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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His ornari aut mori.
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His ornari aut mori.
To the right Honourable, and most noble Lord, Henry, Earle of Southampton.
Three Girlondes once, Colonna did devize
For his Impresa, each in other ioin'd;
The first of Olive, due vnto the wise,
The learned brow, the Lavrell greene to bind:
The Oken was his due aboue the rest,
Who had deserued in the Battaile best.
For his Impresa, each in other ioin'd;
The first of Olive, due vnto the wise,
The learned brow, the Lavrell greene to bind:
The Oken was his due aboue the rest,
Who had deserued in the Battaile best.
His meaning was, his mind he would apply
By due desert, to challenge each, his prize:
And rather choose a thousand times to die,
Then not be learned, valiant, and wise.
How fewe alas, doe now adaies we finde
(Great Lord) that beare, thy truely noble mind.
By due desert, to challenge each, his prize:
And rather choose a thousand times to die,
Then not be learned, valiant, and wise.
How fewe alas, doe now adaies we finde
(Great Lord) that beare, thy truely noble mind.
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