Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

The ABBOT.

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He shall die without Instruction, and in the Greatness of his Folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs v. 23.

Illustration from Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

This Instant, Wretch, thou shalt depart, Consign’d to mould’ring Dust; Because thou knew’st not, only feign’dst, The Wisdom of the Just. The Abundance of thy Folly great, Did blindly thee deceive, And made thee seek the sinful Path, Which thou could’st never leave.