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Palatine (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): book 14, card 772
e above the starry skye. Now let thy saying take effect. Jove graunting by and by The ayre was hid with darksom clowdes, and thunder foorth did fly, And lyghtning made the world agast. Which Mars perceyving to Bee luckye tokens for himself his enterpryse to do, Did take his rist uppon his speare and boldly lept into His bloodye charyot. And he lent his horses with his whippe A yirking lash, and through the ayre full smoothely downe did slippe. And staying on the woody toppe of mountayne Palatine, He tooke away king Romulus whoo there did then defyne The pryvate caces of his folk unseemly for a king. And as a leaden pellet broade enforced from a sling Is woont to dye amid the skye: even so his mortall flesh Sank from him downe the suttle ayre. In sted wherof a fresh And goodly shape more stately and more meete for sacred shryne Succeeded, like our Quirin that in stately robe dooth shyne. Hersilia for her feere as lost, of moorning made none end, Untill Queene Juno did commaun
Mars (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): book 14, card 772
e for thee to make Thy promis good which thou of mee and of thy graundchyld spake: Which was to take him from the earth and in the heaven him stay. Thou once (I markt thy gracious woordes and bare them well away) Before a great assembly of the Goddes didst to mee say There shalbee one whom thou shalt rayse above the starry skye. Now let thy saying take effect. Jove graunting by and by The ayre was hid with darksom clowdes, and thunder foorth did fly, And lyghtning made the world agast. Which Mars perceyving to Bee luckye tokens for himself his enterpryse to do, Did take his rist uppon his speare and boldly lept into His bloodye charyot. And he lent his horses with his whippe A yirking lash, and through the ayre full smoothely downe did slippe. And staying on the woody toppe of mountayne Palatine, He tooke away king Romulus whoo there did then defyne The pryvate caces of his folk unseemly for a king. And as a leaden pellet broade enforced from a sling Is woont to dye amid the
Romulus (New York, United States) (search for this): book 14, card 772
d to the Sabines quyght was choakt With rysing of this fountaine straunge, untill that Marsis knyght Had armed him. Then Romulus did boldly offer fyght. The Romane ground with Sabines and with Romanes bothe were spred. And with the blood of fathrin at the length from battell for to rest, And not to fyght to uttrance: and that Tacye should becoome Copartner with king Romulus of sovereintye in Rome. Within a whyle king Tacye dyde: and bothe the Sabines and The Romanes under Romulus in eqRomulus in equall ryght did stand. The God of battell putting off his glittring helmet then, With such like woordes as theis bespake the syre of Goddes and men: The tyme, father (in as much as now the Romane state Is wexen strong uppon the good foundation laydthe ayre full smoothely downe did slippe. And staying on the woody toppe of mountayne Palatine, He tooke away king Romulus whoo there did then defyne The pryvate caces of his folk unseemly for a king. And as a leaden pellet broade enforced fro
Sabine (United States) (search for this): book 14, card 772
d Amulius in Awsonye by wrong, Till Numitor, the ryghtfull heyre, deposed verry long, Was by his daughters sonnes restorde. And on the feastfull day Of Pale, foundation of the walles of Rome they gan to lay. Soone after Tacye, and the Lordes of Sabine stird debate: And Tarpey for her traytrous deede in opening of the gate Of Tarpey towre was prest to death according to desert With armour heapt uppon her head. Then feerce and stowt of hart The Sabines like to toonglesse woolves without all noysirin that in stately robe dooth shyne. Hersilia for her feere as lost, of moorning made none end, Untill Queene Juno did commaund dame Iris to discend Uppon the Raynebowe downe, and thus her message for to doo: O of the Latian country and the Sabine nacion too Thou peerlesse perle of womanhod, most woorthy for to bee The wyfe of such a noble prince as heertofore was hee, And still to bee the wyfe of him canonized by name, Of Quirin: cease thy teares. And if thou have desyre the same Thy hol
d all theyr fountayne veynes and made them flowe apace. Howbee't the passage was not yit to Janus open face Forclosed: neyther had as yit the water stopt the way. They put rank brimstone underneathe the flowing spring that day, And eeke with smokye rozen set theyr veynes on fyre for ay. Through force of theis and other things, the vapour perced lowe Even downe unto the verry rootes on which the springs did growe. So that the waters which alate in coldnesse myght compare Even with the frozen Alpes, now hot as burning furnace are. The two gate posts with sprinkling of the fyry water smoakt. Wherby the gate beehyghted to the Sabines quyght was choakt With rysing of this fountaine straunge, untill that Marsis knyght Had armed him. Then Romulus did boldly offer fyght. The Romane ground with Sabines and with Romanes bothe were spred. And with the blood of fathrinlawes which wicked swoord had shed Flowde mixt the blood of sonneinlawes. Howbee't it seemed best To bothe the partyes at the
Washington (United States) (search for this): book 14, card 772
y wrong, Till Numitor, the ryghtfull heyre, deposed verry long, Was by his daughters sonnes restorde. And on the feastfull day Of Pale, foundation of the walles of Rome they gan to lay. Soone after Tacye, and the Lordes of Sabine stird debate: And Tarpey for her traytrous deede in opening of the gate Of Tarpey towre was prest tobothe the partyes at the length from battell for to rest, And not to fyght to uttrance: and that Tacye should becoome Copartner with king Romulus of sovereintye in Rome. Within a whyle king Tacye dyde: and bothe the Sabines and The Romanes under Romulus in equall ryght did stand. The God of battell putting off his glittring sparkes of whoose bryght blazing beames did burne Hersilias heare. And with the starre the ayre did up her heare to heavenward beare. The buylder of the towne of Rome receyving streyght the same Betweene his old acquaynted handes, did alter both her name And eeke her bodye, calling her dame Ora. And by this Shee joyntly with her
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