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HYMNE XXII. Of her Wisdome.
E[a]gle-eyed Wisdome, life's loadstarre,
Looking neere on things afarre;
Ioue's best beloued daughter,
Showes to her spirit all that are,
As Ioue himselfe hath taught her.
Looking neere on things afarre;
Ioue's best beloued daughter,
Showes to her spirit all that are,
As Ioue himselfe hath taught her.
By this straight rule she rectifies
Each thought that in [her] heart doth rise:
This is her cleane true mirror,
Her looking-glasse, wherein she spies
A[ll] forms of Truth and Error.
Each thought that in [her] heart doth rise:
This is her cleane true mirror,
Her looking-glasse, wherein she spies
A[ll] forms of Truth and Error.
Right princely vertue fit to raigne,
Enthroniz'd in her spirit remaine,
Guiding our fortunes euer;
If we this starre once cease to see,
No doubt our State will shipwrackt bee
And torne and sunke for euer.
Enthroniz'd in her spirit remaine,
Guiding our fortunes euer;
If we this starre once cease to see,
No doubt our State will shipwrackt bee
And torne and sunke for euer.
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