This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...Je neffay quel rondeau, quefur nos chefs raionne. Le premier eft de plomb, & d' eftain Ie deuxiefme, Le troijiesme d acier, Ie quart d or iauniffant, Le quint eft compofe d eleclre palliffant, Lefuyuant de Mercure, & d argent lefeptiefme. Son corps eft affuble d vne mante azuree, Semee haut & bas dvn million defeux, Qui d vn bel art fans art diftintjtement confus, Decorent de leurs rais cefte beaute facree. Icy leut Ie grand Char, icyflambe la Lyre, Icy la Yfujiniere, icy les clairs Rejfins, 5 Icy THE VRANIE. And that I might both golde and honours haue, With courage basse I made my Muse a slaue. And whyles I thought to sing the fickle boy Of Cypris soft, and loues to-swete anoy, To lofty sprits that are therewith made blynd, To which discours my nature and age inclynd. But whill I was in doubt what way to go, With wind ambitious tossed to and fro: A holy beuty did to mee appeare, The Thundrers daughter seeming as she weare. Her porte was Angellike with Angels face, With comely shape and toung of heauenly grace: Her nynevoced mouth resembled into sound The daunce harmonious making heauen resound. Her head was honorde with a costly crown, Seuinfolde and rounde, to dyuers motions boun: On euery folde I know not what doth glance, Aboue our heads into a circuler dance. The first it is of Lead, of Tin the nixt, The seuin The third of Stele, the fourth of Golde vnmixt, Planeu The fyfth is made of pale Electre light, The sixt of Mercure, seuint of Siluer bright. Her corps is couured with an Afure gowne, Knnamet Where thousand fires ar sowne both vp and downe: Fixed Whilks with an arte, but arte, confusde in order, starres. Dois with their beames decore thereof the border. Heir Ihynes the Charlewain, there the Harp giues light, And heir...