And by the Fable of Ceres, continually wandring in search of her daughter Proserpina, is meant nothing else but the longing desire of men, who live upon Ceres earth, to attaine a place in Proserpina, the Moone or Heaven.
Arts are not yet come to their Solstice, but the industry of future times assisted with the labours of their forefathers, may reach unto that height which wee could not attaine to.
When Constantine is dead, I have some hope toattaine her Nuptiall bed.
And yet these many winged sepulchers, Shall turne to earth, so I and father shall, At last attaine to earth by funerall.
The incontinencie of a duke and of his impudencie to attaine his purpose, with the iust punishment which he receiued for the same.
Who little esteeming his good aduise, vnderstoode before his death, that no man (but by vertue) can in this life attaine felicitie.
Their mother then ioyfull for that fact, and of the reputation of her sonnes, kneeled downe before the Image of Iuno, humbly beseechinge her to giue her sonnes the thinge that were best for a man to attaine vnto.
Not euery man can wellattaine To goe to Corinthe towne.
As she had ended these wordes, she sawe the Lions come forth ramping, and bristling vp their heare, stretching forth their pawes with roaring voice, cruelly looking round about them, of whom the Lady thought to be the present pray.
The which I shall endevor to manefest in a plaine stile, with singuler regard unto y^e simple trueth in all things, at least as near as my slender judgmente can attaine the same.
The second, when Christians being vniustly repulsed, doe seeke to attaine and mainteine the right for which they doe come.
Thus am I hopelesse euer to attaine My Ladies loue, in such a desperate case, 8 But all my dayes am like to wast in vaine, Seeking to match the chaste with th'vnchaste Ladies traine.
I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too I meane likewise for your fauour sake to set foorth.
When with the motions of both Will and Wit, She still aspireth to eternitie, And neuer rests, till she attaine to it?
Gentlemen, which went voluntarily of their owne costs and charges, to the ende they might see fashions, learne experience, and attaine vnto glory.
It is certaine, that friendship would thereby be more compleat and full: But this sex could never yet by any example attaine unto it, and is by ancient schooles rejected thence.
Then humble suite preferre To him; perhaps our prayers may attaine To have her turn'd into her forme againe.
Nero throwes down himselfe, I stirre him not; He runnes unto destruction, studies wayes To compasse danger and attaine the hate Of all.
At length seeing I could not attaine to the knowledge of that which I sought for, I determined to returne backe vnto my ships.
And though it could not speake, when it was a spider, yet it can remember and now tell me, who used it for poyson to attaine dignitie.
True and false feares let us refraine, Let us love nobly, and live, and adde againe Yeares and yeares unto yeares, till weattaine To write threescore: this is the second of our raigne.
This may serve for such as are contented to take some paines to attaine so noble a Science.
So have we sought the divine mysteries of this great Quest with much toil, so may we attaine to the Philosopher's heavenly Chaos.
I sayd before, either for ignorance, can not, or for idlenes will not, labor to attaine vnto.
Giuen to loue learning: for though a child haue all the giftes of nature at wishe, and perfection of memorie at wil, yet if he haue not a speciall loue to learning, he shall neuer attaine to moch learning.
I shall haue glory by this loosing day More then Octauius, and Marke Antony, By this vile Conquest shall attaine vnto.
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