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PHOSEON Lib. IX
Nobilitate fua major: fed vita fidesque
Inculpata fuit. gravidae qui conjugis aures
Vocibus his movit cum jam props partus
adejfet:
Quae voveam duo funt: minimo ut relevere
labor e >•
Utque mar em pari as. oner oft or altera firs
eft : 675
Et vires fortuna negat. quod abominor, ergo
Edit a forte tuo fuerit ft, femina partus
(Invitus mando : pietas, ignofce ) necetur.
Dixerat: £f lacrimis vultum lavere profufts,
Tarn qui mandabat, quam cut mandata da-
bant ur. 680
Sed tamen usque fuum vanis <Telethufa ma-
ritum
Sollicitat precibus; ne fpem fibi ponat in arto.
Cert a fua eft Ligdo fententia. jamque ferendo
Vix erat ilia gravem maturo pondere ven-
trem >
Cum medio noclis fpatio , fub imagine fom-
ni, 685
Inachis ante torum ,pompa comitata fuorum,
Aut ftetit yaut vifa eft: inerant lunariafronti
Cornua, cum fpicis nitido ftaventibus auro,
Et regale decus, cum qua latrator Anubis,
SanBaque Bubaftis , v anus que color i bus
Apts: 690
Quiquepremit vocem, digit0quefilentiafuadeti
Siftraque erant, numquamque fatis quaefitus
Of 1ris,
^lenaque fomniferi ferpens peregrina veneni.
Cum, velut excuffam fomno, & manifefta
vi dent em
Sic adfata Dea eft: Pars, 0 Telethufa, mea-
rum, 695
IP one graves cur as ,• mandataque falle mariti.
Nee dubita, cum te partu Lucina levarit,
Toilers quidquid erit. Dea fum auxiliaris,
opemque
Ex or at a fero. nec te coluiffe quereris
Ingratum numen. monuit, thalamoque re-
cejfit. 700
•Laeta toro fur git, pur as que ad fidera fupplex
Creffa manus tollens, rata fint fua vifa pre-
catur.
dolor increvit sfeque ipfumpondus in auras
Expulit, £tf nata efl ignaro femina patri >
JuJJit ali mater 7 puerum mentita > fidem-
que 705
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PHOSES. Book IX. 321
Who to his Wife, before the Time aflign'd
For Child-birth came, thus bluntly fpoke his Mind
„ If Heav'n, faid Lygdus , will vouchsafe to hear,
„ I have but two Petitions to prefer •,
Short Pains for thee, for me a Son and Heir.^
Girls coft as many Throes in bringing forth j
Befides, when born, the Tits are little worth",
„ Weak puling things, unable to fuftain
Their Share of Labour, and their Bread to gain.
If y therefore, thou a Creature (halt produce,
„ Of fo great Charges, and fo little Ufe,
3j (Bear Witnefs, Heav'n, with what Relu&ancy)
„ Her haplefs Innocence I doom to die".
He (aid, and Tears the common Grief difpiay,
Of him who bad, and her who muft obey.
Yet Telethufa ftill perfifts, to find
Fit Arguments to move a Father's Mind;
T' extend his Willies to a larger Scope,
And in one VefTel not confine his Hope.
Lygdus continues hard: Her Time drew near,
And (he her heavy Load could fcarcely bear •,
When flumb'ring, in the latter Shades of Night,
Before th* Approaches of returning Light,
She faw, or thought flic faw , before her Bed,
A glorious Train, and Ijis at their Head :
Her moony Horns were on her Forehead plac'd,
And yellow Shelves her fliining Temples grae'd :
A Mitre, for a Crown, fhe wore on high;
The Dog, and dappl'd Bull were waiting by5
Ojiris, fought along the Banks of Nile j
The filent God • the (acred Crocodile;
And, laft, a long Proceffion moving on,
With Timbrels, that aflift the lab'ring Moon.
Her Slumbers {eem'd diipell'd, and, broad awake,
She heard a Voice, that thus diftinctly (pake.
My Votary, thy Babe from Death defend,
Nor fear to fave whateer the Gods will fend.
Delude with Art thy Husband's dire Decree:]
,, When Danger calls, repofe thy Truft on me:'
„ And know thou haft not ferv'd a thanklefsj
Deity. j
This Promife made, with Night the Goddefi fled;
With Joy the Woman wakes, and leaves her Bed-
Devoutly lifts her fpotlefs Hands on high,
And prays the Pow'rs their Gift to ratifie.
Now grinding Pains proceed to bearing Throes,
'Till it's own Weight the Burden did difclofe.
'Twas of the beauteous Kind, and brought to Light
With Secrecy, to fhun the Father's Sight.
