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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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Brown beries are sweet of taste.

Cupid not alwayes doth, shoot at the fayrest whyte,
But at the louely brown, moste often drawes his bow,
Good gesture and fyne grace, he hath the skill to know,
Delighting for to chuse, the cause of his delight.