. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . rTf HE gentle Merlion, wearied long with flight,■*• While on the fpray in fhadie groue (he fleepes ,With tender foote, a Larke fhe holdeth light■,WWfh till the morning carefully (he keepes ,Then lets it goe , and leaft fhe fhould that dayPrasie on the fame 3 (he flies another way. Such thanckfullnes in bird and beaft we find,By Natures firft inftind obferued ftill,When worfer, man in benefits is blind,Nay oftentimes, for good will render ill:And rather feeke ingratefully h
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . rTf HE gentle Merlion, wearied long with flight,■*• While on the fpray in fhadie groue (he fleepes ,With tender foote, a Larke fhe holdeth light■,WWfh till the morning carefully (he keepes ,Then lets it goe , and leaft fhe fhould that dayPrasie on the fame 3 (he flies another way. Such thanckfullnes in bird and beaft we find,By Natures firft inftind obferued ftill,When worfer, man in benefits is blind,Nay oftentimes, for good will render ill:And rather feeke ingratefully his blood,Thatfaud his life, or daily gaue him foodc. Fallitur egrcgio quifquis fub principe creditServitium, nunquam libertas gratior extat,Qiiamfub Rege pio -— Bb2i n CM-i Him Afugramma No- \JJauait Atubexa. Bhefuper h*c, B ID now my Mufe, thy lighter taske adieu,As fhaken bloflbme or a better fruitc,And with VRANIA thy Creator view ,To fing of him , or evermore be mute: Let muddy Lake, delight the fenfuall thought rLoath thou the earth, and lift thy fclfe aloft • Repent not (though) thy time fo idlely (pent,The cunningft Artift ere he can, (we fee)Some rareft Modell bring to his Intent,Much heweth off in Superfliutie: Ald many a prctious hower, I know is loft,Ere ought is wrought to countervaile the coft.
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