. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . Ey,hiiH ( hO. Emblem XLIX. rhe Wedding of PELEUS. I V E read that once the Deities,Diefsd in their Pumps and fmart Tupees, Like Beaus of Talte; thofe Forms I mean {a) Homer fo often ufhers in. The Subjeds of his Epic Scene; Whole Ads Heroic fill the Pages Of Heathefi Greec and Roman Sages;Were calld by Hermes to attendThe Nuptials of a [b) Female Friend :The bright Ccckfiial Dames, for theyWere lummond too to grace the Day, Waited ( M7 ) Waited in (c) Peleuss Great Hall, Impatient to begin the Ball: When {d) Dijcord,
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . Ey,hiiH ( hO. Emblem XLIX. rhe Wedding of PELEUS. I V E read that once the Deities,Diefsd in their Pumps and fmart Tupees, Like Beaus of Talte; thofe Forms I mean {a) Homer fo often ufhers in. The Subjeds of his Epic Scene; Whole Ads Heroic fill the Pages Of Heathefi Greec and Roman Sages;Were calld by Hermes to attendThe Nuptials of a [b) Female Friend :The bright Ccckfiial Dames, for theyWere lummond too to grace the Day, Waited ( M7 ) Waited in (c) Peleuss Great Hall, Impatient to begin the Ball: When {d) Dijcord, fierce {e) Bellonas Slflcf^ Enragd that McTCu/y had milsd her. And not to her a Prefcnt made Of Tickets for the Mafquerade, Threw from her Lap into the Room A gilded (f) Apple ftreakd with Bloom; Whofe Colours, ftruck with myftic Art, Were Eniblems of a jealous Heart: InfcribVi, To ber that merits beji^ It Rew to wife Minerva s Breail, But what was Wifdom to controul That Tyrant Paffion in the Soul: Venus forgot her wonted Grace, av And frowning, fpoild her lovely Face j C yuno no more
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