Sixth Argument
Strange births as proof that something bigger is at work.
[p. 8] Besides, what Monstrous Births, the Nurses fearAnd Mother's shame, half Man, half Beast appear?Such wondrous Creatures ne're from Seed began,For what hath Beast that's common to a Man?And what mean Soul would with his Lust comply,And Sin on purpose for a Prodigy?No; Stars dispose, they Counterfeit a Rape,And mix a Monster of amazing shape,
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The text is Thomas Creech's 1697 verse translation, checked word by word between three scans of the same type (the 1697 printing, the 1700 printing and a third copy). The long s is printed as s; every other spelling is Creech's. Pages are cited as the 1697 printing numbers them. The portrait is William Marshall’s engraving of Lilly from the front of the 1659 printing (Wellcome Library, public domain).