. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T T EERE T^;^/^;4;^f^Iftand,of virtiics^Queene,*• - Who moderate all humane vaine defires ,Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene,To Giirbe aflPedion, that too farre afpires: I th other hand, that golden cup doth fhow 3 Vnto exceflfe I am a deadly foe • For when to luftes, I loofely let the rainc,And yeeld to each fuggefting appetite,Man to his ruine, headlong runnes amaine,To frendes great greife, and enimies dehght: No conqueft doubtles, may with that compare. Of our
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T T EERE T^;^/^;4;^f^Iftand,of virtiics^Queene,*• - Who moderate all humane vaine defires ,Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene,To Giirbe aflPedion, that too farre afpires: I th other hand, that golden cup doth fhow 3 Vnto exceflfe I am a deadly foe • For when to luftes, I loofely let the rainc,And yeeld to each fuggefting appetite,Man to his ruine, headlong runnes amaine,To frendes great greife, and enimies dehght: No conqueft doubtles, may with that compare. Of our aifedes ^ when we the vidors are. Qux rego virtutes placido moderaminc cunftasAlFediifque potens fum Dea sophrosyne: Eflfraenes animi docco cohibcre furores,Suftmeo , abftinco , difplicet omne niniis. Nihil eft cam prxclarum, tamque magnificum j quodnon modcrationctempcrari dcbeac. Servire Servire nefcit • H. I * H E Princely Fmlcon, that hath long bccne mand-*- And taught to floope, vnto the toffcd lure , Is now efcaped from his Maifters hand , And will no more fuch fervitude endure, But better likes the feilde, and forreftes fpray ,And for himfelfc ^ in elder age to pray. The virtuous mind ,and truely noble fpri^ feldome brooke, in bondage bafe to ierue ^But moft doth in his libertie delight,Still rather chooling, by himfelfe to fteruc, Then cate fbme caterpillars envied bread ^ Or at anothers curtefie be fed. ^■^tcxtt ipfa gra-ciofi liberti, a«tftrvi :«d^:ffatyti!i Dnrtim^ invifum^ etgrave eB, ServitU ferre. Stntta in Troiuk O3. ris 95 Vis Amor is.
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