. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . -=aP^ Bx ^AT AvArhiaBeHum, 104 ,1 >; ir»,-_. nn H E hand that gripes jfo greedily and hard,*- WhatithathgotbylongvnlawfuUgainej Withall for Battaile ready is prepard, S till to d efend, what it doth faft retaine: ( For wretches fome, v>ill fooner fpend their bloods, \Then Ipare we fee, one penworth of their goods.) Of Avar ice, fiich is the nature ftill, Who hardly can endure, to hue in Peace j But alwaie preft, to quarrell, or to kill, When fober mindes, from fuc

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. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . -=aP^ Bx ^AT AvArhiaBeHum, 104 ,1 >; ir»,-_. nn H E hand that gripes jfo greedily and hard,*- WhatithathgotbylongvnlawfuUgainej Withall for Battaile ready is prepard, S till to d efend, what it doth faft retaine: ( For wretches fome, v>ill fooner fpend their bloods, \Then Ipare we fee, one penworth of their goods.) Of Avar ice, fiich is the nature ftill, Who hardly can endure, to hue in Peace j But alwaie preft, to quarrell, or to kill, When fober mindes, from fuch contention ceafe :And fceke no more, then quiet and content,With thofe good blcfUngcs, which the Lord hath fent. ?;>E m ^^^^^^^^tM>^ Eiif yji^.v9 lOf B/f vli^v^ 15 ^.

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