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Than Bacchus' Parent, Theban Semele,
Than Danae Acrisius' Daughter fair,
425 Of whom great Perseus sprung; tho' favour'd more
Than those whose double Births increas'd my Line;
She that of Phœnix' Blood descended bore
Minos the Just, and Radamanth divine:
She that on Lands and Seas long-wandring seen,
430 To Heav'n a Phœbus gave, to Woods a Huntress Queen.
Than Danae Acrisius' Daughter fair,
425 Of whom great Perseus sprung; tho' favour'd more
Than those whose double Births increas'd my Line;
She that of Phœnix' Blood descended bore
Minos the Just, and Radamanth divine:
She that on Lands and Seas long-wandring seen,
430 To Heav'n a Phœbus gave, to Woods a Huntress Queen.
XLIV.
Juno more dear than ever Dame was dear,
If now with Mice or Frogs she dares to treat,
Juno more dear than ever Dame was dear,
If now with Mice or Frogs she dares to treat,
v.434. Pond'rous Anvils.] The Physical meaning seems very apparent. Juno the Air has two Elements, Earth and Water at her Feet, call'd Anvils, because in them only Arts are exercised. The Moral intimates, that good Housewives should stay at home. Dacier. There is another Moral equally plain, over-look'd by the learned French Woman, viz. That Husbands upon extraordinary Occasions, may bestow upon their Wives corporal Correction. If the fair Sex now think this brutal, 'tis merely out of false Delicacy.
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