. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T H E feirccfl: natures ;:ome in yoiithfull prime,Nor couufcl good, nor reafons rule, could tame,Are by their ov/ne experience^ and in time;To order brought, and ^ taught themfelves to frame^,To honcft courfes, and to loath the. waies,So well thev liked, in their vouthf uli daies. Why-then dilpaire yec Madame, of your ibnne,Whofe wit, as in the iappe, doth but abound:^Thcfcbraunchcsprund, that over rancUie rimnc^Youle find ija time, the bodie inward found : When Dull
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T H E feirccfl: natures ;:ome in yoiithfull prime,Nor couufcl good, nor reafons rule, could tame,Are by their ov/ne experience^ and in time;To order brought, and ^ taught themfelves to frame^,To honcft courfes, and to loath the. waies,So well thev liked, in their vouthf uli daies. Why-then dilpaire yec Madame, of your ibnne,Whofe wit, as in the iappe, doth but abound:^Thcfcbraunchcsprund, that over rancUie rimnc^Youle find ija time, the bodie inward found : When Dullard fprightes, hkc fenny flagges fruidles bcene^, or rot while they do grow. Eximrt fpfa dtes omnes dcmfore mmd>.ti^Quoc^g^ ftiit vitmm, defmit efse^ mora., * Ingenia mobiles cc gc-nerofi cqui, me-lius facili frccno ,regunrur: Sene-ca ae cleinenda. * VcUem inaiiO -lefcenBc quod ,• j de oii- Ovid:i. dearteamandi. Labor •i J Labor viris comjcnit. TO themofl Honor Me Lord, the L: Dfnrccell,. • primus !) iter fHrnp-ifle pedes. Sil: i. * Ipfe manu fuapila geres profce-dit aniieJi milicisorapedes moftractolerarc labo-rcm, Mundirias mulic-ribus laborem apud Sa -liiltium. ; Virgil AEneid: i WH O tliii ftcch afrer Honor, and renowne,By variant ad, or lafting woikc ofwir;In v:;ine he doih expetfi, her glorious crowne ,Except by labor, he archeiveth it 3 And fv. c Jtie brow, for never merit may,To droufie (loath, impart her living bay. ^ HAMILCARS fonnc, hence fliallthy glory ore the Alpes , didftforcmoft lead the way, With Cscfars eeke, that v/ould the onfet giue,And firft on footc , the deepcfb affay:Let Carpet Knightes, of Ladies favours manly hart, brave A6lion loveth moft • cc Difcefuer virtlitem ^xme vertimq^ laboremForttin^am ex dins: nunc te men- dexter a belloDefenfumdabit, et magna inter frdtnia ducet, Bk £xntaliitHorihpts hoH£ leges,
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