Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published (1612)
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? · London : Printed ... by Wa. Dight · leaf 178
nd on every fide ,Which this flie theife, could never yet abide. This Crocodile ,1 count the Ghoftly foe,Who evermore lies watching ^ to devourcOur Hopes encreafe, that in the foule doth grow ^Did not the grace divine, this Saffron flower ( Moft wholefome herbe ) prevent his deadly ^ight ^And guard… … Secundm 155 Semndut deterlora, dies,
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