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

The PEASANT.

Reading edition

In the Sweat of thy Face shalt thou eat Bread.

Genesis iii. 19.

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

Bread for thyself, by Labour great, Thou shalt thyself obtain; And from the Ground, without great Toil, No Sustenance shalt gain. After long Use of Things below, And num’rous Labours past, Pale Death to all thy Cares and Toils Shall put an End at last.