The woman of Canaan.
Whate'er Fame tells of Amazons of old,
Believe: here Amazonian faith behold.
Of such strong faith a woman? Faith I see
More than in grammar feminine to be. R. Wi.
CLXIV.
Deus, post expulsum daemonem mutum, maledicis Judaeis os obturat. Luc. xi. 14.
Una pene opera duplicem tibi daemona frangis:
Iste quidem daemon mutus; at ille loquax.
Scilicet in laudes, quae non tibi laurea surgit?
Non magis hic loquitur, quam tacet ille tuas.
Upon the dumbe devill cast out, and the slanderous Jewes put to silence.
Two devills at one blow Thou hast laid flat;
A speaking devill this, a dumbe one that.
Was't Thy full victorie's fairer increase,
That th' one spake, or that th' other held his peace? Cr.
CLXV.
Dicebant, Vere hic est Propheta. Joan. vi. 14.
Post tot quae videant, tot quae miracula tangant,
Haec et quae gustent, Christe, dabas populo:
Jam Vates, Rex, et quicquid pia nomina possunt,
Christus erat: vellem dicere, venter erat.
Namque his, quicquid erat Christus, de ventre repleto
Omne illud vero nomine venter erat.