Vertumnus : An epistle to Mr. Jacob Bobart ... / By the author of The apparition.

  • Abel Evans
Date:
1713
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vertumnus : An epistle to Mr. Jacob Bobart ... / By the author of The apparition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] Or, with rafh Arm, Prophanely dare To fliake the Trees, the Leaves to bare. And violate their Sacred Hair: Or by worfe Sacrilege betray’d. The Bloflbms, Fruits, or Flow’rs invade. Ye Strangers! Guard your heedleft Feet, I Left from the Herbs, their Dews ye beat; Cofraetick Dews, (by Virgins Fair, Exhal’d in May, with Early care;) Will to their Eyes frefli Luftre give. And make their Charms for ever live* Minerva's Gardens are Thy Care; JJCOBt the Goddefs Maid revere* All Plants which Europe's Fields' coiltaift i For Health, for Pleafure, or for Pain: From