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PAge 2. line 2. Orion.] Orion was Son to Jupi∣ter, Neptune, and Mercury, slain by a Scorpion for his insolence towards Diana, then assum'd into the number of Constellations, whereof one bears his Name. The rising of Orion, as well as Arcturus, and the Pleiades, presag'd Storms: Plin. 18.28.
Ibid. The Grand Hector.] Hector of the Sky; for when he riseth, the Debauchery of the Heavens, and Tempestuous Weather begins: As Virg. Aencid. l. 1.
Cum subito assurgens fluctu nimbosus Orion In vada caeca tulit, penitúsque procacibus Austris Perque undas superante salo, perque invia saxa Dispulit; huc pauci vestris aduavimus oris.When blustering Orion gilt the Skies, Tumultuous Storms us suddenly surprise, And upon dangerous Shelves, prevailing, bore, Onely a few were driven on your Shore.
P. 3. l. 1. Cov'nanting.] Georg. lib. 1.
—Conjurati coelum rescindere fratres Ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam Scilicet atque Ossae frondosum involvere Olympum, Ter pater extructos disjecit fulmine monies.The Covenanting Brethren thrice assail'd To pull down Heav'n, Ossa on Pelion laid, On Ossa green Olympus would have thrown: Thrice Jove with Thunder threw those Mountains down.
Ibid. Gyants slain.] Claudian, lib. 3. De Raptu Pre∣serpinae.
—Phlegraeis silva superbit Exuvus, totúmque nemus victoria vestit. Hic patuli rictus, hic prodigiosa Gygantum
Tergora dependent, & adhuc crudele minantur Affixae facies truncis, immaniáque Ossa Serpentum passim tumulis exanguibus albent, Et rigidae multo suspirant fulmine pelles, Nulláque non magni jactat se nominis arbor, &c.—The Woods in Spoils Phlegraean Pride, The whole Grove Vict'ry cloath'd; Here, Gapings wide Of horrid Jaws; there, Backs of hideous size Hung, and stak'd Faces, threatning still the Skies: Huge Serpents Skeletons in bloodless Piles, There, bleaching white, lay in voluminous Coyls, Whose scaly Sloughs smell with Sulphureous flame: No Tree but boasts some mighty Giant's Name. This, loaden, under stern Aegaeon yields, Who us'd an hundred Swords, as many Shields; That, brags bold Corus bloody Spoils;this bears The Arms of Mimas; that, Ophion's wears. But higher than the rest, with spreading Shade, A Fir Enceladus Crest and Corslet lade, The Gyants King; which with its weight had broke, If not supported by a Neighb'ring Oke. Hence a Religious awe preserves the Woods, And none dare wrong the Trophies of the Gods.
Ibid. l. 4. Your Golden Chariot drew.] Juno is said to have her Chariot drawn by Peacocks. Ovid. Met. l. 2.
—habili Saturnia curru
Ingreditur liquidum pavonibus aethera pictis.
Hence the Samti have the protraicture of this Bird stampt upon their Coins, because Juno, to whom this Bird is dedicated, was by them ador'd.
Ibid. l. 20. Thee Beauty gave.] Aelian saith, That this Bird was trasported from the Barbarians to the Gre∣cians; at the beginning so rare, that amongst the Athe∣nians it was not to be seen without Money.
And further he relates, That Alexander the Great ha∣ving seen this Bird among the Indians, was so much taken up in the admiration of it. that he laid a heavy Punishment upon all those that should dare to kill it. Whence Martial,
Miraris quoties geminatas explicat alas, Et potes hunc saevo tradere, dure, Coco?When thou admiring on his Wings dost look, Him would'st thou kill, and send unto the Cook?
Ibid. l. 21. The Raven Fate.] Pierius reports the Ravens to portend future Enmity between two Friends; wherefore he saith, That two of them persecuting an Eagle which sate upon the Palace of Augustus, were by her cast to the Ground, even at that time when he transferr'd the Bands of the Tri∣umviri into Bononia; they presag'd and foretold the Civil Wars, and fatal Battel at Philippi.
Ibid. The Crow Ill Luck to tell.] Virgil, Eclog. 1.
Saepe sinistra cavá praedixit ab Ilice cornix.Ah! had we not been blind, th' unlucky Crow Oft from th' old Elm this Mischief did foreshow.
Ibid. l. 22. Chief Chorister.] Isidorus saith, That she is call'd Luscinia, as if Lucinia, because by her Sing∣ing she doth denote Day-breaking.