. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . \J\r ITH mightie men, who likes to fpend his prime,^ * And loues that life 3 which few account the beft, In hope at length vnto his heigth to clime, By good defert, or thorough Fortune bleft,May here behold the Modell of his blifife,And what his life, in fumme and fubftance is. A Ladie faire, is F a v o v r feignd to be, Whofe youthfull Cheeke 3 doth beare a louely blufh, And as no niggard of her courtefie, She beares about a Holy-water brufh: Where with her bountie round
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . \J\r ITH mightie men, who likes to fpend his prime,^ * And loues that life 3 which few account the beft, In hope at length vnto his heigth to clime, By good defert, or thorough Fortune bleft,May here behold the Modell of his blifife,And what his life, in fumme and fubftance is. A Ladie faire, is F a v o v r feignd to be, Whofe youthfull Cheeke 3 doth beare a louely blufh, And as no niggard of her courtefie, She beares about a Holy-water brufh: Where with her bountie round about fhe throwes,Faire promifes 3 *good wordes 3 and gallant fhowes •. C*[dtttip&iHU«* wtlogia, * Syffina verba *tbegt .Ffi. Herewith * Am-ea? compe-tes. vdUiA\tt S. * Cui omniaprincipumhonef-taatqueinhdncf-ta laudare mos«ft. Tacitus «4h- Semcttia Ttye3t» 167 duU. Herewith a knot of guilded hookes fhe bearcs 3With th other hand y a paire of * Stocks fhe opesTo fhew her bondage: on her feete fhe wearesLead-fhoes, as waiting long vpon her Hopes:And by her doth the fawning Spaniel lie,The Princes bane y the marke of * Flatterie. Stet qukun^ volet fotensAula culmine lubneoMe dulcis faturtt quies*Obfcurm fofitui locoLeni perfruar .gfjfaf. ■I
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