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“Suffer thou with patience this delay.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“This cruel Prince that made his Will a Law.”

John Ogilby

Fab. XII: Of the Frogs desiring a King
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“But who art thou? that Voyce, and beauteous Face,
Not Mortal is; thou art of Heavenly Race.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Each thing by Destiny
So hastens to grow worse, and backward goes;
As one against a stream his Vessel rowes,
Who if by chance his arm a little slack,
The Boat in the swift Chanel hurries back.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

“But may the Earth first swallow me alive,
Or Jove's dire Thunder sink me down to Hell,
Where Shades, pale Shades, of Night eternal dwell,
E're I with Shame, and those dear Ties dispense:
He who my first Love had, hath born it hence,
And in his Grave for ever let it rest.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Fame far out-strips all Mischiefs in her course,
Which grows by Motion, gains, by flying, Force;
Kept under first by Fear, soon after shrouds,
Stalking or Earth, her Head amongst the Clouds.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Britany, from all the World disjoyn'd.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks

“They say the Deity
Is mix'd through Earth, the Sea, and lofty Skie.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

“Robber of Man, who now shall give thee ayd?”

John Ogilby

Fab. VI: The Battel of the Frog and Mouse, line 136
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Pray for wet Summers, Winters wanting Rain.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

“But them I'm not so foolish to believe.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks

“Fury our Judgement charms,
And we conceive it brave to dye in Arms.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Taught by my Woes, to succour the distrest.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Having drown'd her sparkling Eyes in tears.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“And could'st thou hope, perfidious, to deceive
Me thus? and secretly our Kingdom leave?”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“None can Protect themselves with their own Shade.
None for themselves are born.”

John Ogilby

Fab. XLVII: Of the Rebellion of the Hands and Feet
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“No Beast is half so False as Man.”

John Ogilby

Fab. XLIX: Of the Fox and the Cock
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Mean time the Queen wounded with deep desire,
Bleeds inward, and consumes in hidden Fire.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Ah! who may hope, when Heaven hath Help deni'd!”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Dear Father, get upon my shoulders streight,
Nor shall your Burthen be to me a Weight.
What ever chance, one common Danger we
Shall equal share, to both one safety be:
I shall Ascanius my Companion chuse;
My Wife must follow, but some distance use.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis