Minerva Britanna Or A Garden of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures, Newly devised, moralized, and published, By Henry Peacham |
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Non invicta recedo.
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Non invicta recedo.
To my Scholler Mr. Hannibal Baskervile.
This
Indian beast, by Nature armed so,
That scarce the Steele can peirce his scalie side:
Assaulteth oft the Elephant his foe,
And either doth the conqueror abide,
Or by his mightie combatant is slaine,
For never vanquisht, he returnes againe.
That scarce the Steele can peirce his scalie side:
Assaulteth oft the Elephant his foe,
And either doth the conqueror abide,
Or by his mightie combatant is slaine,
For never vanquisht, he returnes againe.
So you that must encounter Want, and Care,
To overcome your hard, and crabbed skill,
Take courage, and treade vnder foote dispaire,
For better hap, attendes the vent'rous still:
And sooner leaue, your bodie in the place,
Then back returne, vnletter'd with disgrace.
To overcome your hard, and crabbed skill,
Take courage, and treade vnder foote dispaire,
For better hap, attendes the vent'rous still:
And sooner leaue, your bodie in the place,
Then back returne, vnletter'd with disgrace.
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