Annotations
vpon
the
Celestiall
Elegies
of
the
Goddesses
BErecinthia
alias
Rhea
Cybele
Ops
Vesta
,
Tellus
,
&c.
as
Hesiodus
saith
was
the
daughter
of
Coelum
and
Terra
the
wife
of
Saturne
commonly
called
the
mother
of
the
gods
&
goddesses
of
the
earth
;
whome
Poets
faine
to
be
drawne
by
foure
Lions
in
a
chariot
with
a
crowne
of
Towres
on
her
head
and
a
royall
scepter
in
her
hand
,
she
is
also
reputed
the
founder
of
Cities
and
Towres
for
defence
.
Iuno
called
Pronuba
and
of
some
Lucina
the
daughter
of
Saturne
and
Ops
,
wife
and
sister
of
Iupiter
,
Queene
of
heauen
,
and
goddesse
of
riches
,
impelled
with
the
celestiall
diademe
,
drawne
in
her
chariot
by
Peacockes
,
she
is
accounted
to
predominate
mariages
,
and
the
birth
of
children
.
Pallas
otherwise
called
Minerua
as
Hesiodus
affirmeth
is
the
daughter
of
Neptune
and
Triton
,
poetically
also
fayned
to
be
engendred
of
the
braine
of
Iupiter
:
She
is
the
Goddesse
of
wisedome
,
learning
,
and
the
liberall
sciences
,
She
is
the
sister
of
Mars
and
is
said
to
be
the
Goddesse
of
warres
and
martiall
stratagems
,
and
for
that
is
often
called
Bellona
.
Cynthia
called
also
Diana
and
Phoebe
the
daughter
of
Iupiter
and
Latona
the
sister
of
Phoebus
she
is
the
Goddesse
of
hunting
and
fishing
,
who
addicting
her selfe
wholy
to
virginitie
obtained
of
Iupiter
therefore
to
liue
in
the
woods
.
Virgil
▪
Lib.
11.
Alme
tibi
hāe
nemorum
cultrix
Latonia
virgo
.
Venus
termed
also
Cytherea
poetically
fained
to
be
bred
of
the
froth
of
the
Sea
,
excelled
all
other
Goddesses
in
beautie
,
she
is
the
Goddesse
of
loue
,
pleasures
and
lasciuious
delightes
,
she
rideth
in
a
chariot
drawne
by
doues
,
she
is
the
mother
of
Cupid
and
is
accounted
one
of
the
seuen
planets
Thetis
called
also
Amphitrite
the
wife
of
Peleus
King
of
Thessalie
,
daughter
of
Nereus
and
mother
of
Achilles
was
esteemed
Goddesse
of
the
Sea
:
of
Nereus
all
the
Nymphes
were
called
Nereides
.
Ceres
the
daughter
of
Saturne
and
Ops
sister
of
Iu●iter
&
Pluto
,
is
the
Goddesse
of
Corne
drawen
in
her
●hariot
by
dragons
,
crownde
with
she
aues
of
wheat
●he
wandred
about
the
world
to
finde
her
daughter
Proserpina
whom
Pluto
stole
a
way
,
she
first
taught
●he
vse
of
the
plough
and
to
till
the
land
.
Aurora
the
morning
,
the
daughter
of
Hyperion
●nd
Thia
in
the
iudgement
of
Hesiodus
,
or
as
others
●ay
of
Titan
and
Terra
whom
for
her
faire
vermilion
●olour
Homer
faineth
to
haue
fingers
of
damaske
●oses
,
and
to
be
drawne
by
bright
bay
horses
in
a
golden
charriot
,
she
is
said
by
Orpheus
not
only
to
be
〈◊〉
most
comforrable
Ladie
to
men
,
but
also
to
beasts
●nd
plants
and
is
a
great
friend
to
the
Muses
.
Nox
the
night
,
bred
of
Chaos
as
Poets
faine
whom
they
cal
the
most
auntient
mother
of
all
creatures
,
because
there
was
no
light
but
darkenes
before
the
Sunne
and
the
heauens
were
made
.
And
she
possessed
all
places
before
the
birth
of
the
gods
,
she
is
cloathed
in
blacke
rayment
,
with
a
sable
vayle
vpon
her
head
,
transported
by
blacke
horses
in
her
eben
chariot
,
she
came
from
Erebus
and
the
infernals
obscuring
this
Hemysphere
when
the
Sunne
〈◊〉
gone
to
the
Antipodes
.
Flora
called
also
Chloris
the
wife
of
Zephirus
is
deemed
the
goddesse
of
Flowres
:
Bellona
the
goddesse
of
warre
called
also
Pallas
▪
which
to
expresse
both
the
valour
and
the
wisedome
of
the
honorable
race
of
the
Howardes
I
haue
twise
expressed
in
seuerall
sonnets
,
whom
Virgil
nameth
the
president
of
warre
.
