. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . one, did ever caft his eieVnto the wheele : which when the Tiratit laW ^And askd the caiife, the chained King rcplide, heerein, my flate I haue cfpi de. For Uke our feliics ,the Ipokc that v/as on high, Is to the bottoms, in a moment caft , As faft the loweft, rifeth by and by, All humane thinges , thus find a change atlaft:The Tyrant fearing, wliat his hap mightbe ,ReleaPd their bandes forthwith, and fet them free ^ itduat ambjguis vitahjec agitata procellis ,F
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . one, did ever caft his eieVnto the wheele : which when the Tiratit laW ^And askd the caiife, the chained King rcplide, heerein, my flate I haue cfpi de. For Uke our feliics ,the Ipokc that v/as on high, Is to the bottoms, in a moment caft , As faft the loweft, rifeth by and by, All humane thinges , thus find a change atlaft:The Tyrant fearing, wliat his hap mightbe ,ReleaPd their bandes forthwith, and fet them free ^ itduat ambjguis vitahjec agitata procellis ,Fertquc refcrtque vices fors male fida fuas; Hunc de pkbc cieat. rcgnantcm deprimit Ulum:Vcl rota tot cafus vna SESOSTRIS habct. In tranquiMlmis rebus intcrduin cxiflit pcriculuin quod nemo cxpedat, Viu Fortuna rcgicur, tion Sapicntia. M2. TortHti«rn rnaia( Princeps) pies-*fiv man:bu. tcnc lubrica eft ncc in-vita tencri potcftCurl: lib : 7. WA{ cruentoscarcerc includiDuces, ct irppo»tenci> rerg» plc-beiamanu fcindiTyranni- Sencc»iaHcrct Badt: Doroa. Cum SrftTmas < Cic: in Turculafit 77 Cum fever it ate lemt^ Quintil: dcclam: 13 . Clauiian: OF orient hew 3 aRaiiiebow doth hideous iTiower, within her Circlet round ,Refembling that great punifhment of raine ^The Lord inflided when the world was drownd :The Rainebow, of his Mercy, heere a figne,Which with his lufticc, he doth ever ioine . For though we howerly, doe the Lord provoke ,By cricng Sinncs, to bring his vengeance downc ^ The faille he tempers, while he ftrikes the ftroke ^And ioines liis favor, with a bitter frowne:To let vs know, that wrath he keepes in ftore ,And grace for fuch, as will offend no more. Oh quam difficile hominibus mifercri et faperc. Pcragit tranquilla potcftas Quod violcnta neqiiit, mandataque fortius vrgctImperiofa quics —- Sfne Sineflamn. t%
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