. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . rTi HE Husbandman, in depth of winter feld , ■*■ An aged Wtllim, fcwell for to burne ,But wanting wedges, Grandfire was compel d,To rend with bowes, the bodie for his turne:And whilethe willow, now was rent in twainc,It gauc a gronc 3 and truis feeind to complaine. Oh greife, of greifes! that thus I jfhonld be torne$And haue my heart, by thofe afunder rent,That are my fruite, and of my bodie borne,Who for my flay, and comfort, fhould be fent:You Pa
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . rTi HE Husbandman, in depth of winter feld , ■*■ An aged Wtllim, fcwell for to burne ,But wanting wedges, Grandfire was compel d,To rend with bowes, the bodie for his turne:And whilethe willow, now was rent in twainc,It gauc a gronc 3 and truis feeind to complaine. Oh greife, of greifes! that thus I jfhonld be torne$And haue my heart, by thofe afunder rent,That are my fruite, and of my bodie borne,Who for my flay, and comfort, fhould be fent:You Parents good, your felucs behold in me,Whofe Children wicked, and vngratious be. Parentes chariffimos debemus habere, quod ab his vita,patrimonium, libertas, civitas data eft. Innocenti&m Innocentiam tmurfys maxtme obnoxum ejje 118. HP HE C^,theC£cHieldprifonerinherpaw,■*- And faid of Birdes, he mod deferud to die y For that contrarie vnto Natures Law, His kindred he abufd inceftuouily : His Mother, Sifters, and a noife did keepe, With , when others faine would fleepe. In his defence, heereto replide the Cock, of luft, is for my maifters gaine, I am for crowing, call d the Plowmans clock, Whome I awake bctime, to daily paine: No doubt (quothFujfe,) of reafons thou haft ftore 5But I am fafting, and can heare no more. f -
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