Identifier: moralemblemswith00cats (find matches)
Title: Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660 Farley, Robert Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, ill Leighton, John, 1822-1912, ill Pigot, Richard
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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LIKE MELONS, FRIENDS ARE TO BE FOUND IN PLENTY,OF WHICH NOT EVEN ONE IS GOOD IN TWENTY. fN choofing I-riciuis, its rcquifitc t>) ufcThe fclf-famc care as when we Melons clioofe :No one in haftc a Melon ever buys.Nor makes his choice till three or four he tries;And oft indeed when purchafine this fruit.Before the buyer can find one to fuit. TRY THE ICE BEFORE YOU VENTURE ON IT, TRUST NOT A NEW FRIEND, Z 0 Hes een obliged t examine half a fcore,And prhaps not find one when his fearch is oer.Be cautious how you choofe a friend;For Friendfhips that are lightly made,^ Have feldom any other end Than grief to fee ones truft betrayd ! T,E compagnon on Fanii qui se tourne a iiiimitie. nest-il )ias une tristesse qui AuRUM probatur igne, amicus tempore.As Fire, of (lold is eer the surest test, >! (E ^ DEPROEF uw vrient, ■ Beproef uw sweert,Q Dat is uw groote schatten weert. Who from mishap himself would guard, ^ 0 Must prove his Friend as hed prove his sword. )j-.s amis sout comme le mel

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