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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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Fortune aydeth the audatious.

Fortune the louer aydes in combat hee is in,
When valiantly he fights with enuy and with shame,
And shewes hee not deserues a coward louers name,
Faint louers merit not faire ladies for to winne.