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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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Hope feedeth.

Hope is the nurs of loue, and yeildeth sweet relief,
Hope ouercomes delayes and easeth lingring smarte,
Hope in the louers brest maintaynes a constant harte,
For hopelesly to loue is but a cureles grief.