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<p>WHEN <persName type="mythological">HERCVLES</persName>, was dowtfull of his waie<lb/> Inclosed rounde, with vertue, and with vice:<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_04001"/>With reasons firste, did vertue him assaie,<lb/> The other, did with pleasures him entice:<lb/> They longe did striue, before he coulde be wonne,<lb/> Till at the lengthe, <persName type="mythological">ALCIDES</persName> thus begonne<lb/> Oh pleasure, thoughe thie waie bee smoothe, and faire,<lb/> And sweete delightes in all thy courtes abounde:<lb/> Yet can I heare, of none that haue bene there,<lb/> That after life, with fame haue been renoum'de:<lb/> For honor hates, with pleasure to remaine,<lb/> Then houlde thy peace, thow wastes thie winde in vaine.<lb/> But heare, I yeelde oh vertue to thie will,<lb/> And vowe my selfe, all labour to indure,<lb/> For to ascende the steepe, and craggie hill,<lb/> The toppe whereof, whoe so attaines, is sure.<lb/> For his rewarde, to haue a crowne of fame<lb/> Thus <persName type="mythological">HERCVLES</persName>, obey'd this sacred dame.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_04001" lang="la"><name type="author">Virgil.</name> in Fragm.<lb/> de littera y.<lb/> Quisquis enim duros<lb/> casus virtutis amore<lb/> Vicerit, ille sibi lau-<lb/> démque decúsque pa-<lb/> rabit.<lb/> At qui desidiam luxúm-<lb/> que sequetur intertem,<lb/> Dum fugit opposites in-<lb/> cauta mente labores,<lb/> Turpis, inòpsque simul,<lb/> miserabile transiget<lb/> auum.</gloss> </p> |
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Hercules am Scheidewege, between Minerva (Virtue) and Venus (Vice) |
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Choices of Hercules (The two paths, of virtue and of vice) |
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Bivium virtutis & vitii |
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The crossroads of virtue and vice |
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Bivium virtutis et vitii |