. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . Ui* Mammea. 17 OE L I C I T I E by I V L I A OtlCC devifd x This fhape doth beare , aLadie louely brightWith Mercuries Caduccus , enthronizd ,Her golden haire with flowery girlonds dight :The home of plentie, thother hand doth holdWith all the fruites, and dainties may be told. For why? content, me raigneth like a Queenc ;Richeft in Quiet, and the Mufes skill,Without the Which, wee moft vnhappfe beenc* .^a* <.«*ne«) The * plentie that her horned cup doth fill;pcperit&ro
. Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures . Ui* Mammea. 17 OE L I C I T I E by I V L I A OtlCC devifd x This fhape doth beare , aLadie louely brightWith Mercuries Caduccus , enthronizd ,Her golden haire with flowery girlonds dight :The home of plentie, thother hand doth holdWith all the fruites, and dainties may be told. For why? content, me raigneth like a Queenc ;Richeft in Quiet, and the Mufes skill,Without the Which, wee moft vnhappfe beenc* .^a* <.«*ne«) The * plentie that her horned cup doth fill;pcperit&ro«s Our labours fruite, the which when we poflcflcEX f Wee haue attaitld our worldly happines, VoUrinA Vojftrixa* 26. T_T E E R E Learning fits, a comely Dame in yeares;■*; ^ :Within her lap, an opened booke appeares:Her right hand fhewes 3 a funne that fhiues to all;* Blind Ignorance, expelling with that* light:The Scepter fhewes, her power and fbveraigne might Her out * fpread Armes, and booke her readines 3T imbrace all men, and entertaine their loue :The fhower, rhofe facred graces doth expreffeBy Science, that do flow from heaven Her age declaresthe ftudie, and the paine m>Of many yeares, ere we our knowledge gaine. ViaadDeumeftScientia quxad £ ethonef ie vivendi pertinct. Fi. fc Exempla om-nia iacerenc ititenebrisnifi lite-raruin lumen Hif- toria: , pro Ar-chia Poeca. * Studiis aclite-ris rei fecunda; )ornantur adver/soiuvanrar: Clc: adLucelurn Epifl. pliira,in orat: pro Ar-chia pocca. Hu]*o. 27 Sjnereftaxa. T 0 the honourable Lord, the L: Harrington 1
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