The Pleiades
The Pleiades: face, dress, and the art of pleasing.
[p. 60] What Constellations rise with Taurus
Thus far the Ram's concern'd, and next the BullJoyns other Stars, and varies in its Rule:For mounting upward in his backward riseWhen Six Degrees appear, and grace the Skies,He shews the Pleiades: Whose Rays inclineTo Joys of Venus, and the Charms of Wine:Feasts their delight, where witty biting DrollsRaise Mirth, and Health swims round in flowing Bowls.Such are these Stars gay Births; their Face, their DressThey chiefly mind, and 'tis their work to please:Offended with their Sex, their Manly HairWith Pumice kill, and Curse those Limbs that bear.Female they seem; now borrow'd Curls must raiseTheir Heads, and Love must play in every Maze:Now Gems must bind them up, now loose behindTheir Locks must flow, and wanton in the Wind:Affected in their Gate, grow Fops by Rule,And with great study, […].
We left a few demeaning words out here. They are on page 60 of the printed book.
Yet high Ambition, and a Thirst to please([…]:)Still fire their Breasts, nor from their Souls remove,They would not only Love, but would be known to Love.
We left a few demeaning words out here. They are on page 60 of the printed book.
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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).