. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . O EHOLD a^/^r/^jbetweenctwo Torchesplacd,■^ Of milkie hew ^ with winges abroad difplaide 5In aunchient time, the marke of wedlock chaft ,Bccaufc this Bird, a deadly foe is faidT Adulterie, andfouleft foule Iiiceft,The r^rf/maide, the fire befeeme th beft • Chaft Lofie, the band of everlafting Peace,The beft content we haiie, while here we line,ThatblefTeft Mariage, with thy fweete pledge y of that coniiindion giiieTwixt Soule, and Body, eke the mutua
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . O EHOLD a^/^r/^jbetweenctwo Torchesplacd,■^ Of milkie hew ^ with winges abroad difplaide 5In aunchient time, the marke of wedlock chaft ,Bccaufc this Bird, a deadly foe is faidT Adulterie, andfouleft foule Iiiceft,The r^rf/maide, the fire befeeme th beft • Chaft Lofie, the band of everlafting Peace,The beft content we haiie, while here we line,ThatblefTeft Mariage, with thy fweete pledge y of that coniiindion giiieTwixt Soule, and Body, eke the mutual Loue,Betweene the Church ^ and her fweete Spoufe abouc. Foelices ter, ct amplius , Quos irrupta tenet copula: nee malls Divulfis quasrimoniis Suprema citius folvct amor die. /;> In eos qtii cum Ammsfrumtur, vti mfcimt, 112. np HIS fimple Foole, that here befiridcs the bow,-■- And knowing well, the daungcr vnderneath, Yet bufilie doth fiw the fame in two, Like idle Ape, though to his prefent death: ., ;^^^Which if he had forborne, and let it grow ^He free from harme, had fcapt the pikes beloW. To this i^me Idiot, fuch we liken may,Of truftie Frendes as doe not know the vfe,But while they are their props ^ and onely flay,Wiil cut them off, by this , or that abufe \Or loofe their favor, by behaviour ill,Who otherwife, might haue vpheld them ftill,
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