Emblema. 30. Quatuor monarchiæ.
D. Munford Theologo rectori Ecclesie de Anstye.
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Fowre beastes so many kingdomes are
a lyonesse doth with wings appeare,
th'Assyrians swift and strong thus weare.
Three bones a beare in teeth doth hold,
this is the Persian nation bold,
three partes they of the world controld.
The leopard with foure wings doth boast,
a subtile beast, the Grecian host,
did thus subdue full many a coast:
With iron teeth the fourth doth rise,
ten hornes in his head appeare likewise,
this was right the Italian guise,
which did so many landes surprise.