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The workes of Beniamin Ionson
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- The workes of Beniamin Ionson
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- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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- An⁰ D. 1616.
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All ills shall flie the light: Thy court be free
No lesse from enuie, then from flatterie;
All tumult, faction, and harsh discord cease,
That might perturbe the musique of thy peace:
The querulous nature shall no longer find
Roome for his thoughts: One pure consent of mind
Shall flow in euery brest, and not the ayre,
Sunne, moone, or starres shine more serenely faire.
This from that loud, blest Oracle, I sing,
Who here, and first, pronounc'd, thee Brittaines king
Long maist thou liue, and see me thus appeare,
As omenous n 1.1 a comet, from my spheare,
Vnto thy raigne; as that o 1.2 did auspicate
So lasting glory to AVGVSTVS state.
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n 1.1
For our more authori∣tie to induce her thus, See Fest. Auien. paraph. in Arat. speaking of Electra, Non nunquam Oceani tamenistam surgere ab vndis, In conuexa poli, sed sede carere sororum; Atque os discretum procul edere, detestatam. Germanos{que} choros sobolis lachrymare ruinas, Diffusam{que} comas cerni, crinisque soluti Monstrari effigie, &c.
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o 1.2
All comets were not fatall, some were fortunately ominous, as this to which we allude; and wherefore we haue Plinies testi∣monie. Nat. Histo. lib. 2 cap. 25. Cometes in vno totius orbis loco colitur in templo Romae, admodum faustus Diuo Augusto iudicatus ab ipso: qui incipiento eo, apparuit ludis quos faciebat Veneri Genetrici, non multò post obitum patris Caesaris, in collegio ab eo instituto. Nam{que} his verbis id gaudium prodidit. Iisipsis ludorum meorum diebus, sydus crinitum perseptem dies in regione Coeli, quae sub septentrio∣nibus est, conspectum. Id oriebatur circa vndecimam horam diei, clarumque & omnibus terris conspicuum fuit. Eo sydere significari vulgus credidit, Caesaris animam inter Deorum immortali∣um numina receptam: quo nomine id insigne simulacro capitis eius, quod mox in foro consecra∣uimus adiectum est. Haec ille in publicum, interiore gaudio sibi illum natum se{que} in eo nasci interpretatus est. Et siverum fatemur, salutare id terrisfuit.