Book Title: Partheneia sacra ; or, The mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred parthens : symbolically set forth and enriched with pious devises and emblemes for the entertainement of devout soules ; contriued al to the honour of the incomparable virgin Maire / by H. A.

Author: Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646

Image Title: The Poesie

Description: A garden is depicted with several birds flying overhead. A cloud with human characteristics communicates with another bird in a tree. The author compares the flying birds to Eve, who tried to fly as high as God and was expelled from the garden, and the bird in the tree to the Virgin Mary, who humbly accepted God’s will. A Latin inscription reads RESPEXIT (“looked”).

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