KOSMOBREVIA[Greek], or the infancy of the world With an Appendix of Gods resting day, Edon Garden; Mans Happiness before, Misery after, his Fall. Whereunto is added, The Praise of Nothing; Divine Ejaculations; The four Ages of the world; The Birth of Christ; Also a Century of Historical Applications; With a Taste of Poetical fictions. Written some years since by N. B.[i.e. Nicholas Billingsley] ... And now published at the request of his Friends |
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6 On Mars.
The war-like god, great Jove, and the Juno's sonCaused the seed of discontent to run
Throughout the hospitable world, fierce anger
With flaming eyes, a strange confused clangor,
Deafning the heav'ns, mad fury, pallid fear,
Rageing oppression, jarring discord were
His sad concomitants; with bloudy rod,
Bellona waits upon this impious god,
Vnto this all-devouring Diety:
In Lemnoe men were sacrifiz'd, the Py
That cheating bird, the watchful Dog, & brood—
—Destroying Vulture, the stout Cock, and bloud—
—Carowsing Wolfe, (true combatants of Mars)
Were dedicated to the god of warrs.
The Romans brag that they derive their line
From him, make him their patron, and assigne
To him his Salij, and do dedicate
The years first Month, oh what invet'rate hate
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At Iove-born wisdome fly, and lib'ral Arts
Him Vulcan with his spouse a bed espies,
And (angry) in a net doth them surprize:
Keeps them close pris'ner from captivitie.
Till Neptune by intreaties set them free.
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