. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . DIANA chaft, doth eagerly purfiieWith fwiftcft houndes , the aiery-footed Stagge:And while they keepe, the merry chafe m view,The woodcs with Ecchos thundring, Lone doth iaggeBehind the thickets, and with arrow keene ^Doth lie in waite, to wound this maiden Quccnc. But all in vaine he doth his fhaftes bcftow ^For Labout did this Goddeffc faire defend,And faud her harmelelfe from his deadly bow,And poifnous dartes: fo if thou doft intend,To overcome the force of Cufids m
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . DIANA chaft, doth eagerly purfiieWith fwiftcft houndes , the aiery-footed Stagge:And while they keepe, the merry chafe m view,The woodcs with Ecchos thundring, Lone doth iaggeBehind the thickets, and with arrow keene ^Doth lie in waite, to wound this maiden Quccnc. But all in vaine he doth his fhaftes bcftow ^For Labout did this Goddeffc faire defend,And faud her harmelelfe from his deadly bow,And poifnous dartes: fo if thou doft intend,To overcome the force of Cufids might,Hie IdlenefTe,and then he leaues thee flreight. GtaHs Gratis fervire lihertas*. np HE gentle Merlion, wearied long with flight,-*- While on the ipray in fhadie groue (he fleepes,With tender foote, a Larke fhe holdeth light,Which till the morning carefully fhckecpes,Then lets it goe, and leaft fhe fhoiild that dayPricie on the fame, (he flies another way. Such thanckfuUncs in bird and beaft we find jBy Natures firfl; inflindt obferued ftill,When worfer, man in benefits is blind,Nay ofi:entimes, for good will render ill:And rather fecke ingratefiiUy his blood,That fau^d his life, or daily gaue him foode. Fallitur egrcgio quifquis fub principe creditScrvitium, nunquam libertas gratior extat,Quam fub Rcge pio —- Bb2» Hf/ic AatgKWima No- 17^ fOmfuffer h^e, Pcachamus,
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