QVATORZAIN. 7 Ceres.
Ceres the daughter of Saturne and Ops sister of Iupiter
& Pluto, is the Goddesse of Corne drawen in her
Chariot by dragons, crownde with sheaues of wheat
she wandred about the world to finde her daughter
Proserpina whom Pluto stole away, she first taught
the vse of the plough and to till the land.
My wealth decaies for want of Somers heat,
Somers heat fades, because the Sunne is fled,
The Sunne is fled, because his griefe is great,
His griefe is great, because his ioye is dead,
His ioye is dead, since his deare ladie dyde,
And since his lady dide he euer mournde,
He euer mournde, for losse of Natures pride,
For Natures pride, is now to ashes turnde,
To ashes turnde, that was a Phœnix rare,
A Phœnix rare, of whom no other bred,
No other bred, that breedes the more my care,
The more my care, sith all in her is dead:
O Heauēs, why do you bring this land such dearth,
As for to take a Phœnix from the earth.
