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PHOSEOK Lib. I.
PHOSES. Book I. 35
Fab. XV. Syrinx changed into Reeds.
T
THE ARGUMENT.
Pan falling in love with the Nymph Syrinx the Daughter of the Ri-
ver Ladon? The flys his Addrefles and he purfues her. Syrinx ftopp'd by
her Father's Waves, calls for Help from her Sifters the Naiades , who
change her into Reeds; Pan makes a Flute of them of Seven Pipes, which
bears the Name of that Nymph.
Um Deus 3 Arcadiae gelidis fub monti- 'HpHen Hermes thus; A Nymph of late there was
bus, inquit, JL Whole Heav'nly Form her Fellows did furpafs.
Inter Hamadryadas celeberrima Nonacrinas The Pride and Joy of fair Arcadia's Plains,
69° Belov'd by Deities, ador'd by Swains:
Ndias unafuit. Nymphae Syringa vocabant. SyHnx her NamCj by Syhans 0ft purfu'd,
Non femel & Satyros eluferat tlla fequentes, As oft ^ did the Luftful Gods ebde.
Et quoscumque Deos umbrofave fiha , ft- ^ and ^ Woodland ^
raxue
^ , , ~ . n v 11 With Cynthia hunted* and her Rites maintain'd:
Rus habet. Ortygtam audits tpjaque colebat J
rr • * n • a t\ Like Phoebe clad , even Phoebe's lelf (lie teems,
virgwitate Deam. rttu quoque etneia Dianae 9 9
5p *~ So Tall, fb Streight, fuch well-proportion'd Limbs:
Falleret: & credi pojfet Latonia, fi non Tne niceft EYe did no diftinftion know, ^
Corneus huic arcus, fi non font aureus tilt. But that the Goddefs bore a Golden Bow, C
Sic quoque fallebat. redeuntem colle Lyceo Diftinguifti'd thus , the Sight Ihe cheated too. \
Van nj'idet hanc , pinuque caput praecMus Defcending from Lycaus, Pan admires
acuta, The matchlefs Nymph, and burns with new Defires.
Taba 'verba refert, reftabat verba referre > A Crown of Pine upon his Head he wore •>
JOO And thus began her Pity to implore.
Tom. I. m Et Ex But
PHOSES. Book I. 35
Fab. XV. Syrinx changed into Reeds.
T
THE ARGUMENT.
Pan falling in love with the Nymph Syrinx the Daughter of the Ri-
ver Ladon? The flys his Addrefles and he purfues her. Syrinx ftopp'd by
her Father's Waves, calls for Help from her Sifters the Naiades , who
change her into Reeds; Pan makes a Flute of them of Seven Pipes, which
bears the Name of that Nymph.
Um Deus 3 Arcadiae gelidis fub monti- 'HpHen Hermes thus; A Nymph of late there was
bus, inquit, JL Whole Heav'nly Form her Fellows did furpafs.
Inter Hamadryadas celeberrima Nonacrinas The Pride and Joy of fair Arcadia's Plains,
69° Belov'd by Deities, ador'd by Swains:
Ndias unafuit. Nymphae Syringa vocabant. SyHnx her NamCj by Syhans 0ft purfu'd,
Non femel & Satyros eluferat tlla fequentes, As oft ^ did the Luftful Gods ebde.
Et quoscumque Deos umbrofave fiha , ft- ^ and ^ Woodland ^
raxue
^ , , ~ . n v 11 With Cynthia hunted* and her Rites maintain'd:
Rus habet. Ortygtam audits tpjaque colebat J
rr • * n • a t\ Like Phoebe clad , even Phoebe's lelf (lie teems,
virgwitate Deam. rttu quoque etneia Dianae 9 9
5p *~ So Tall, fb Streight, fuch well-proportion'd Limbs:
Falleret: & credi pojfet Latonia, fi non Tne niceft EYe did no diftinftion know, ^
Corneus huic arcus, fi non font aureus tilt. But that the Goddefs bore a Golden Bow, C
Sic quoque fallebat. redeuntem colle Lyceo Diftinguifti'd thus , the Sight Ihe cheated too. \
Van nj'idet hanc , pinuque caput praecMus Defcending from Lycaus, Pan admires
acuta, The matchlefs Nymph, and burns with new Defires.
Taba 'verba refert, reftabat verba referre > A Crown of Pine upon his Head he wore •>
JOO And thus began her Pity to implore.
Tom. I. m Et Ex But