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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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Euer thesame.

When flowers are fresh & fayre wee take in them delight,
But vaded once and donne, all their esteem is paste,
Loue doth contrariwise in all tymes lyue and last,
For tyme must not bereaue true loue of due and right.