The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F.

  • Phineas Fletcher
Date:
1633
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Credit: The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MY MOST WORTHY - AND LEARNED FRIEND, EDWARD BENLOWES •v JB S xy IRE- V] ' .. 1 sis, S fome Optick-glaffes,- if we look one way, increafe the ob)e<5t; if the other,leflen the quantity: Such is an _ Eye that looks through Affettiorij It doubles any good, and extenuates what is a- mifle. Pardon me, Sir, for fpcaking plain truth; fuch is that eye whereby you have viewed thele raw Ejjayes of my very unripe yeares, and almoft childehood. How unfeafonable are BJoJJmes in Jutumne! (unlefle perhaps in this age, where are more flowers then fruit) I am entring Upon my Winter, and yet thefe Blooms of my firft Spring mull now fhew themfelves to our ripe wits, which certainly will give them no other entertainment but derifion.For my felf,I cannot account that worthy of your Patronagepwhich comes forth fo fhort of my De¬ ll 3 fires>