Excerpt from Minerva Britanna, or a Garden of Heroical Deuises, Furnished, and Adorned With Emblemes and Impresa's of Sundry Natures: Newly Devised, Moralized, and PublishedIt is not my intent here (whichi might well doe) to difeo'urfe at lar e of the Nature and L'ib'ertie Of Emeleme wherein it differeth from the Imprefi, becaufe heerein'i hauebeene alreadie prevented hy't'orheis, The true vfe' heereof from'time to time onely 'hath beene duloi mzfeere toifeede at once both cie byexprefi'i n g milli cally'and doubtfully, our difpofition Lm, Hatred, Clerréea'z e'z'e Ireflz'ee Pierie Mffortmeef Grieferg and the like which perhaps could norhaue'beene oped but'to our p'rzeiudiée re: vealed And in truth the bearer heetein dot but as that changeth his Silver into Cold carry about his affef'tio'ni in'a narrow roome and'morefafely, the-valew ratherfbetteredthen abated Accept I pray thee, in good worth vyhat'1 haue heererdoné hot, forira.f ny hop eef reward or gai'n'e bu't o'nely for thy pleafure {andrec-reati on Imagining thou art delighted as I haue evennbeene my felfe with their: ever elieemed honefi and nrol'ecorrnnendable Devifes'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.