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Emblems of Love

In four Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys by Ph: Ayres

Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

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EMB. 39. Won by subtilty.

Life, and a Dearer Mistresse is the prize,
For the swift Fair had ran great numbers dead.
Hippomenes ventures, bribes her covetous Eyes,
And a gold pippin wins a Maiden head.