Poems written by A. Cowley.

5.

1. The meaning is, that his Notions are so New, and so Great, that I did not think it had been possible to have found out words to express them clearly; as no Wardrobe can furnish Cloaths to fit a Body taller and bigger then ever any was before for the Cloathes were made according to some Measure that then was.

2. See the excellent description of this Shield, made by Vulcan at the request of Venus, for her Son Aeneas, at the end of the 8 Book of Aen.

—Et ••lypei non enarrabile textum,

Whereon was graven all the Roman History; and withal, it was so strong, that in the ••2 B. when Turnus strook with all his force (which was not small you may be sure in a Poetical Hero)

—Corpore totoAliè sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem.

Insomuch, that it frighted all Aeneas his friends.

(Exclament Troes trepidi{que} Latini)

Instead of piercing through these arms,

Perfidus ensisFrangitur, in medio{que} ardentem deserit ictu,Ni fuga subsidio subeat.

Which is just the case of mens arguing against Solid, and that is, Divine Reason; for when their argumentation is broken, they are forced to save themselves by flight, that is, by eva∣sions, and seeking still new ground; and this Sword did Turnus good service upon the rest of the Trojans.

Isq, diu, dum terga dabant palantia TeucriSuffecit, postquam arma Dei ad Vulcania ventum est.Mortalis Mucr•• glaciet cum fusilis ictuDissiluit.

It broke like a piece of Ice, when it met with the Arms of Vulcan.