Ovidius Naso, Publius; Banier, Antoine [Comm.]; Picart, Bernard [Ill.]: Ovid's Metamorphoses In Latin And English: [Two Volumes] (Band 1) (Amsterdam, 1732)

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l80 P. ^ Ccmto at each Corner had their Part,

Quattuor in partes certamma quattuor aa- ^ ^ and touch'd with Art.

£ts , ., - . H^inone, andRW^ofr^,

^ > ^ , ^ ^ Transform'd to Mountains,fill'd the foremoft Place,

Threiaam Rhodopen habet angulus unus, O ^ ^ ^ of the Gods above ,

> And impioufly profan'd the Names of Jove.

Nunc gelidos montes, mortaha corpora quon- AnQthcJ. ^ the Dame display'd,

dami . fc Her Haughtinefs had thus repaid,

Nomina fummorum fit qui tnbuere Deo- chang>d to a Cranej Her Discord ftill She bears

rum. And 'gainft Her little Subjeds War declares

Altera Pjgmaeae fatum miferabile matris 90 Jn a thkd Partj die Rage Gf Heaven's great Queen,

Tars habet. banc Juno viftam certamine In proud Antigon?s Defeat, wasfeen:

^/tf Who with prcfumptuous Boldnefs dar'd to vye,

EJfe gruem; populisque fuis indicere helium. For Beauty, with the Emprefs of the Sky.

Pmgit & Antigonen , aufam contendere ^h» avails her ancient Princely Race,

quondam Her Sire a King, and Troy her native Place:

Cum magni conforte Jovis ; quam regia Now, to a noify Stork transform'd, Ihe flies,

JUno And with her whiten'd Pinions cleaves the Skies.

In volucrem vert it: nec profuit Ilion illi And in the laft remaining Part was plac'd

Laomedonve pater , fumtis quin Candida Poor Cinyras} who fondly ftill embrac'd

pcnnis His lovely Daughters, now to Marble turn'd,

Ipfa fbi plaudat crepitante ciconia rojlro. And, tho' a Statue, ftill his Lofs he mourn'd.

Qui fupereft folus Qnjran habet angulus With her own Tree the finifli'd Piece is crown'd,

orbum: And Wreaths of peaceful Olive all the Work fur-

Isque gradus templi, natarum membra fua- round.

rum, Arachne drew the fam'd Intrigues of Jove,

Ampleclens, faxoque jacens, lacrimare *vi- Cnang'd to a Bull to gratify his Love;

detur. IOO ^ow ^0' ^nY Tide to diftant Shore,

Circuit extremas oleis pacalibus oras. LovelY Eurota on his Back he bore-

Is modus efii operique fua facit arbore finem. Tne Sea ^em'd waving, and the trembling Maid

Maeonis elufam defgnat imagine taun Shrunk up her tender Feet, as if afraid ;

Eur open : verum taurum, fret a vera put a- ^n<^> l°°king back on the forfoken Strand,

res. To her Companions wafts her diftant Hand;

Ipfa vi deb at ur terras fpeclare relittas, 105 Ncxt ^e ^efign'd Afierids fabled Rape,

Et comites clamare Juas, tacT;umque vereri W^en 7°™ ^am'^ a foaring Eagle's Shape:

Adfdientis aquae i timidasque reducere plan- And how Leda laY ^pinely prefs'd,

tas. Whilft the foft fiiowy Swan fate hov'ring o'er her

Fecit & Aflerien aqmla luclante teneri: Breaft*

Fecit olurims Ledan Secubare fub alts: ' How fair Antio^e the God bcguil'd,

Addidit, ut Satjri celatus imagine tuU Whm Hcr in S^s Form Wlth Twins he fill'd.

chram IIQ Then' lfke Amphytrion, but a real Jouey

Juppiter implerit gemino Nytteida foetu: ^ Alcmena's Arms he ™ol'd his Love.

Amphitryon fuerit, cum teTirynthia cepit • ^ fluid G°ld C° Danae's Heart he came>

Aureus ut Danaen, Afopida luferit iJeus • f?" ^ ^ in a lambent Flame-

Mnemofjnen paftor: varius Deoida terpens aa7 Mnmo^e In SheP^rd's Make,

Te quoque mutatum torvo, Neptune iu t ^ ^ 3 fpeckled snake'

venco r 3 J Into a wanton Steer She Neptune turn'd

pofuit. fu vifus EniU ^h°^mf kouShthe ^ads, for Ami burn^

Gignis Aloidas, aries BifaJa fatT Zl^ %\V^l ^ ^ to ^

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