The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Samson [biblical figure] ( - )
Biblical figure known for his god-given strength. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13423a.htm Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson Relationships: Samson [biblical figure] was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Delilah [biblical figure] (-)References in Documents:
Inventarie of the Gabions, in M. George his Cabinet (1638)
These trenches be (Gall answering, did reply)
Where these two armies Scots and Danes did ly
Incamped, and these heaps the trophae's be,
Rear'd in memoriall of that victorie,
Admir'd unlook't for, conquest in that day,
Be th'only vertue of a Hynds-man, Hay ,
And his two sons, from whence immortall praise
He gain'd, and glory of his name did raise
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To all succeeding ages; as is said
Of Briareus an hundreth hands who had,
Wherewith he fought, or rather as we see
A valiant Sampson , whose activitie
With his asse-bone kills thousands, or a Shangar
With his oxe-goad kills hundreths in his anger:
Even so, this war-like wight with oxens yoak
Beats squadrons down by his undaunted stroke,
And did regain the victorie, neere lost,
Vnto the Scots , by his new gathered host
Of fearfull fleers, in a wofull plight,
By his incouragements infusing might
Into their nerves, new spirits in their arters,
To make them fight in bloud unto the garters,
Against their hatefull foes, who for to be
Did fight, more than for price or victorie.
Such cruelties their bloudie hearts possest
To have old quarrells on us Scots redrest,
For utterly quail'd Pights , and for their own
Armies by us so often overthrown.
This worthie chieftains happie enterprise
Which sav'd this countrie from the tyrannies
Of cruell Danes , and his two Mars -like sons
Do for all ages wear the quernall crowns,
Like Thrasibulus ; ever bluming bayes
Do adde much splendour to these worthie Hayes .
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
German Pot, with three Stories of
ring the Lion,
conquered by
very well
proportioned in Low-Reliefe. Tankard
made of a natural
Knot of Wood, that seems as if engraved by Art. (Don. D.
Plaxton LondSerpentine Marble.gilded Cup
made
of the Skin of an Elks Leg, which, with
the Foot and Cover
(that are carved and gilt) advance the Cup half a Foot above a Yard
high. Don. D. Horn dyed red.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708
an old
Sampson wrought upon it.
an old
German
with 3 storys ofJugg