Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

450 Fancies and Fantasticks.The scales are turn'd, her beauties weigh no moreThen th'others Vowes, and services before ;So in some well wrought hangings we may seeHow Hector leads, and how the Grecians flee ;Here the fierce Mars his courage so inspires,That with bold hand the Argive Fleet he fires ;But there from Heaven the blew-ey'd Virgin falls,And frighted Troy retires within her wallsThey who are foremost in that bloody place,Retire anon, and give the Conquerours chase ;So like the chances are of Love and War,That they in this alone distinguished are ;In love the Victors from the vanquish'd flye,They fly that wound, and they pursue that dye.The Ladyes Slave to his Mistresse.Fairest piece of well form'd Earth,Urge not thus your haughty birth ;The power which you have o're us lyesNot in your face, but in your eyes ;None but a Lord !Alas that voiceCpnfines you to a narrow choice ;Should you no Honey vow to tast,But what the master Bees have plac'dIn compasse of their Cells, how smallA portion to your share would fall ?Nor all appear amongst those fewWorthy the stock from whence they grew ;