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>2j6 Polygraph kes. Lib.4.
IV. The Poets ( who call her the goddess of hunt-
ing and imperial govemess of Woods and Groves,) de-
ser ibe her in the habit of a young Nymph, with her bow
ready bent in herhand,and a Quiver of arrows hang-
ing by her left side ■> a swift paced Greyhound fali tyed
to her right side, with a collar about his neck, and
after her following troops of Sylvan Virgins, which
are chart, and are called the Nymphs of Diana.
V. These Virgins and Votresses of the Goddess, we
thus deser ibe.
Scarce mountedSol upon hU glorious Car,
When ore the losty bills., and lovely plain?
Running apace, you might perceive asar
A "Troop of Amazons topost amain.
But when they nearer came uytoyour view,
Tou might discern Diana ffhd her Crew.
A careless crew of lively Nymphs, despismg
'the joyous pleasures and delights of love >
Wasting their days in rural sports devising %
Which know no other, nor will other prove.
WiAgd with desire to overtake the chase.
Away they slung with unisied pace.
'Jbeir necks and purple veined arms are bare,
And srom their Ivory shoulders to their kpee,
A Silken veflment o^re their skin they wear,
'through which a piercing eye might chance to see.
Cleft to their bodies is the same engirted,
Bedecked with pleasing ssowrs their instrtid¥
Each m her band a Silver bow doth bold,
With welljiord quivers hanging at their backs :
Whose arrows being spent they may. be bold
To borrow sreely os each others packj-
Thus are these nimble skipping Nymphs difplai d,
That do aHend that Goddess3 ^uem and Maid.
V{. la
IV. The Poets ( who call her the goddess of hunt-
ing and imperial govemess of Woods and Groves,) de-
ser ibe her in the habit of a young Nymph, with her bow
ready bent in herhand,and a Quiver of arrows hang-
ing by her left side ■> a swift paced Greyhound fali tyed
to her right side, with a collar about his neck, and
after her following troops of Sylvan Virgins, which
are chart, and are called the Nymphs of Diana.
V. These Virgins and Votresses of the Goddess, we
thus deser ibe.
Scarce mountedSol upon hU glorious Car,
When ore the losty bills., and lovely plain?
Running apace, you might perceive asar
A "Troop of Amazons topost amain.
But when they nearer came uytoyour view,
Tou might discern Diana ffhd her Crew.
A careless crew of lively Nymphs, despismg
'the joyous pleasures and delights of love >
Wasting their days in rural sports devising %
Which know no other, nor will other prove.
WiAgd with desire to overtake the chase.
Away they slung with unisied pace.
'Jbeir necks and purple veined arms are bare,
And srom their Ivory shoulders to their kpee,
A Silken veflment o^re their skin they wear,
'through which a piercing eye might chance to see.
Cleft to their bodies is the same engirted,
Bedecked with pleasing ssowrs their instrtid¥
Each m her band a Silver bow doth bold,
With welljiord quivers hanging at their backs :
Whose arrows being spent they may. be bold
To borrow sreely os each others packj-
Thus are these nimble skipping Nymphs difplai d,
That do aHend that Goddess3 ^uem and Maid.
V{. la