Armipotens
belli
praeses
Tritonia
Pallas
Fortuna
as
some
suppose
was
the
daughter
of
Oceanus
,
albeit
Hesiodus
writing
of
the
originall
birth
of
the
Gods
,
makes
no
mention
of
her
,
yet
she
is
vainely
reckoned
among
the
number
of
the
Gods
as
Iuuenal
witnesseth
.
Nullum
numen
abest
si
sit
prudentia
,
sed
te
Nos
facimus
Fortuna
deam
Caeloque
locamus
.
She
is
the
Goddesse
of
chance
and
inconstancie
she
is
saide
to
be
blinde
and
to
be
rouled
about
vpon
a
wheale
as
Tibullus
in
1.
Elegiarum
.
Versatur
celeri
Fo
rs
leuis
orbe
rota
.
Proserpina
called
also
Persephone
and
of
some
Hecate
is
the
daughter
of
Iupiter
and
Ceres
,
the
wife
of
Pluto
Queene
of
Hell
,
she
hath
soueraigne
power
of
dead
bodies
.
Nemesis
the
daughter
of
Oceanus
and
Nox
may
be
called
the
Goddesse
of
reuenge
,
who
was
sent
from
Iupiter
to
suppresse
the
pride
and
insolence
of
such
as
are
to
much
puft
vp
with
arrogancie
for
the
fruitiô
of
worldly
felicitie
▪
and
therfore
Aristotle
Li
▪
de
mundo
,
affirmeth
Nemesis
to
be
the
deuine
power
and
iustice
of
God
to
punish
malefactors
for
their
haynous
crimes
,
and
to
distribute
to
euery
one
according
to
his
demerits
.
Libitina
is
the
Goddesse
of
Funeralls
.
The
Graces
called
Gratiae
or
Charites
the
Graces
daughters
of
Iupiter
and
Eurynome
whose
names
are
Aglaia
,
Euphrosyne
and
Thalia
,
they
were
beautiful
and
the
companions
of
Venus
.
Horae
the
howres
,
daughters
of
Iupiter
and
Themis
,
are
by
Homer
and
other
Poets
saide
to
keepe
the
gates
of
heauen
,
and
by
opening
of
them
to
make
faire
weather
,
and
by
shutting
them
to
make
foule
weather
,
they
fauour
learning
and
associate
Venus
and
the
Graces
:
They
are
imagined
to
haue
soft
feet
and
to
be
most
slow
of
all
the
Goddesses
,
and
still
to
worke
some
new
matter
,
they
moderate
and
deuide
the
succession
of
times
.
Pandora
,
a
Ladie
imbellished
with
all
fayre
ornaments
of
bodie
and
minde
on
whome
euery
one
of
the
Gods
bestowed
a
seuerall
gift
of
grace
,
was
sent
by
Ioue
to
Prometheus
with
all
euils
inclosed
,
fast
in
a
box
or
little
cofer
,
which
gift
being
refused
by
Prometheus
was
by
her
brought
to
Epimetheus
,
who
opening
the
couer
of
the
box
,
perceiuing
all
those
euils
to
flie
out
suddenly
shut
the
same
,
reseruing
only
hope
in
the
bottome
thereof
reposed
which
he
kept
fast
:
which
hope
you
must
imagine
now
that
Pandora
hath
lost
in
the
cariage
by
reason
of
this
most
noble
Countesse
death
.
Niobe
the
daughter
of
Tantalus
waxing
insolent
beyond
measure
for
the
beautie
and
goodly
proportion
of
her
children
,
insomuch
that
she
compared
or
rather
preferred
her selfe
in
opinion
of
glory
before
Latona
and
her
sacred
ofspring
was
therefore
by
the
decree
of
the
Gods
metamorphosed
into
a
stone
,
and
so
became
her
owne
bodies
sepulcher
;
and
her
children
were
slaine
by
Phoebus
and
Diana
with
arrowes
as
Poets
fayne
.
Pales
is
the
Goddesse
of
Shepheards
in
honour
of
whose
diety
Shepheards
did
celebrate
certain
games
called
Palilia
▪
Feronia
the
Goddesse
of
woods
or
groues
whose
temple
(
as
Strabo
writeth
)
was
famous
in
the
Citie
Soractes
,
and
she
with
great
deuotion
was
there
worshipped
,
of
whome
there
is
no
mention
made
touching
her
birth
or
education
,
notwithstanding
she
is
reckoned
soueraigne
of
the
woods
as
Virgil
writeth
.
Et
viridi
gaudens
Feronia
luco
.