| KOSMOBREVIA[Greek], or the infancy of the world | |
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18 On the Harpies, Stryges, and Lamiæ.
Ællo
, Celeno, and Ocypete,
The names of the rapacious Harpies be;
Who did, them eat upon blind Pheneus table
Pollute, and then devour (as runs the Fable)
Their flat'ring countenance, and maiden face,
Do seem to promise and portend embraces;
Their Dragons tails, and tallons of an Eagle,
Threat ruine unto those whom they inveagle.
When as tra'lucent Phebe doth appear,
The Striges and the Lamie domineere,
Suck childrens bloud, with Hecatean charmes,
Hurt Cattle, therefore from such noxious harmes
They C[illeg.] to protect them doe invoke,
And with their sacrifices Altars smoke.
| KOSMOBREVIA[Greek], or the infancy of the world | |
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