Th' indulgent Mother did her Care employ,
And paft it on her Husband for a Boy ,
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Nobilitate fua major: fed vita fidesque
Inculpata fuit. gravidae qui conjugis aures
Vocibus his movit cum jam props partus
adejfet:
Quae voveam duo funt: minimo ut relevere
labor e >•
Utque mar em pari as. oner oft or altera firs
eft : 675
Et vires fortuna negat. quod abominor, ergo
Edit a forte tuo fuerit ft, femina partus
(Invitus mando : pietas, ignofce ) necetur.
Dixerat: £f lacrimis vultum lavere profufts,
Tarn qui mandabat, quam cut mandata da-
bant ur. 680
Sed tamen usque fuum vanis <Telethufa ma-
ritum
Sollicitat precibus; ne fpem fibi ponat in arto.
Cert a fua eft Ligdo fententia. jamque ferendo
Vix erat ilia gravem maturo pondere ven-
trem >
Cum medio noclis fpatio , fub imagine fom-
ni, 685
Inachis ante torum ,pompa comitata fuorum,
Aut ftetit yaut vifa eft: inerant lunariafronti
Cornua, cum fpicis nitido ftaventibus auro,
Et regale decus, cum qua latrator Anubis,
SanBaque Bubaftis , v anus que color i bus
Apts: 690
Quiquepremit vocem, digit0quefilentiafuadeti
Siftraque erant, numquamque fatis quaefitus
Of 1ris,
^lenaque fomniferi ferpens peregrina veneni.
Cum, velut excuffam fomno, & manifefta
vi dent em
Sic adfata Dea eft: Pars, 0 Telethufa, mea-
rum, 695
IP one graves cur as ,• mandataque falle mariti.
Nee dubita, cum te partu Lucina levarit,
Toilers quidquid erit. Dea fum auxiliaris,
opemque
Ex or at a fero. nec te coluiffe quereris
Ingratum numen. monuit, thalamoque re-
cejfit. 700
•Laeta toro fur git, pur as que ad fidera fupplex
Creffa manus tollens, rata fint fua vifa pre-
catur.
dolor increvit sfeque ipfumpondus in auras
Expulit, £tf nata efl ignaro femina patri >
JuJJit ali mater 7 puerum mentita > fidem-
que 705
1 OM. II» Res
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PHOSES. Book IX. 321
Who to his Wife, before the Time aflign'd
For Child-birth came, thus bluntly fpoke his Mind
„ If Heav'n, faid Lygdus , will vouchsafe to hear,
„ I have but two Petitions to prefer •,
Short Pains for thee, for me a Son and Heir.^
Girls coft as many Throes in bringing forth j
Befides, when born, the Tits are little worth",
„ Weak puling things, unable to fuftain
Their Share of Labour, and their Bread to gain.
If y therefore, thou a Creature (halt produce,
„ Of fo great Charges, and fo little Ufe,
3j (Bear Witnefs, Heav'n, with what Relu&ancy)
„ Her haplefs Innocence I doom to die".
He (aid, and Tears the common Grief difpiay,
Of him who bad, and her who muft obey.
Yet Telethufa ftill perfifts, to find
Fit Arguments to move a Father's Mind;
T' extend his Willies to a larger Scope,
And in one VefTel not confine his Hope.
Lygdus continues hard: Her Time drew near,
And (he her heavy Load could fcarcely bear •,
When flumb'ring, in the latter Shades of Night,
Before th* Approaches of returning Light,
She faw, or thought flic faw , before her Bed,
A glorious Train, and Ijis at their Head :
Her moony Horns were on her Forehead plac'd,
And yellow Shelves her fliining Temples grae'd :
A Mitre, for a Crown, fhe wore on high;
The Dog, and dappl'd Bull were waiting by5
Ojiris, fought along the Banks of Nile j
The filent God • the (acred Crocodile;
And, laft, a long Proceffion moving on,
With Timbrels, that aflift the lab'ring Moon.
Her Slumbers {eem'd diipell'd, and, broad awake,
She heard a Voice, that thus diftinctly (pake.
My Votary, thy Babe from Death defend,
Nor fear to fave whateer the Gods will fend.
Delude with Art thy Husband's dire Decree:]
,, When Danger calls, repofe thy Truft on me:'
„ And know thou haft not ferv'd a thanklefsj
Deity. j
This Promife made, with Night the Goddefi fled;
With Joy the Woman wakes, and leaves her Bed-
Devoutly lifts her fpotlefs Hands on high,
And prays the Pow'rs their Gift to ratifie.
Now grinding Pains proceed to bearing Throes,
'Till it's own Weight the Burden did difclofe.
'Twas of the beauteous Kind, and brought to Light
With Secrecy, to fhun the Father's Sight.
Th' indulgent Mother did her Care employ,
And paft it on her Husband for a Boy ,
I z The
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