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 Honos, sed Onus.
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Non Honos, sed Onus.
Vaine man who think'st, that happines consistes,
In great commaund, and Roiall dignitie;
And Kinges with Scepters hold within their fistes,
The perfect summe of all Fœlicitie:
No no, their Crownes are lin'd with pricking thorne,
And sable cares, with crimson Robes are worne.
In great commaund, and Roiall dignitie;
And Kinges with Scepters hold within their fistes,
The perfect summe of all Fœlicitie:
No no, their Crownes are lin'd with pricking thorne,
And sable cares, with crimson Robes are worne.
Who list describe the motion of the Sphære,
Another, some rare, beauteous modell draw;
With Eloquence, let him goe charme the eare,
Thy onely art, must be to keepe in aw,
And curbe with Iustice, the vnrulie crew,
To favor skill, and giue the good their due.
Another, some rare, beauteous modell draw;
With Eloquence, let him goe charme the eare,
Thy onely art, must be to keepe in aw,
And curbe with Iustice, the vnrulie crew,
To favor skill, and giue the good their due.
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