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PHOSEON Lib. II. PHOSES. Book II. 67
F a b. X. Ocyrrbo'e transformed into a Mare.
THE ARGUMENT.
Ocyrrhoe the Daughter of the Centaur Chiron , taking upon her to
predict future Events, tells her Father the Fate of Young iEfculapius,
and the Gods, in that very Inftant , transform her into a Mare.
SEmifer interea divinae Jlirpis alumno /^\Ld Chiron took the Babe with fecret
Laetus erat i mixtoque oneri gaudebat Proud of the Charge of the Celeftial Boy.
honore. His Daughter too, whom on the landy Shore
Eccevemtrut illshumer os protetta capitis 635 The Nymph Chariclo to the Centaur bore,
Filia Centaun : quam quondam Njmpha Wlth Hair aifhevel'd on her Shoulders came
Chariclo, . . . . To fee the Child, Ocyrrhoe was her Name j
Fluminis in rapidi ripis enixa, evocaevit , , l r l > a j u l r
^ f She knew her Father s Arts, and could rehearle
Ucyroen. non haec artes contenta paternas
■Addidicijfe fuit: fatorum arcana canebat.
Ergo ubi jatidicos concept mente furores, 640
Incaluitque Deo, quern claufum pettore ha-
bebat,
-Adfpick infantem > Titique falutifer orbi
Crefce puer, dixit: tibi fe mortalia faepe
Corpora debebunt: animas tibi reddere ademtas
Fas erit. idque femel Dts indignanttbus au-
fus, 645
*■ °J[e dare hoc iterum jlamma prohiberis avita:
Eque Deo corpus fies exfangue : Deusque,
Qui modo corpus eras: & bis tuafata no-
'vabis.
T o m. I. Tu
The Depths of Prophecy in founding Verfe.
Once, as the facred Infant lhe furvey'd,
The God was kindled in the raving Maid,
And thus fhe utter'd her Prophetick Tale;
Hail, great Phyfician of die World, All-hail;
Hail, mighty Infant, who in Years to come,
Shalt heal the Nations, and defraud the Tomb;
Swift be thy Growth! thy Triumphs unconfin'di
Make Kingdoms thicker, and increafe Mankind,
Thy daring Art fliall animate the Dead,
And draw the Thunder on thy guilty Head:
Then {halt thou dye, but from the dark Abode
Rife up Victorious, and be Twice a God.
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F a b. X. Ocyrrbo'e transformed into a Mare.
THE ARGUMENT.
Ocyrrhoe the Daughter of the Centaur Chiron , taking upon her to
predict future Events, tells her Father the Fate of Young iEfculapius,
and the Gods, in that very Inftant , transform her into a Mare.
SEmifer interea divinae Jlirpis alumno /^\Ld Chiron took the Babe with fecret
Laetus erat i mixtoque oneri gaudebat Proud of the Charge of the Celeftial Boy.
honore. His Daughter too, whom on the landy Shore
Eccevemtrut illshumer os protetta capitis 635 The Nymph Chariclo to the Centaur bore,
Filia Centaun : quam quondam Njmpha Wlth Hair aifhevel'd on her Shoulders came
Chariclo, . . . . To fee the Child, Ocyrrhoe was her Name j
Fluminis in rapidi ripis enixa, evocaevit , , l r l > a j u l r
^ f She knew her Father s Arts, and could rehearle
Ucyroen. non haec artes contenta paternas
■Addidicijfe fuit: fatorum arcana canebat.
Ergo ubi jatidicos concept mente furores, 640
Incaluitque Deo, quern claufum pettore ha-
bebat,
-Adfpick infantem > Titique falutifer orbi
Crefce puer, dixit: tibi fe mortalia faepe
Corpora debebunt: animas tibi reddere ademtas
Fas erit. idque femel Dts indignanttbus au-
fus, 645
*■ °J[e dare hoc iterum jlamma prohiberis avita:
Eque Deo corpus fies exfangue : Deusque,
Qui modo corpus eras: & bis tuafata no-
'vabis.
T o m. I. Tu
The Depths of Prophecy in founding Verfe.
Once, as the facred Infant lhe furvey'd,
The God was kindled in the raving Maid,
And thus fhe utter'd her Prophetick Tale;
Hail, great Phyfician of die World, All-hail;
Hail, mighty Infant, who in Years to come,
Shalt heal the Nations, and defraud the Tomb;
Swift be thy Growth! thy Triumphs unconfin'di
Make Kingdoms thicker, and increafe Mankind,
Thy daring Art fliall animate the Dead,
And draw the Thunder on thy guilty Head:
Then {halt thou dye, but from the dark Abode
Rife up Victorious, and be Twice a God.
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