. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . p\ E A R E S T of frendes ^ accept this fmall device,-*-^ Wherewith I would vour ciirtefies requite,But that your loiies invaluable price 5Muft hold me debter, while I view this light, Nor can my heires , thefe papers dead and gone , Repay the favors for me 5you haue done . A ^ Turtle heerc 5 vpon an OHue fits, Vpon whofebranch , depends aRing of gold , As beft the loue of-Matrimonie fits, Thus ever endles, never waxing old, The


. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . p\ E A R E S T of frendes ^ accept this fmall device,-*-^ Wherewith I would vour ciirtefies requite,But that your loiies invaluable price 5Muft hold me debter, while I view this light, Nor can my heires , thefe papers dead and gone , Repay the favors for me 5you haue done . A ^ Turtle heerc 5 vpon an OHue fits, Vpon whofebranch , depends aRing of gold , As beft the loue of-Matrimonie fits, Thus ever endles, never waxing old, The branch ani bowes, the fruite that from you fpring,The Doue your felfe, yoiir wife that golden ring. O 2. Temfer until • Ixemploiunc*tjc tibi mititia-morc Columb* j Auvum rubiginenon comimpitufquocirca in maxi-mo prctij fcmpwhabcbatur. Tempermtix,. HE E R E Temferance I ftand, of virtues, Queene ,Who moderate all humane vaine defires ,Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene ,To curbe affedion, that too farre afpires :I til other hand, that golden cup doth fhow ,Vnto c^cc& I am a deadly foe • For when to luftes, I loofely let the raine,And yeeld to each fuggcfting appetite,Man to his ruine, headlong runnes amaine,To frendes great greife, and enimies delight: No conqueft doubtles, may with that compare ^ Of our aifedes, when we the vidors are. Qu£ rego virtutes placido moderamine cundasAfFeftiifque potens fum Dca sophkosyne: EfFraenes animi doceo cohiberc furores,Suftineo , abflineo , difplicet omne ninxs. Nihil efl; tarn prxclarum, magnincum, qitod non modcrationctem^^rari debeat. ■ \- •-*, . V - Servire Servire nefcit. H


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