. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . y^, fuch as he had received it from his Ance-ftors (4)^ your Highnefs muft acknowledge no lefs anObligation derived to you from your glorious Prede-celTors. So the Emperor^ Cbarks the Fifth, refignd hiswhile he was yet living, to his Son ThiUp the Second;And though the wickednefs of fome can t attend theend of their Career, for fear of adverfe Winds alreadyraisd, as was the Cafe of Jlphorfo, King of Naples,who leeing he could not refift Charles the Eighth ofFrance, furrendred the Crown to his Son Ferdinand,Duke of Calabria ; yet certa
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . y^, fuch as he had received it from his Ance-ftors (4)^ your Highnefs muft acknowledge no lefs anObligation derived to you from your glorious Prede-celTors. So the Emperor^ Cbarks the Fifth, refignd hiswhile he was yet living, to his Son ThiUp the Second;And though the wickednefs of fome can t attend theend of their Career, for fear of adverfe Winds alreadyraisd, as was the Cafe of Jlphorfo, King of Naples,who leeing he could not refift Charles the Eighth ofFrance, furrendred the Crown to his Son Ferdinand,Duke of Calabria ; yet certain tis, that his defign wasto make a timely Reftitution of his Crown to God, andprepare himfeif for another, not Temporal but Eternalone, which once obtaind may be iecurely enjoyd with-out fear of ever being loft. (3) Thou art weighd in the balance, aod found wanting, D^n. ,(4^ Vrbi mftra injiittttum, <C7 a Kegibus ufqae ad Princ-pes continHnm,^ immortalem , ficut a Mdpribm accepimut, Jjc pojtcris iradamus,Tac. I. Hift. E^M- 14% Voir. EMBLEM XX. ZJ. ^ A M O N G the Ceremonies of the Athenians at theirjfjL Marriages^ a certain little Boy, with a Basket ofBread in his Hand, and a Crown of Thorns upon hisHead^ went before the Bridegroom; by which, I be-lieve, they intimated that Matrimony was not inftitu-ted for Pleafure only, but alfo for Cares and the fame (if Emblems will admit Human Figures)might alfo be meant a Prince. For what thorny Caresdoes not he feel, who endeavours to maintain his Stateinjuftice, Peace, and Plenty. What Difficulties doeshe experience ? What Dangers is he liable to, whocommands others (i) ? His Fatigues fhould be the Peo« CO ^^^ ttrdnum f quant fubji^um fortune regendi cun^a onus ITac. I. Aoa. pies Crowns have their Cares^ ^c, i^^ pies Reft, his Dangers their Security, his Vigilance theirSleep. But we have here reprefented the fame thingby a Crown^ fine, indeed, and charming to fight, butwithin full of Thorns and Briars; with th
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