The mouse-trap, or, The Welsh engagement with the mice.

  • Edward Holdsworth
Date:
1709
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The mouse-trap, or, The Welsh engagement with the mice. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MUSCIPTJL A. n 0 'Nulla datur requies, agili Jinuamine caua£ Gaudia teftatur petrix, c5 flexile corpus Tafcivo verfans faltu, mxlo cot pec e pi ono Attente invigilat Aduri modo coha benignis Unguiculis leniter peSans, mentitur amorem Dum lacerare parat: vana fle arte jocoflam Barbariem exercet^ lepidaque tyrannide ludit» At nugis tandem defeffa, nec amplius iram Diffimulans., ^/7 dentes, £? Ixpafti incumbit pradee: jam pe hior e ab imo Murmurat, 0/ tremulos artus5 0? flparfla cruore Viflcera dilaniat. Blebs circumfufla eruor em Invi/um aflpiciens? teTs clamoribus implent JEthera, clamoreflque Echo, Lambo ce incola ten asy Lacta raflert *, refonant Bhnlmmonis ardua moles Et Brechin & Snowdon ^ vicina ad flidera fertur Flaufus, 0^ ingenti ft repit Off ce fojpt tumultu. Tu, Taffl alternum vives, munera Caniori Nunc etiam celebrant, quoti eflque revolvitur annus Te memorant: patrium gens tota tuetur honcrem, Et cingunt viridi redolentia tempora Ferro.