. A Choice of Emblemes, and other devises : For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised . TH E Lions grimme J behouldcj doe not refifte,Buc yealde them (elues, and Cupiddes chariot drawc^ AAnd with one handc, he guydes them where he hfte, ^ ^ -^^AVich th other hande, he keepes them ftill in awe: Thcye couche, and drawe, and do the whippe abidcj And laie tlicire fierce and crcwell mindes aiide. C n/J* If Cupid then, bee of fuch miglitie force,That creatures fierce, and brutifhe kinde he tames:Oh mightie I o v e , vouchfafe to fliowe rcm
. A Choice of Emblemes, and other devises : For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised . TH E Lions grimme J behouldcj doe not refifte,Buc yealde them (elues, and Cupiddes chariot drawc^ AAnd with one handc, he guydes them where he hfte, ^ ^ -^^AVich th other hande, he keepes them ftill in awe: Thcye couche, and drawe, and do the whippe abidcj And laie tlicire fierce and crcwell mindes aiide. C n/J* If Cupid then, bee of fuch miglitie force,That creatures fierce, and brutifhe kinde he tames:Oh mightie I o v e , vouchfafe to fliowe rcmorfe,Hclpe feeble man, and pictie tender dames: Let Africkc wildc, this tyrauntes force indurc. If not alas, ho we can poorc man bee fure. / <^m mn tnille pr£, quern non Sthendeim ho^kpKQufotuit Juno yimere, vincit amou .Cy ^^ ^^ ^4 ^£ ante I. 1. E/quier. Quid I. Art. Sv. ne perdtdent noncejjat perdert lufor,Et reuocat cupidiunUa ftps mamu. Sen. Hippi ig. NOT for our felues, albnc wcc are for our frendes, and for our countries good:And thofe, that are vnto thcire frendcs not regarde theire offpringe, and theire blood,Or hee, that waftes his fubftance till he bcgges,Or felles his landes, whiche fcriide his parentes well:Is like the henne, when fhee hathe lay ae her fuckes them vp and leaues the emptie fhell,Euen (6 theire Ipoile, to thcire reprochcjand fhame,Vndocth theire heire, and quite dccayeth theire nanie. Oui/quU fecundii rehiis exultat tihnis,Tluitjy luxu, femper infoltta appetens^nunc ilia magtiA dura fortune, comesSuhtt libido : mn placent fueta dapes^NQn uitafani moriSj mt ytlis cibm: &c, OHutuum ^Utuum mxilium. To R. Cotton Efquicr.
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