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Philomythie or Philomythologie

wherein Outlandish Birds, Beasts, and Fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely. By Tho: Scot ... The second edition much inlarged

Scot, Tho

[PHILOMYTHIE],

CERTAINE PIECES OF THIS AGE PARABOLIZD.

DVELLVM BRITANNICVM.

DEDICATED To the eternall memorie of that admirable Combat performed by two valorous Knights, Sir Robert Mansell appellant, and Sir Iohn Heydon Defendant; where both equally expressing fortitude and skill in giuing and receiuing wounds, scaped death, notwithstanding by the onely fauour of Prouidence.

HOMO HOMINI DÆMON

[Great Volumes in few lines epitomiz'd]

DUELLI FINIS

Epitaphium Georgii Whartoni Milit.

Epitaphium Iacobi Stewardi Armigeri.

IVSTITIA IACOBI.

Aquignispicium.

ANTIDOTVM Cecillianvm.

TO THE RIGHT WORTHY, Henry Doile, Esquire.

SATYRA AVLICA.

AN IRISH BANQVET, OR THE Mayors feast of Youghall.

To all those Knights, Ladies, and Gentlemen, to whom my Dedications are made, a true reason and excuse why I haue not placed them in their rankes and distances.

THE SECOND PART Of PHILOMYTHIE,

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A cast of Falcons (in their pride
At passage scouring) fowle espide
Securely feeding from the spring,
At one both ayme with nimble wing.
They first mount vp aboue Mans sight,
Plying for life this emulous flight
In equall compasse, and maintaine
Their pitch without a lazie plaine.
Then stooping freely (lightning like)
They (counter) dead each other strike.
The fowle escapes, and with her wings
Their funerall dirge, this lesson sings.
“Who aimes at glory not aright,
“Meetes death, but Glorie takes her flight.