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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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Loue excelleth all.

With Cupid is no birth esteem or welth preferd,
A King a shepheards lasse to loue hee maketh seen,
And that a shepheards loue may light vpon a Queen,
Equalitie of state loue litle doth regard.