Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select and choice emblems, divine and moral, ancient and modern curiously ingraven upon copper plates : with fifty delightful poems and lots for the more lively illustration of each emblem, whereby instruction and good counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : to which is prefixed an incomparable poem, entituled Majesty in misery, or, An imploration to the King of Kings, written by His late Majesty K. Charles the First, with his own hand, during his captivity in Carisbrook Castle, in the Isle or Wight, 1648 : with an emblem / collected by R.B., author of the History of the wars of England, Remarks of London, and Admirable curiosities, &c.

Title

Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select and choice emblems, divine and moral, ancient and modern curiously ingraven upon copper plates : with fifty delightful poems and lots for the more lively illustration of each emblem, whereby instruction and good counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : to which is prefixed an incomparable poem, entituled Majesty in misery, or, An imploration to the King of Kings, written by His late Majesty K. Charles the First, with his own hand, during his captivity in Carisbrook Castle, in the Isle or Wight, 1648 : with an emblem / collected by R.B., author of the History of the wars of England, Remarks of London, and Admirable curiosities, &c.

Author

R. B., 1632?-1725?

Publication

London :: Printed for Nath. Crouch ...,

1684.

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"Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select and choice emblems, divine and moral, ancient and modern curiously ingraven upon copper plates : with fifty delightful poems and lots for the more lively illustration of each emblem, whereby instruction and good counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : to which is prefixed an incomparable poem, entituled Majesty in misery, or, An imploration to the King of Kings, written by His late Majesty K. Charles the First, with his own hand, during his captivity in Carisbrook Castle, in the Isle or Wight, 1648 : with an emblem / collected by R.B., author of the History of the wars of England, Remarks of London, and Admirable curiosities, &c." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35217.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• THE AUTHOR UPON THE EMBLEM IN THE FRONTISPIECE
• TO THE READER
• preface
  • emblem
  • Majesty in Misery; OR An Imploration to the King of Kings.
  • The Explanation of the Emblem In Latin and English.
    • subsection
    • In English.
  • An Epitaph upon King Charles the first.
  • Another.
  • Another.
• Emblem I.

  Finis ab Origine pendet.

  • THE First Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 1.
• Emblem II.

  Quo me vertam nescio.

  • THE Second Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 2.
• Emblem III.

  Vivitur Ingenio, caetera mortis erunt.

  • THE Third Emblem. Illustrated.
  • Lot 3.
• Emblem IV.
  • THE Fourth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 4.
• Emblem V.

  Ad Scopum, licet Aegre, & frustra.

  • THE Fifth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 5.
• Emblem VI.

  Pedetentim.

  • THE Sixth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot. 6.
• Emblem VII.

  Pro Lege & pro Grege.

  • THE Seventh Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 7.
• Emblem VIII.

  Quid si sic?

  • THE Eighth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 8.
• Emblem IX.

  Fures Privati in Nervo, Publici in Auro.

  • THE Ninth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 9.
• Emblem X.

  Fulcrum Tutissimum.

  • THE Tenth Emblem. Illustrated.
  • Lot 10.
• Emblem XI.

  Serva Modum.

  • THE Eleventh Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 11.
• Emblem XII.

  Paupertate premor, Sublevor Ingenio.

  • THE Twelfth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 12.
• Emblem XIII.

  Stultorum Adjumenta Nocumenta.

  • THE Thirteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 13.
• Emblem XIV.

  Pueros castigo, virosque.

  • THE Fourteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 14.
• Emblem XV.

  Concordia Insuperabilis.

  • THE Fifteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 15.
• Emblem XVI.

  Non Sceptro sed Plectro ducitur.

  • THE Sixteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 16.
• Emblem XVII.

  Non obest Virtuti Sors.

  • THE Seventeenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 17.
• Emblem XVIII.

  Noli Altum Sapere.

  • THE Eighteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 18.
• Emblem XIX.

  Tractant Fabrilia Fabri.

  • THE Nineteenth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 19.
• Emblem XX.

  Constante Fiducia.

  • THE Twentieth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot. 20.
• Emblem XXI.

  Furor fit laesa saepius Patientia.

  • THE 21st Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 21.
• Emblem XXII.

  In Spe & Labore transigo vitam.

  • THE 22d Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 22.
• Emblem XXIII.

  Tamen discam.

  • THE 23d Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 23.
• Emblem XXIV.

  Transitus Celerest, & avolamus.

  • THE 24th Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 24.
• Emblem XXV.

  Transe at.

  • THE Twenty fifth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 25.
• Emblem XXVI.

  Gaudet Patientia duris.

  • THE Twenty sixth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 26.
• Emblem XXVII.

  Bella in Vista, Dentro Trista.

  • THE Twentyseventh Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 27.
• Emblem XXVIII.

  Captivum impune Lacessunt.

  • THE Twenty eighth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 28.
• Emblem XXIX.

  Persequar Extinctu.

  • THE Twenty ninth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 29.
• Emblem XXX.

  Nequid Nimis.

  • THE Thirtieth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 30.
• Emblem XXXI.

  Legibus & Armis.

  • THE Thirtieth First Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 31.
• Emblem XXXII.

  Spes alit Agricolas.

  • THE Thirty second Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 32.
• Emblem XXXIII.

  Puris Manibus.

  • THE Thirty third Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 33.
• Emblem XXXIV.

  Fero.

  • THE Thirty fourth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 34.
• Emblem XXXV.

  Sapiens dominabitur Astris.

  • THE Thirty fifth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot. 35.
• Emblem XXXVI.

  Non te, sed Nummos

  • THE Thirty sixth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 36.
• Emblem XXXVII.

  Virtute ac Studio per Orbem Fama perpetua comparatur.

  • THE Thirty seventh Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 37.
• Emblem XXXVIII.

  Deus nobis haec Otia fecit.

  • THE Thirty eighth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 38.
• Emblem XXXIX.

  Spernit Pericula Virtus.

  • THE Thirty ninth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 39.
• Emblem XL.

  Non uno Sternitur Ictu.

  • THE Fortieth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 40.
• Emblem XLI.

  Ne tenear.

  • THE Forty first Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 41.
• Emblem XLII.

  Viribus jungenda Sapientia.

  • THE Forty second Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 42.
• Emblem XLIII.

  In Silentio & spe.

  • THE Forty third Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 43.
• Emblem XLIV:

  Non est Mortale quod opto.

  • THE Forty fourth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 44.
• Emblem XLV.

  Dum Clavum rectum Teneam.

  • THE Forty fifth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 45.
• Emblem XLVI.

  Ubi Helena, ibi Troja.

  • THE Forty sixth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 46.
• Emblem XLVII.

  Consequitur quodcunque petit.

  • THE Forty seventh Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 47.
• Emblem XLVIII.

  Nusquam tuta fides.

  • THE Forty eighth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot. 48.
• Emblem XLIX.

  Omnis Caro Foenum.

  • THE Forty ninth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 49.
• Emblem L.

  Sic transit Gloria Mundi.

  • THE Fiftieth Emblem Illustrated.
  • Lot 50.
• These six following Chances or Lots have no Emblems belonging to them, and therefore you need look no fur∣ther for them, but make the best of what you have got, these being only added for sport and Recreation.
• CONCLUSIONS.
• Directions for finding the Chances in the following Lottery.
• Directions for the Lottery.
• There are Lately Published Eleven very useful, pleasant, and necessary Books, all sold by Nath. Crouch, at the Bell in the Poultry, near Cheapside.