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many an vnlawfull leafing of the Ladyes of che Lake, thatis,the Nymphes,: Forthew Nymphein Grecce fignifieth Well water, or otherwife,2 Spoufe orryd €. —

Bedight, called or named. ; . a _ Cloris, the name of a-Nymph, and ‘fignifieth greeneffe, of whom is fayd, tharZephyrus the Wefternewinde being in loue withher, and coxeting her ro wife, gaue her for a dowsy, the chiefedome and fouerainty of all flowers and greenchearbes,growing on earth. ~ Obuesbene, the Oliue was wontto be the-enfigne ef peace and quiernefie,eycher for thar itcannot be planted and pruned,and fo carefully looked to, 216 itought,butin time of peace: or els forrbae che Oliie tree, they fay, will not srowe neare the Fire ree, which is dedi¢ate to Marsthe Godof bartaile, and vied molt for Speares and etherinftrumentes of warre. Whereupon is finely fayned, that when Neptune and Minerua ftrouc for thenaming of the City ofAthens, Neptune ftriking the grounds with his Mace, caufed a horie rocome forth, thatimportethwarre, buc at Mineruaes flroke {preng eut aa Oliue, tonote thar it Should be.a Nurfe of learning,and fach peaceable ftudies. .

" Bindeyour, {pokenrudely, and according to thepheardes fimplicity.

Brenz, allthefe be names of flowers, Sops in wine a flower in colour much like toa Ca ronation,but differing in fmell and quantity Flowre delice, thatwhich thy vfe ro mifterme, Flowre deluce, being in Latine called Flos delstrarum, f,

A Bell:bone, ora Bonnibell,homely (poken fora faire mayde or Bonilafle,

- Forfwonck, and forrest, queérlaboured and funneburnt.

I fawe Pie'us, the fanne. A {enliole Narration,aad prefentviewe of thething mentio= acd which they call Paroufe. ne 2

(yutbia, the Moone fo called of Cynthus a hyll, where fhe was honoured, |

Latonaes feede, Was Apollo, and Diana, Whom whenas Asode the wite of Amphior feor= ned,in refpe& of the noble fruit of her wombe,namely her feuen fonnes, & fomany diugh- ters, Latonabeing therewith dilpleafed,commaunded her fonne Pacebus so flea all the fonnes, and Diana allthe daughters : whereac the vnfortunate A(sbe bzing fore difmayed, and f{amenting out of meafure, was fayned of the Poets te bee turned intoaftone vpon the Sez pulchrecf herehildcen, for which caafethe fhepheardtaych, hee will notcompareher to them, forfeare of miffortune, everyed

"Now rife, isthe conclufion, For hauing fo decked her with praifes and comparifons, hee recurneth allthe thanke of his labour to the excellencicof her Maieltics

Wen Damfins, Abafe reward of a clawnifhe giuer.

Tolent,Y,is a poetica!l addition, blent blinded.

Bmblieme,

“This Poefieis taken ourof Pirgil,andthere of him vfed ia the perfon of Aeneas tohis me: ther Henus, appeating te him in hikeneffe of ont of Déanes damofells; beiag there moft di- uinely fer forth. towhich fimilirude ofdiuinity Hodbinoll comparing the ¢xcellencie of & b{a,and being through the worthineffe ef Colins fong, as it were, ouercome with the huge- neffe of his imagination druftech out in great admiration, (0 quam te memorem Virgo f, be: ‘ing otherwife vnable,then by fodain filence,to expreffethe worthiheffe of his conceipt. ‘Whom Thenot aunfwereth with anortter part of the like verfe,as confirming by his grauns and appronaunce, that Ely/z isno whitinferiou to the Maicitic of her,of whomrhe Poet faboldly pronounced, O dea certey ; acol suet iieatd, |.
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