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

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A prudent Man foreseeth the Evil, and hideth himself: But the Simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs xxii. 3.

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

The crafty Man the Crime perceives, The Guilty does protect; The Cause of just but needy Men, He ever does reject. The Poor and Guiltless are oppress’d By Justice’ vain Pretence, And Gold, than Laws, is found to have A greater Influence.