The rising of the two Bears
The two Bears, which barely rise at all: tamers of wild beasts.
[p. 82] The Great and Lesser Bear which still maintainOne constant Round, and never touch the Main,Scarce know a Rise; yet when each front appears,Take that to be the rising of the Bears.The First with Leo, and the last is join'dWith Scorpio, and prove friendly to their kind.For those that then are born to Beasts shall bearKind tempers, and oblige them by their Care;Give Law to Lions, with a Panther play,Teach Tigers peace, and make a Wolf obey;Maintain Converse, and give them Arts unknown,And such as Nature never thought her own.But yet their thoughts to Bears shall most incline,And there improve the Kindred of their Sign.Or ride the Elephant, his Bulk command,And make the Monster tremble at their Wand,Base the submission, where such strength in vainPossess't must tamely yield to feeble Man:
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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).