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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Libidinis effecta.
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Libidinis effecta.
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Viper when he doth engender, loe,
Thus downe the females throate, doth put his head,
Which of she bites, as learned Authours show,
And ne're conceiues, before the male be dead:
Eke when she forth, her poisonous broode doth send,
Her young ones likewise, bring her to her end.
Thus downe the females throate, doth put his head,
Which of she bites, as learned Authours show,
And ne're conceiues, before the male be dead:
Eke when she forth, her poisonous broode doth send,
Her young ones likewise, bring her to her end.
Of Beastly lust, th' effectes herein perceiue,
How deadly, and how dangerous they be,
Of life and soule, that doe at once bereaue,
Turning abundance into beggery:
Daughter of Sloth, vile cancker of the mind,
Leauing repentance, and foule shame behind.
How deadly, and how dangerous they be,
Of life and soule, that doe at once bereaue,
Turning abundance into beggery:
Daughter of Sloth, vile cancker of the mind,
Leauing repentance, and foule shame behind.
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