The love of Scylla to Minos Just Minos with his armed troops begerts Nisus's City, whose successe diuerts, His forc't attempts, victory seeing either Beholds at distance and inclines to neither. Scylla his daughter from Apollo's tower Vews minos, straight fond Loue usurps a power, She's taken with his beauty, grace, and parts, And would enioy him but her father thwarts.
Ad thalamos recipi cupiens Minois, ab illo Spernitur, vt sceleris praemia nulla ferat. The Impiety of Scylla against her father and country Impious Scilla, whilst with sleepe possest Old Nisus easeth his perturbed breast, forced by loue, shaues of his fatall haire And flying thence doth it to minos beare Giuing with that her Countries strength and gaurd, Craueing nought but himselfe for her reward.
Just Minos mou'd at so unworthy act Reiects her Loue and hates her for the fact. Scylla turn'd into the bird Ciris Nisus subdu'd through his fond daughters folly And turned bird, minos his forces rally, And leauing shore unto their ships repaire which Scylla seeing she her tresses tare And crying thousand times ingrate she flung her selfe into the raging sea, and clung To th' Gnossia ship, till she a foule became which of her tufted crowne we Ciris name.
Semibouem sic ille virum prostrauit, et inde Per dubias redijt laetus honore vias. Theseus killes the Minotaure The thousand turning maze of Dedalus which the Minotaure includes; by Theseus Is entred, where he that man-monster slew And then return'd by Ariadnes clue Deporting her with him he proues ungrate On naxus shore he leaues her desolate, whom Bacchus comforts, her by maraige takes And of her crowne a Constellation makes.
The fall of Icarus Imprison'd Dedalus seeing no wayes To gaine his fredome, tryeth new essaye[s] By framing wings with curious art, then charges His son to fly betwixt the moistning surges And Luna's region, and to follow right Him, his best steers man in that unknowne flight Soreing to high, the wex melts at Sol's flame He falls, is droun'd and giues those seas his name.
