. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . U«TAt: i tttmi 13 TI> E H O L D a Storke, betwecnc two Torches placd y*-* Of milkie hew 5 with winges abroad difplaidc 5In aunchient time, the marke of wedlock chaft 3Becaufe this Bird, a deadly foe is (aidT* Adulterie, andfouleft foule Inceft,The ^/£*/maide, the fire befeemeth Deft• ■ Ghaft Loue, the band of everlafting Peace,The beft content we haue > while here we liue,That blefleft Mariage, with thy fweete encreafe ,And doft a pledge, of that coniun&ion giueTwixt
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . U«TAt: i tttmi 13 TI> E H O L D a Storke, betwecnc two Torches placd y*-* Of milkie hew 5 with winges abroad difplaidc 5In aunchient time, the marke of wedlock chaft 3Becaufe this Bird, a deadly foe is (aidT* Adulterie, andfouleft foule Inceft,The ^/£*/maide, the fire befeemeth Deft• ■ Ghaft Loue, the band of everlafting Peace,The beft content we haue > while here we liue,That blefleft Mariage, with thy fweete encreafe ,And doft a pledge, of that coniun&ion giueTwixt Soule 3 and Body, eke the mutual Loue,Betweene the Church 3 and her fweete Spoufe aboue, vFoelices ter, et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula: nee malis Divulfis quaerimbniis Suprema citius folvet amor die, Iff In eos quhum mithfrumtur, vti nefcimt. r i z. T HIS Ample Foole, that here befrrides the bow,And knowing well\ the daunger vnderneath ,Yetbufiiie doth faw the fame in two,Like idle Ape , though to his prefent death:Which if he had forborne, and let k grow,He free from harme, had fcap t thqpikes beloW» To this fame Idiot 3 fuch we liken may,Of truftie Frendes as doe not know the vfe,But while theyare their props 3 and cnely ftay,Will cut them off, by this, or that abufe yOr loofe their favor, by behaviour ill,Who otherwife, might hauc vpheld them ftill # ii3 Sic nosT)ij,
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