Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H.
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Title
Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H.
Author
Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
Publication
London :: Printed by W.S. for Nath. Butter,
1631.
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Meditations.
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"Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68133.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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descriptionPage 279
CX.
Vpon the sight of an
old unthached
Cottage.
THere cannot bee a
truer embleme of
crazie old age; Moldred
and clay walls; a thinne,
uncovered roofe; ben∣ding
studds; darke and
broken windowes; in
short, an house ready to
fall on the head of the in∣dweller:
The best body
is but a cottage; if new∣er,
and better timbred,
yet such as age will e∣qually
impaire, and make
descriptionPage 280
thus ragged, & ruinous;
or, before that, perhaps
casualty of fire or tēpest;
or violence of an enemy;
One of the chief cares of
men is to dwel wel; some
build for themselues,
faire, but not strong; o∣thers
build for posterity,
strong but not faire, not
high; but happie is that
man that builds for eter∣nity,
as strong, as faire,
as high as the glorious
contignations of heaven.
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