Vitas sollicitæ me similis capræ, Quam vel nimbisoni sibilus Africi, Vel motum subitis murmur Etesiis Vano corripit impetu. Nam seu prima metum bruma trementibus Incussit foliis, sive Diespiter Elisit resonis tela Cerauniis, Incertâ trepidat fugâ. At qui non ego te quærere desinam, Clamatura retrò, _Christe_, Revertere: & Rursus, cùm rapido fugeris impetu, Clamatura, Revertere.
Thou shunnest me, like to a fearfull Roe, Which, as the stormy North-winds blow, Or the rough noise o' th' suddaine Easterne blast, Is snatch'd away with forcelesse hast. For th'early frost the trembling leaves doth fright, Or else the Father of the light Hath hewne from th'ecchoing rocks his thundring darts, Hee hastens with such doubtfull starts. But till I find thee, I'le not cease, nor rest, But cry aloud, Returne, ô Christ: And when with swifter speed thou fly'st away, Returne againe, ô Christ, I'le say.
O seu te Libani terga virentia, Seu formosa rubræ culta Bethuliæ, Seu pinguis Solymæ, sive procul cavæ Cingunt rura Capharniæ; Tandem sollicitæ pone modum fugæ. Nam non effugies, Te mihi sedulis Aether excubiis prodet, & aureis Prodet Cynthia cornibus. Te neglecta gemunt littora, te procul Suspirat tacitis aura Pavoniis, Te noctis vigiles, te mihi vividis Signant sidera nutibus.
The tops of _Lebanus_, so green and gay, The faire tilths of _Bethulia_, Encompasse thee, old _Salem_'s fruitfull Land, Or else _Capharnia_ low doth stand. At length give o're thy sad and carefull flight: Thou shalt not scape me, th'evening bright With its so watchfull Centry, thee'l betray, And th'Moone with golden hornes doth stray. By th'grones of the neglected shores I'le find Thee; and by th'sighs o'th' Westerne wind; Thee the night's watch, the starrs that walke about With lively signes will point thee out.
Devota sacræ progenies domus! Fatale monstrum! prodigialium Monstrum parentum! seu Libyssa Marmaricis leæ pavit antris, Seu te maligno sidere degener Pardus maritâ tigride prodidit, Furoris hæredem paterni; Sive gregis populator Afri Nudum sub alto destituit jugo; Seu belluosis fluctibus exspuit Irata tempestas nocentem Alitibusq; ferisq; prædam;
Thou Cursed off-spring of that sacred place! Thou fatall monster of prodigious race! A Libyan Lyonesse in some Affrick den Gave nourishment to thee, thou shame of men. Or mungrill Libard with a shee-Tiger, hurl'd Thee, with a mischiefe, into th'hatefull world, Heyre to the fury of thy Syre, and damm; Or some wild Wolfe left thee a naked shame: Under a huge hard rock: some angry storme, From waves, with things so full of divers forme, For birds and beasts, spew'd th'up a banefull prey;