. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . th Hyfopc caught, is cut by him in twaine ,Her fat might take, the poifon quite away,And heale his wound, that wonder tis to fee,Suchfoveraignehelpe, fhouldin a Serpent be. By this fame Leach, is meant the virtuous King ,Who can with cunning, out of manners ill,Make wholefome lawcs, ^ and take away the fting ,Wherewith foule vice, doth greeue the virtuous ftill:Or can prevent, by quicke and wife forefight,Infection ere, it gathers further might. Afra venenato pupugit qi
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . th Hyfopc caught, is cut by him in twaine ,Her fat might take, the poifon quite away,And heale his wound, that wonder tis to fee,Suchfoveraignehelpe, fhouldin a Serpent be. By this fame Leach, is meant the virtuous King ,Who can with cunning, out of manners ill,Make wholefome lawcs, ^ and take away the fting ,Wherewith foule vice, doth greeue the virtuous ftill:Or can prevent, by quicke and wife forefight,Infection ere, it gathers further might. Afra venenato pupugit qiicin vipcra moiTu,Dux Gregib antidotum Ixlus ab hofte petit; Vipereis itiiem leges ex moribusaptas Doftus Apollinca conficit arte SOLON. » riciornai emea*«[arricem legemtflc oportct Cie tI. dc iegibus. SalusCivtadsiMIcgiUis. Arift: Yitiis qua» pliirimi mcntiF<rmlneje nacura deuic humaiu maLgnas Cura dcciit leges, er quod nawa rcmittitIiiv:«ia iU» iicgaDC &c. Gi. TO Ovid Mctamof Jlib 10. Arugramma Au < thoris. 35 To thi right voorfhfpfuH Sir Thomas Chdoner, Knight.] EH hac a/mui honor,.Thomas TLJ E E R E Virtue ftandes, and doth impart a fcroiilc*■* To Hving fame, to pubhfli farre and neerc:The man whofe name, ilie did within enroiile ,And kept to view 5 vnfccne this many ycare,That erfl: me thought, fhe feemed to cnvie,The world his worth, his fame, and mcmoriCo. But fince iTic fees, the Mufe is left forlorne,And fortune fawning, on the worthies wight ,And eke her felfe, not cherifht as beforne .She bringes Moeccnas once againe to light:,The man (if anyclfe) afrcnd to Artcs,And good rewarder ^ of all beft dcfertes*. Vhtm V/rtits Romamet a^fi^ua. 3 6 Totherf^htxcot^o/ffullSir D AVID MFRRAY Kntght,
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