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Amorvm Emblemata

Figvris Aeneis Incisa Stvdio Othonis Vaeni Batavo-lvgdvnensis. Emblemes of Loue. With verses in Latin, English, and Italian

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First pleasant & afterward painfull.

Eu'n as the Sun yeilds ioy when it beginnes to rise,
And at noontyde doth scortche in greatnesse of his heat,
So loue appeering first, yeilds pleasure passing great,
But burning in his rage, there payn for pleasure lyes.