Sacrorvm Emblematvm Centuria Una quae tam ad exemplum aptae expressaunt & ad aspectum pulchrae depingi possunt, quam quae aut a veteribus accepta, aut inventa ab alijs hactenus extant. In tres classes distributa [by Andrew Willet] |
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Emblema. 90. De cetu vel Balæna.
The same in English.
The whirlpoole in the sea doth raigne
As the elephant no beast doth staine,
Like to the Whale of bignes maine
they both are sure
As the elephant no beast doth staine,
Like to the Whale of bignes maine
they both are sure
So fast to him doth cleaue his skin,
The winde can no where enter in,
No corde him holdeth nor no gin
he can endure.
The winde can no where enter in,
No corde him holdeth nor no gin
he can endure.
From his mouth commeth fiery blast,
From nostrels he doth water cast,
The waues arise, sea huge and wast
as a pot doth playe:
From nostrels he doth water cast,
The waues arise, sea huge and wast
as a pot doth playe:
His heart of stone, his flesh of brasse,
His body of an huge compasse,
His chawes as dores, with teeth alasse,
he doth men dismay.
His body of an huge compasse,
His chawes as dores, with teeth alasse,
he doth men dismay.
Speare, sword, dart, he doth laugh to scorn,
And launce, brasse is as straw of corne,
As rotten wood mettall is torne,
nothing can him feare.
And launce, brasse is as straw of corne,
As rotten wood mettall is torne,
nothing can him feare.
Wherefore let vs worship Gods name,
And from our hearts adore the same
By's hand these creatures of great fame
created were.
And from our hearts adore the same
By's hand these creatures of great fame
created were.
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