. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . \V HO everdoftaRoiallScepterfway3Or fitft at ftenie of publique gouermcnt,So beare thy fclfe, that all Inferiors may,Behold thee as, a bright example fenr ^ From God aboue, and deareft light to fhow,The virtuous pathcs, wherein they ought to goc» For people, are like bufie Apes incUnd ,To imitate the Soveraignes manners ftill,And to his Actions, frame tlieir varieng mind:So that he ftandes, as Torch vpon a hill,In open view, and
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . \V HO everdoftaRoiallScepterfway3Or fitft at ftenie of publique gouermcnt,So beare thy fclfe, that all Inferiors may,Behold thee as, a bright example fenr ^ From God aboue, and deareft light to fhow,The virtuous pathcs, wherein they ought to goc» For people, are like bufie Apes incUnd ,To imitate the Soveraignes manners ftill,And to his Actions, frame tlieir varieng mind:So that he ftandes, as Torch vpon a hill,In open view, and ever Hiining bright,In good or ill, to thoufandes giuing hght, . Quofugisimperii,quifquismoderarishabeiias ? Ceu procuJ illuceiis flammabenigna tuis ,Lumina qux rcddas hinc iiide imitamina morumRegis ad exemplum piebs numcrofarapit, I2. fomm in Repub;•tueri Principis,qui non antmisfoliim debet, fcrvircci-vium. CictPhi*lip: 8. Bafil; Doron, RegU Regh iiben. tas. Inter ApotliegLycof1; o Melius btfaeficiis|Impcrium cufto-klicur quam armisSeneca dc brevi-batc vitaf. • Spesfupereft;p.^ Alexaudxi jc: a de fioibus* F allthevertuesjthatdoebeftbefeemcjHeroique valor, andhigh Maieftie 5Which fooner loue, and Honor winne, I deeme,None may compare, with Liberalitie: Which well the mightie ALEXANDER knew ^As by this Imprefe following heere I (hew. Ere to the charge, he did himfelfe advance,His purfe by giving he would emptie quite 3And caufc the fame be borne vpon a launce ,Throughout the campe, in all the armies fight :And heerewithall proclaime, fee, all is gone 5 We line in hope, to purchafe more anon . rv^ Libcralitate qui vtuntur, bencvolentiam {hi conciliant, ct quodaptifiTimum eft ad quiete vivendum caritatem, ^^<^~^ In Jn aBions confiliit. 54
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