Alcida Greenes metamorphosis, vvherein is discouered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities giue greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: the discourse confirmed with diuerse merry and delightfull histories; full of graue principles to content age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answeres, to satisfie youth: profitable for both, and not offensiue to any. By R.G.
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Alcida Greenes metamorphosis, vvherein is discouered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities giue greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: the discourse confirmed with diuerse merry and delightfull histories; full of graue principles to content age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answeres, to satisfie youth: profitable for both, and not offensiue to any. By R.G.
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Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
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1617.
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"Alcida Greenes metamorphosis, vvherein is discouered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities giue greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: the discourse confirmed with diuerse merry and delightfull histories; full of graue principles to content age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answeres, to satisfie youth: profitable for both, and not offensiue to any. By R.G." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02073.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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In ROBERTI GRENI Metamorphosin, carmen ENKOMIASTIKON.
BEllica pacificae concedat lancea 〈◊〉〈◊〉,Seu tibi prosa magis, seu tibi metraplacent.Saepe D•…•…es inter laudem meruere Poetae,Hostibus in medijs arma viros{que} canunt.Inter Philosophos laudem meruere Poetae,Qui leuibus miscent seria me•…•…ra •…•…ocis.Bella Ducum, & cl•…•…ros multi scripsere triumphos,Inter quos primas Maro Poeta tenet.Sunt qui mutatas studuerunt dicere formas,Quales quae quondam Naso Poeta dedit.Post Metamorphosin Nasonis, carmine scriptam,Mutatas formas carmine nemo dedit.Grenus adest tandem, rhetor bonus atque Poeta,Qui sua cum prosis carmina iuncta dedit.Sicupis ingratae poenas persoluere amicae,Hic exempla legas, moribus apta suis.Orabis Uenerem (solet exaudire precantem)Inque nouam formam vertet amica Venus.Dura est? in saxum: leuis est? in Chameleontem:Inque rosam vertet, garrula si fuerit.
G. B. Cant.
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