. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . , for that he poifoned,C^L/5ri/£iY£^ hismaiftcrprivilie-3 .And lieng long in dungeon fettered To end his dales, did in the end requeft,He might be throwne, vnto a favadgc bcaft. The which wasilraight o£ AL EX AND E R graunted a And naked he vnto a Lion caft, But hauing one ar me clofely armd, vndaunted, By thvppcr law, he holdes his foe fo faft, That downe his throate, that armed arme he even the hcart-firinges _, from
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published . , for that he poifoned,C^L/5ri/£iY£^ hismaiftcrprivilie-3 .And lieng long in dungeon fettered To end his dales, did in the end requeft,He might be throwne, vnto a favadgc bcaft. The which wasilraight o£ AL EX AND E R graunted a And naked he vnto a Lion caft, But hauing one ar me clofely armd, vndaunted, By thvppcr law, he holdes his foe fo faft, That downe his throate, that armed arme he even the hcart-firinges _, from the bodie rendcs. Which bold attempt, when ALEX AND ER knewj Thy life is thine, Z/r^/^>4C//r5 quoth he3 Beiides I giue, ( as to thy valour due,) My frcndmip here, my Scepterafterme : For thus the virtuous, and the valiant ipright,Triumphes orc Fate, and Fortunes deadlieft ipitc, Et. WEE doe adore by nature. Princes gladly as our Parents, them obey ,But loath the ^ Monftcrs, that delight in thinke their People fent them for a prey: To whome the Lord, doth in his ludgment fend,A loathed life, or elfe a fcarefull end. A Once NEROS name, the world did quake to hearc^^ ■ And ^ O ME did tremble,zt D O MITI AN*S fight: But now the Tyrant, caufe of all this feare, Is laid full low, vpon whofe toombe do light, To take revenge, the Bee, and fummer * Fl/e, Jinfi^l hnA Who not efcapt fometime his crueltie , . • i: i Sponte pios Regcs arte Tpanot, VcUicaf cxtinftHmcum tuibaMgataHskoXRU*Arte regunt icidem , funere ct »ce cadunt: Mufcula ct illudit, domitiahb tibi. DeTyrMino lOB loqucns, fonitum ait tcrroris femper cfTc in aiuibas iUiiu . —folUcito bibunt ^Auro fupccbi j quaiu iuvat auda manuCaptdVefontcm Ad gcncrum Cereris fine cacdc ct fanguinc pauciDcfccndunt Regcs, et flcca mcutc Tyrjyuii. • Lio mgiens etVrfus cluriens,prin
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