. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . np HE Hyofciame, that about the plaines Of Ita/k, doth in abundance grow,Doth beare a flower, wherein a feed remaines ^Of Birdes the moft dcfird, ( as Herballs fhow:) Which tafted by them, giddie downe they fall ^ And haue no power, to flie away at all. To this fame fruite, I riches doe compare,Which though at firft, with fweetnes they bewitch sWithin a while, they breede our bane of care,Or elfe we furfet, cloid with overmuch :
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . np HE Hyofciame, that about the plaines Of Ita/k, doth in abundance grow,Doth beare a flower, wherein a feed remaines ^Of Birdes the moft dcfird, ( as Herballs fhow:) Which tafted by them, giddie downe they fall ^ And haue no power, to flie away at all. To this fame fruite, I riches doe compare,Which though at firft, with fweetnes they bewitch sWithin a while, they breede our bane of care,Or elfe we furfet, cloid with overmuch : Orwiththeirpoifon, * breede out frantique fits:Or with their lolTa, ^ bereaue vs of our wits. Divitix inflant animos, fuperbiam et arrogantiam pariunt >invidiam trahiint, et eoufquc mentcm alicnant, vt famapecuniar ^ nos ctiam nocitura delecirtct, Vndi4^ Vf^di^fiamma. 52. \V HO everdoftaRoiallScepterfway3Or fitft at ftenie of publique gouermcnt,So beare thy fclfe, that all Inferiors may,Behold thee as, a bright example fenr ^ From God aboue, and deareft light to fhow,The virtuous pathcs, wherein they ought to goc» For people, are like bufie Apes incUnd ,To imitate the Soveraignes manners ftill,And to his Actions, frame tlieir varieng mind:So that he ftandes, as Torch vpon a hill,In open view, and ever Hiining bright,In good or ill, to thoufandes giuing hght, . Quofugisimperii,quifquismoderarishabeiias ? Ceu procuJ illuceiis flammabenigna tuis ,Lumina qux rcddas hinc iiide imitamina morumRegis ad exemplum piebs numcrofarapit, I2. fomm in Repub;•tueri Principis,qui non antmisfoliim debet, fcrvircci-vium. CictPhi*lip: 8. Bafil; Doron, RegU Regh iiben. tas. Inter ApotliegLycof1;henis.
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