Song

OPE aged Atlas, open then thy lappe ,
And from thy beamy bosome strike a light,
That men may read in the mysterious mappe
All lines
And signes
Of royall education, and the right,
See how they come and show,
That are but borne to know.
Descend
Descend
Though pleasure lead,
Feare not to follow:
They who are bred
Within the Hill
Of skill ,
May safely tread
What path they will,
No ground of good is hollow.
In their descent from the Hill, Daedalus came
downe before them, of whom Hercules
questioned Mercury

HERCULES

BUT Hermes stay, a little let me pause,
Who's this that leads? MER. A guide that gives them lawes
To all their motions, Dedalus the wise;
HER. And doth in sacred harmonie comprise
His precepts? MER. Yes. HER. they may securely prove
Then any laborinth, though it be of love.
Here while they put themselves in forme ,
Dedalus had his first Song