Minerva Britanna Or A Garden Of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures (1612)
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? · [London, Printed in Shoe-lane at the signe of the Faulcon by Wa: Dight.] · leaf 46
y 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… … T_T E E R E Learning fits, a comely Dame in yeares;■*; ^ Vp0nwh0fehead3aheavenlydewd0thfa.il: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…
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