. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . our Heartes, and Loues immortall fhrine:Oh/endjrom that pure Maiejlie of thine, Thoje bcames againe ,from whence (itsP H OE B yS hrtght) Our feeble Mufe^ deriues her life and light. Eeke pardon ( P EERES,) that heere my ruder verfe, Vntoyoul worthed, andgreatnes dares ajfire 5 Orwtof courfe, if I your rankes reherfe: But as i th Prefence, twixt the Lord and Squire, ( He neere the fate, the other by thefre,) Small differencefeemes
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . our Heartes, and Loues immortall fhrine:Oh/endjrom that pure Maiejlie of thine, Thoje bcames againe ,from whence (itsP H OE B yS hrtght) Our feeble Mufe^ deriues her life and light. Eeke pardon ( P EERES,) that heere my ruder verfe, Vntoyoul worthed, andgreatnes dares ajfire 5 Orwtof courfe, if I your rankes reherfe: But as i th Prefence, twixt the Lord and Squire, ( He neere the fate, the other by thefre,) Small differencefeemes-i fa heere mof HonordtrAtnc ^ Te take your lots about your Andwhatfoever EIE fhaltelfeperufe, Thefe ruder lines, devoid of skill and Art, Referue thy good opinion of our Mufe, That may heereafter worke of worth impart: And though (Joe taftes of Countrey and the Cart, ciNcrsAtr* ( . s that D ICT ylTO R ) all in timejbe may , caia hom Within the Citie beare agreaterfwey, DiSftorftip? lOX Prejidium et duke deem • lllufiripmo etfotenti^imo Prmcipi ac Domino^ D: Maurkio He^tJthantgraviOiComiti in Catx-enellen bogen DietsL.^Zigenhain^et Nidda c^e. Thismoft no-ble Prince be-fide Ills admirable knowledgein all learning,& the langua-ges, hachexel-lenc skill in nmfick. Mr Dou-land hath ma-ny times fliew-cdme loomfeverallfecs ofSongesforhisChappelof hisowne tompo-fin2. nn O you great Prince, who little neede be knowne, - By me or by my worthies Poejie,Since thofe admired virtues of your owne,Haue made you obied of the worldes wide eic,Your bounteous mind, your matchles Pietie,Your languages, and learning in all artcs,That gaine you millions of remoteft heartes • I confecrate in ^entle Muies nameThis Monument, and to your memorie,Which (hall outweare the vtmoft date of Fame,And wreftle with the worldes Eternitie ;For as Artes glorie is your G E AN IB y For rarft invention, and defigne of wit,So ye braue Maurice are the pride of it. Vtjlantia Dfflantia iungo. 102 T
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