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The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus


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[Whilst Phebus lodgeth in his southerne Inne]

Whilst Phebus lodgeth in his southerne Inne,
His auncient Inne, at signe of Capricorne,
His northren lasse, her raiment waxeth thinne,
And for her Lord she seemes to pine and morne,
I meane the lasse that many brings to scorne,
And makes men oft reueale their proper shame,
Her maker once, tooke to himselfe her name.

The lasse is the vine, a true louer of the Sunne, for whome she mourneth, when he is run far southward. Her iuice hath compelled many to reueale their owne secrets, and not a few to lay open their owne shame. Christ called himselfe the vine.
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