. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . HP H E Mountaines huge 3 that feeme to check the sky, ■*■ And all the world, with greatnes overpeere 3With Heath, or MolTe ,.for moft part barren lie :Whenvalleislow,dothkindlyPhoebuscheere And withrhis heate, in hedge and groue begets,The virgin-Prirnrofe 3 or fweete Violets. So God j oft times denies vnto the greatc,The giftes of Nature y or his heavenly grace,And thofe that high 3 in Honors chaire are fct,Doe feele their wantes, when men of meaner place >Although the
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . HP H E Mountaines huge 3 that feeme to check the sky, ■*■ And all the world, with greatnes overpeere 3With Heath, or MolTe ,.for moft part barren lie :Whenvalleislow,dothkindlyPhoebuscheere And withrhis heate, in hedge and groue begets,The virgin-Prirnrofe 3 or fweete Violets. So God j oft times denies vnto the greatc,The giftes of Nature y or his heavenly grace,And thofe that high 3 in Honors chaire are fct,Doe feele their wantes, when men of meaner place >Although they lack, the others golden fpring,Perhaps are bleft 3 aboue the richeft King, Humilkas meretur vt lvomo virtntes occupet, Quia humilibus Deus dat : in Epif- Servat accepta, quia non requiefcit fpiritus fan&us nifi ftiper quietcm et ad Socrum. Candor Candor immunk erit. 5/J. np H E burning gfaffe 3 that mod doth gather lire , -*- While Siridn Dog doth parch the meddowes greene yDoth never burne ( a thing we much admire)The cloth 3 or ftuffe* that is fcene :But foone entlames, all callous elfe befide,The black 3 the blew, the red, and motley pide. To this fame glaffe, I (launder ftill compare 3That by degrees 3 doth fubtilly gather hcate,And doth not with-malicious envie ipare,The good 3 the bad 3 the little or the greate, Who though Che hath., ore other vermes power ? The confcience clecre 5 fhe never (hall devoure.
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