Bihold, goddesse of clene chastitee, The bittre teres that on my chekes falle.
For which she folweth yow ful bisily, Right so the see desyreth naturelly To folwen hir, as she that is goddesse Bothe in the see and riveres more and lesse.
Ther saugh I Dane, y-turned til a tree, I mene nat the goddesse Diane, But Penneus doughter, which that highte Dane.
This goddesseon an hert ful hye seet, 2075 With smale houndes al aboute hir feet; And undernethe hir feet she hadde a mone, Wexing it was, and sholde wanie sone.
Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three houres: Is she the goddesse that hath seuer'd vs, And brought vs thus together?
Thou art a witch, a damn'd sorceresse, No goddesse, but the goddesse of blacke hell, And all those devils thy followers.
Slid, I thinke (as the proverbe goes) I was wrapt in my mother's smocke the day I was begotten, I thank the Goddesse Cupid for it.
What, am I a Goddesse That I should fetch their flying soules from heaven And breath them once more in their clay cold bodies?
And the greatest desire that I had there, was daily to make my praiers to the soveraigne goddesse Isis, who by reason of the place where her temple was builded, was called Campensis, and continually adored of the people of Rome.
It were a good deed if the Goddesse and thy master here, would put thee to death, for thou art worthy to be imprisoned and to weare out these yrons, that stalest my slippers away when thou werest at my baines yester night.
Then let us yeeld the honour and the place, And let vs both be sutors to the maid; That since the Goddesse giues her speciall grace, By her cleere hands the offring be conuaide.
Thy mother was no Goddesse periurd man, Nor Dardanus the author of thy stocke: But thou art Sprung from Scythian Caucasus, And Tygers of Hircania gaue thee sucke: Ah foolish Dido to forbeare this long!
Here also was a temple builded in the honor of Claudius the emperour, where were two images erected, one of the goddesse Victoria, and an other of Claudius himselfe.
The daies also of the change of the moneth of the moone, are called Calendæ, which in time of paganisme were consecrated to Iuno, and sacrifice made to that goddesse on the same.
Thou hast now knowen and ataynt the doutous or double visage of thilke blinde goddesse Fortune.
That in this worlde han fethres and stature, Men mighten in that place assembled finde Before the noble goddesse Nature.
For ech of hem gan other in winges take, 670 And with hir nekkes ech gan other winde, Thanking alwey the noble goddesse of kinde.
The daies also of the change of the moneth of the moone, are called Calendae, which in time of paganisme were consecrated to Iuno, and sacrifice made to that goddesseon the same.
Indeed the later Pagans dreamed, that Minerua was the cheefe goddesse and gouernesse of these [Sidenote: Chap.
Plautius builded a temple vnto the goddesse of Victorie (after the departure of Claudius) which Tacitus calleth "Aram sempiternae dominationis," a perpetuall monument of that our British seruitude.
Cupido, unto whos comaundement The gentil kinrede of goddes on hy And people infernal been obedient, And mortel folk al serven besily, The goddesse sone Cithera soothly, 5 To alle tho that to our deitee Ben sugets, hertly greting sende we!
I, 'and by juste cause the name of goddesse dignely ye mowe bere!
In sondry clothing, mantil-wyse full wyde, They were arrayed, and did their sacrifice Unto the god and goddesse in their guyse.
For the confirmation of which renewed amity, they spared no delights which the louing Goddesse doeth vse to serue and imploy vpon her seruaunts and suters.
But since saies she, thou as a King didst reigne, and art a Trophey too of Dians power: Thus much the Goddesse of the floods doth deign to change thy shape, into a vertick flower.
Now the faire Goddesse Fortune, Fall deepe in loue with thee, and her great charmes Misguide thy Opposers swords, Bold Gentleman: Prosperity be thy Page Mar.
Pardon goddesse of the night, Those that slew thy virgin knight, For the which with songs of woe, Round about her tombe they goe: Midnight assist our mone, helpe vs to sigh and grone.
The goddesse heard, and suddeine where she sate, Welling out streames of teares, and quite dismayd 8 With stony feare of that rude rustick mate, Transformd her to a stone from stedfast virgins state.
Soone her garments loose Vpgath'ring, in her bosome she comprized, 8 Well as she might, and to the Goddesse rose, Whiles all her Nymphes did like a girlond her enclose.
What Goddesse else more milde then shee To burie all our paine can be, What remedie more pleasing?
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