. The works of Joseph Addison;. Tithio, there is scarce a great man he evershone upon that has not been compared to him. I look oisimiles as a part of his productions. I do not know whetherhe raises fruits or flowers in greater number. Horace hasturned this comparison into ridicule seventeen hundred years ago. —laudat Brutum, laudatque cohortem,Solem Asiae Brutum appellat— Hor. Sat. 7, lib. i He praiseth Brutus much and all Ms train;He calls him Asias Sun— Mr. Creech. You have now shown us persons under the disguise ofstars, moons, and suns. I suppose we have at last done withthe celestial bod
. The works of Joseph Addison;. Tithio, there is scarce a great man he evershone upon that has not been compared to him. I look oisimiles as a part of his productions. I do not know whetherhe raises fruits or flowers in greater number. Horace hasturned this comparison into ridicule seventeen hundred years ago. —laudat Brutum, laudatque cohortem,Solem Asiae Brutum appellat— Hor. Sat. 7, lib. i He praiseth Brutus much and all Ms train;He calls him Asias Sun— Mr. Creech. You have now shown us persons under the disguise ofstars, moons, and suns. I suppose we have at last done withthe celestial bodies. The next figure you see, says Philander, had once a placein the heavens, if you will believe ecclesiastical story. It isthe sign that is said to have appeared to Constantine beforethe battle with Maxentius. We are told by a Christian Fig. 13 Il n J J. FB-Be^lar.: ?- DTALOOUES OK MEDALS. 809 poet, that he caused it to be -wrought on the military ensignthat the Eomans call their lahnrum. And it ia on this ensignthat we find it in the present medal. Christus purpiireum gemmanti, textus in auro Sipnabat Labarum. Pkuuent. contra Symm. lib. L A Christ was on the Imperial standard bom«», That gold embroiders, and that gems adon. By the word Christus he means without doubt the presentfigure, which is composed out of the tAVO initial letters ofthe name. He bore the same sign in his standards, as you may see inthe following medal* and verses. Agnoscas, repina, libens mea signa necesse est:In quibus etfigies crucis aut gemmala refulget,Aut longis solido ex auro praefertur in hastis. CONSTANTINUS RoMAM ALLOQUITUR. Ihld. My ensign let the queen of nations praise. That rich in gems the Christian cross displays : There rich in gems ; but on my quivering spears \ In solid gold the sacred mark appears. Vexillumque crucis sunimus dominator adora
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