A Virgin shall conceive———All crimes shall cease, &c.
Jam nova progenies cœlo demittitur alto———
Te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri,
Irrita perpetuâ solvent formidine terras———
Pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Now the Virgin returns, now the kingdom of Saturn returns, now a new Progeny is sent down from high heaven. By means of thee, whatever reliques of our crimes remain, shall be wip'd away, and free the world from perpetual fears. He shall govern the earth in peace, with the virtues of his Father.
Isaiah, Ch. 7. ꝟ. 14. Behold a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son———Ch.9. ꝟ. 6, 7. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; The Prince of Peace: of the increase of his government, and of his Peace, there shall be no end: Upon the Throne of David, and upon his Kingdom, to order and to stablish it, with judgment, and with justice, forever and ever.
See Nature hastes, &c.
Errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus,
Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho———
Ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores.
For thee, O Child, shall the earth, without being tilled, produce early offerings; winding Ivy, withBaccar
