitie may finde, Unlesse the Riders bee well Disciplinde. Nor, lyes it in the Souldiers common Skill In warlike Postures; nor in theirs, who drill The Rankes and Fyles, to order them aright, According as Occasion makes the Fight. But, men must use a further Prudence too, Or else, those vulgar-Arts will all undoe. For, these, are onely Sciences injoynd, To order well the Body, not the Mind: And, men best train'd in these (oft times) we see, The Hare-brain'dst-fooles, in all our Armies bee. To strength, and skill, unite we must, therefore, A manly Prudence, comprehending more, Than all these Powr's: ev'n such, as when shee please, To all her ends, can use and mannage these; And, shew us how to cure, or to prevent All Hazards; or, withall to bee content. Hee that's thus arm'd, and trusts in God alone, May bee oppos'd, but, conquered of none.