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sir CHRISTOPHER WREN, knt.

Frugibus ut bene fit , fatagendum Virginis aftraSpiciferœ refugum excipiunt Hyperionis axin.

Scu suit ilia Ceres, quœ late prdfpicit arvis ' : 0

Frugiferis , avidi fortunans vota coloni:

Sive Isis totum juriis agitataper orbem,

De hove, jam Pharium numen: feu candida, fedemVendicet hanc potius, terras, Astræa, relinqiiens,

Fer deals ubi cinSla micat, fiellifque duabus.

At mihi, prœ rekquis, placet , hœc illujlria cœli ,..

Virginis eximias % confignent , fdera , laudesJepthiadis *; caftœ prime quam fore juventœ,

Intentam chords, temere devovit ad arasInfœltx gem tor, vittis nec tempera virgoFunejlis cingi , patria vitdrice, recufat . cGloria fœminei fexus miranda ; minoremNifaculam, multo rnajori lumine, obumbresFugenetrix , JponJd Dei, palmitis ilia

Divini radix , wVgo intemerata Maria ;

Numinis affiatu fob, infeia, cujus

SanSta falutifero tumuerunt viscera feetu,

Illœjoque Deum peperifli virgine fore ;

Fujine pulchra tuœ hœc splendefcant fdera laudi,

Et tremulis, prœ fe, vi brent tua nomina fammis,

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Libra A.

'At jam hgmhxi.medio sub tramite circi, .<

Libra pari, luci$ menfurans tempora, lance,

Cum tenebris, rigido nimios cum frigore soles,

Occurrens jablat bis quatuor aftra novemquedVirginis Astr®æ trutina eft (ftc fama poetis)terrejiris adhae hommm: difeernerefifaElaConfuevit parili lands libra mine Virgo »famque polo dominæ pedib^s .fab/ecta (col urusSignifero in paries qua fife dividit aquas) »<,.

Autumni a calido confnia fiperat œftu ;

Ætnæumque deum, siculis qui prœfidet antris,

Artificem agnofeit , puro nam cuderat auro, , ,

Fabrilifque fui monumentum infigne labor isSideribus Libram inferuit : Fu Loripes aftra ,

Splendida copfiafti fqualkns f ere damns, Cy.clopuraFumofis cœli part em radiare favillis ? v ■ , . -

His conftgnetur potius fapientiaftellis , ,>' -i.

Summa Creatoris, magnœque potentia dextree, . ..•> ■ - *

Quœ regit imrnenfum jujh moderamine mundum, ftV

Noblivagafque faces, quœ dat fua lumina soli jAere quœ medio libratam fifteen molemFelluris, pelagique jubet ; vaftumque capaciContinet oceanum palma , fpaliosaque cœliAtria circumdat manibus ; parilique fupinosPondere fufpendit mantes ; quœ nubila frœnat z ' ' '

Irrigat optatis ftientes imbribus agrosFemperat & prudens structure cundla biformis,

Non fecus ac jufto petidens li bras nine lands.

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