Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(66) Astrologers.
Malevolent Saturne, vnhappie starr,
hath loste the vse of ferce and cruell sight,
Ne cann from stone a childe discerne from farre;
the shamefaste moone cann with her bashefull light
see naught but what is pure and virgin bright;
the thundringe Ioue, with loue doth onelie minde
his white Europa, though a mortall wight;
the warlike Mars, to coole his youthfull kinde,
doth Venus halse; and lustfull Venus, Mars doth bynde.
hath loste the vse of ferce and cruell sight,
Ne cann from stone a childe discerne from farre;
the shamefaste moone cann with her bashefull light
see naught but what is pure and virgin bright;
the thundringe Ioue, with loue doth onelie minde
his white Europa, though a mortall wight;
the warlike Mars, to coole his youthfull kinde,
doth Venus halse; and lustfull Venus, Mars doth bynde.
The Lawrell Phebus, with his glittering hedd,
the glorious god that rules in fyerie chaire,
doth onelie thinke on Daphnes plesante bedd;
to Herseus love, doth Mercurie repaire,
the wittie sonne of Maya the faire:
thus all the plannetts are employd in skye;
wherbye thow maist (Astrologer) dispaire,
by their aspectes or workinge power, to trye
whoe doth the Cuckold make, and thy hed hornifie.
the glorious god that rules in fyerie chaire,
doth onelie thinke on Daphnes plesante bedd;
to Herseus love, doth Mercurie repaire,
the wittie sonne of Maya the faire:
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wherbye thow maist (Astrologer) dispaire,
by their aspectes or workinge power, to trye
whoe doth the Cuckold make, and thy hed hornifie.
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