1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted ... Show more
1SOP. Fab. I. Of the Cock^ a?yl pretious Stone. T O If T Chanticleer three times aloud proclaims Day's fignall vidory ore Night's vanquifh'd Flames: As oft the mighty W Lyons are affrighted M*rs tardy Sentinel three times aloud proclaim'd Th' approaching Day. The Fable is thus related by L*ci*n. There was a young m*H u,^ A lector, very intimate wi,h Mars, in Jo much that wherfoevtr Mars *f to Venus, be tetk. Ale&or ><& &, (/ri/ the Sun wjj/;; i,; In. w Vulcan ) W /f/( /w to jm wf ffe Acr, rfj< to give notice wh: the Sun up. pruch'd. On 4 time ke&otfc!la/lee?-And*mlliglj bttmj'd his Trft : The Sun difcoverdthe two Lovers iVu!can, who cufk them in 4NetMan,asfoc as he rnugct Imje, in anger turned the jouxg MU t. a CccK: for this r/*>/w tbt Su rifilb, the C^cro^s n give mice of his tffroitch. Chtretr.'x tlie Stoifk, and Proclas and/>erpAjrr.(,I>ytbagorc. an philofopbers.afcribe the crowing of the Cock before day to a fympathy betwixt that Bird and the Sun, affirming, that the Sun contributes fomeihing ce-ieftial to it, for which it gratefully ri- Hence perhaps is the Cock called the Perfia* Vird,Hefychins, rHftnx.li i{r,t, i axx7puV- becaufe.as the Virfians, he worfhips the rifing Sun : but the common reafon is taken from the Fable related by Ariflejhimes, in Avibtts, That on a time the Cock was Rmperour of Per/*,and raigncd tyrannically ; info-much that full all pevfom ss foon as he crow*betake ihemfelves to labour, as if fearing punrflimenc for negligence. fb, The reafon why the Lion is a-fi aid of the Cock.Prw/xs faith, is, be-caufe the Cock hath a much greater fhsre of i he <:uns influence then the Lyon , though they both derive their Katures from him. But Lucretius O- He from proud R oofts, high as the thatch defcends, s'**k'J"* "'"fm'ecd"immi^ His Wives, his Concubines, and fair Race attends. ^-, "I"'/', "'' {r1^ With his fhrill Notes, while others are delighted. In a fjhort Coat of Feathers warm as FurSj In Boots drawn up, and gilded Spurs^ ( Of old the valiant-Cock the Eagle Knighted ) Thcreare not any Seflt of Philofophy things to immateriality, The Eiicitre, boih allege for this, ( nbfit verb* invidi*) a feed in the Cocks body lies. And through the Balls with horrid anguifli goes, effluent attorns hurt the Lyons Eyes, That they their Courage, and all ficrcencf* lofe. te than tliefe two ; The Pytbtgorednr nd Actidemk'^ endeavouring to bring i .terislity : and if I may freely give my opinion of the reafons . to 1i:i:ih J.n '"T Scaling
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