Partheneia sacra, or, The mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred Parthenes : symbolically set forth and enriched with pious devises and emblemes for the entertainment of deuout soules, contriued al to the honour of the incomparable Virgin Marie, Mother of God, for the pleasure and deuotion especially of the parthenian sodalitie of her Immaculate Conception (1633)
Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646, Cousturier, Jean, active 1627-1640, printer, Langeren, P. van, engraver · [Rouen] : Printed by Iohn Cousturier · leaf 16
THE P R O E Ai £ TO HIS G E N I V S ON THE SACKED PARTHENES herfelf, / . … lyj fublifting : 1 lay^if thou needs muft dignify and eternize a pure creature aboue the skyes, praife then fuch an one , vWiofe hiperlatine prai- /es 3 when thou haft fayd the moft^can hardly fo exceed^ but that her due Elcgks, Enmmums , and Tanegjmfis , ftil shal farre tranfeend the faciiltie of…
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint · Emblems
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