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A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively…
A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively describing the estate of the church in all the ages thereof, both Jewish and Christian, to this day ... / written by that learned and godly divine, John Cotton ...
London: printed for Philip Nevil, 1642
Chapter 5: THE CANTICLES, OR SONG OF SONGS opened and explained.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
His locks are bushy, or curled, and black as a raven.] Curled black hair is a sign of heat and courage, and wit in him that it groweth upon: Such was the Emperor himself, & such were the common Christians of that age that did depend upon their Emperor; they stuck close to him: learned men with wit, more then former ages had yielded, and soldiers with courage maintained his person and cause.
His locks are bushie, or curled, and black as a raven.] Curled black haire is a signe of heat and courage, and wit in him that it groweth upon: Such was the Emperour himselfe, & such were the common Christians of that age that did depend upon their Emperour; they stuck close to him: learned men with wit, more then former ages had yeelded, and souldiers with courage maintained his person and cause.
Doves, diving in rivers of waters, dive their bellies deep into the waters; so that their eyes look close and narrowly upon it.
Doves, diving in rivers of waters, dive their bellies deepe into the waters; so that their eyes looke close and narrowly upon it.