. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . T T EERE Temper ante I ftand, of virtues ^Queene,■* •* Who moderate all humane vaine defires 3Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene 3To curbe affection 3 that too farre afpires: I th other hand, that golden cup doth {how y Vnto excefTe I am a deadly foe • For when to luftes, I loofely let the raine,And yeeld to each fuggefting appetite,Man to his ruine 3 headlong runnes amaine 3To frendes great greife 3 and enimies delight r No conqueft doubtles, may with that compare, Of
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . T T EERE Temper ante I ftand, of virtues ^Queene,■* •* Who moderate all humane vaine defires 3Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene 3To curbe affection 3 that too farre afpires: I th other hand, that golden cup doth {how y Vnto excefTe I am a deadly foe • For when to luftes, I loofely let the raine,And yeeld to each fuggefting appetite,Man to his ruine 3 headlong runnes amaine 3To frendes great greife 3 and enimies delight r No conqueft doubtles, may with that compare, Of our aflfectes 3 when we the vi&ors are. Qupe rego virtutes placido moderamine cun&asAtfe&ufc]ue potens fum Dea sophkosyne: Effrcenes animi doceo cohibere furores,Suftineo , abftineo , difplicet omne nirxvs. Nihil eft tarn praxlarum, tamque magnifictim, quodnon rnodcrationccemperaii debeat. Serv/re Setvirc neftit. HP HE PrincelyFaulcon,thathathlongbeenemand■*- And taught to ftoope, vnto the, toiled lure 3 Is now efcapedfrom his Maifters hand 3 And will no more fuch fervitude endure, But better likes the feilde, and forreftes fpray ,Andforhimfelfe ^ in elder age to pray . • The virtuous mind, and truely noble fpright,Can feldome brooke, in bondage bafe to feme 5But more doth in his liber tie deli ght,Still rather choollng, by himfelfe to ftenic, Then cate fbme caterpillars envied bread,., Or at anothers curteile be fed. Species ipfi gra- noli libera, anr fcrvi dignitatem nviliam habere poteft. On ad Sh frttrem Durum, invifum, eigrarve eU> ServitiA ferre. Seneca m IVwwfe 0 3 Vis 9% • Vis Amork,
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