. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . 11 .— optimus illeMiiva? cui pof-trjmum eft pri-munii|ue tueriInter bela (idemIdsm lib : 14. ExBaf: (~\ F CONC D firme , the Romans in their coine ,^-^ This fyinbofe gaue, their peace about to make,That as their hands, in one their hearts fhould ioine,And fooner firft, they would their hues forfake,Then treachroufly, their vow and promife breake,Though to their foe, if they the word did fpcakei For lo, the Lord who fecrets all doth knowe,With vengeance moft, d
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . 11 .— optimus illeMiiva? cui pof-trjmum eft pri-munii|ue tueriInter bela (idemIdsm lib : 14. ExBaf: (~\ F CONC D firme , the Romans in their coine ,^-^ This fyinbofe gaue, their peace about to make,That as their hands, in one their hearts fhould ioine,And fooner firft, they would their hues forfake,Then treachroufly, their vow and promife breake,Though to their foe, if they the word did fpcakei For lo, the Lord who fecrets all doth knowe,With vengeance moft, doth plague the faithles wight:As that famecc Cardnall^ proud not long agoe,Who in the feild againft his faith would fight-: With God and man, the truth accepted is 5 Oh! let not heathen, vs excell in this. Nam illis promfliis ftandumquis nonvidet ? quce coa&us quis mctu , aut decepftisdolo piromiferit* Cicero in. offic : Publica Romulides pnfturi fecdera iungunt Concordes geminas orcque corde crede nefas hoftiles fallere de^tras, Quod pcenas tnertiic vindice Cepe Deo • JufltUA IuftitU milium* 13*. \j\T HEN SCAVR VS forth the Roman youth did lead*^ * To protie their valour on the common foe:Within his Campe , in authors as I read,A peare tree laden with the fruit did grow, Which at*s departure, kept the wonted ftore> As full remaining as it did before. A mirror for commaunders in our age, Who deeme it honour, and a fouldiers guife, To vfe on foes all * viilanous outrage: Rapes, murders, rapines x burnings robberies:And greateft part of valour to confift,Like Lavage bruites, in fpoyling what they lift.
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