Bel-vedére, or, The Garden of the muses

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Bel-vedére, or, The Garden of the muses
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Imprinted at London :: By F.K. for Hugh Astley ...,
1600.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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"Bel-vedére, or, The Garden of the muses." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16269.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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THe noble Romane Titus Flaminius, Could not endure when any praised him. Caesar beholding Alexanders image, Wept, in remembring his exceeding praise. Pompey did count it praise enough for him, To set Tigranes in his throne againe. Agathocles condemned all vaine praise, And still confest himselfe a potters sonne. By vertue (saith Euripide) get praise, For that will liue when time expires thy dayes.

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Solon said, All vaine-glorious men were fooles; And none praise-worthie, but the humble-wise.
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