. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T H E cheifeft good, ( ah would fo good It were )That moft imagine Honours bring with them g. Wc pick from others praifes here and there,So parch herewith an Indian Diadem Of Parrats feathers, vocall favours light, , . And Plumes indccde, whereto we haue no right. He is not honourd that Difccnts can Hiow,Nor he that caacommaunda numerous trainc,Nor he to whome die vulgar lout fo low,Nor he thatfoliowcs Fafhion light and vaine,Saluting windowcs, and around doth whcele,Li
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . T H E cheifeft good, ( ah would fo good It were )That moft imagine Honours bring with them g. Wc pick from others praifes here and there,So parch herewith an Indian Diadem Of Parrats feathers, vocall favours light, , . And Plumes indccde, whereto we haue no right. He is not honourd that Difccnts can Hiow,Nor he that caacommaunda numerous trainc,Nor he to whome die vulgar lout fo low,Nor he thatfoliowcs Fafhion light and vaine,Saluting windowcs, and around doth whcele,Like rRSA MAIOR, Ihrrcs from head to hecle We honour him, whofc Ailions not deface yThe Glories which his Anceftors haue wonne ^By Cowardife, or vicious liuing bafe,Nc wrong for PafTion, or Affeiirt hath done: In whome at once, Artes , Bountie, Valour, dwell,Contending each which other fhould excell. Non Non alft, enecAt, 200. T H E Laurels^vctnz, that long in fafetie ftoodBy PENErs ilrcamc,theMufeschaftdelight^ ^Oft vvatcrd by the NAIADS of the flood,And oftrcviiiedby her ^ Loner Wane affaileth with her fvveliing might ^And ovcrthrowes in time, (but who doth knowTheir miferie, that neere to Greatncs grow.) ^ This facred Bay, is Learning and the Artes,Informertimesthatfiourifhedatwill, ?, . Now wafhd and worne by fome, eveii to tlic jj^artcs, >, r,. •, r-Who fhoiild haue jfuccourd and vpheldthciii ftill,. .^l \^- ^Who eate the Corne, but throw the Chaffe tp Skill;And what the Church had once to holy vfes 5Serucs them to pride, and all prophane abufes • .««PHOEBVS, whomc the Poet»/eigne to ha ucloued he Bay»vmler tnc namenfDAPHNE. £e 2. Mimmm 201 Minimus in Cummo,
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