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 76
God j oft times denies vnto the greatc,The giftes of Nature y or his heavenly grace,And thofe that high 3 in Honors chaire are fct,Doe feele their wantes, when men of meaner place >Although they lack, the others golden fpring,Perhaps are bleft 3 aboue the richeft King, Humilkas meretur vt lvomo… … np H E burning gfaffe 3 that mod doth gather lire , -*- While Siridn Dog doth parch the meddowes greene yDoth never burne ( a thing we much admire)The cloth 3 or ftuffe* that perfed..white is fcene :But foone entlames, all callous elfe befide,The black 3 the blew, the red, and motley pide. To this…
Emblems
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