. Siluestri á Petrasancta Symbola heroica . ALEXANDER Medicevs rhiiioccrotcm proSymbolo habuit:qui paulo humilior clcplian-to,&: tergo buxei coloris quafi thorace perpetuo mu-nitus , cornncjuc olTeo prxgrandi ante iiarcs arma-tus^ obuio liofti transfodcrcveiitrcmrolcrj nili ab coprius, circumiectx ad coUum probolcidis ncxu, &:quafi laquco ;, ftraiignlctur. Eft vcro cxicus pugnx,aut vid:oria3auc mors decora: quia numquani^lupcr-ftke aduerfario , dc pugna redit ^ fed auc vincit, autcadit. Ideo Alexander Medicevs eiadfcripficHifpanicc : NoN redeo ^ nisi vicerim. ctiamip{e acicm ingrcdicns, aut pr

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. Siluestri á Petrasancta Symbola heroica . ALEXANDER Medicevs rhiiioccrotcm proSymbolo habuit:qui paulo humilior clcplian-to,&: tergo buxei coloris quafi thorace perpetuo mu-nitus , cornncjuc olTeo prxgrandi ante iiarcs arma-tus^ obuio liofti transfodcrcveiitrcmrolcrj nili ab coprius, circumiectx ad coUum probolcidis ncxu, &:quafi laquco ;, ftraiignlctur. Eft vcro cxicus pugnx,aut vid:oria3auc mors decora: quia numquani^lupcr-ftke aduerfario , dc pugna redit ^ fed auc vincit, autcadit. Ideo Alexander Medicevs eiadfcripficHifpanicc : NoN redeo ^ nisi vicerim. ctiamip{e acicm ingrcdicns, aut profligaturus lioftcm, autill prxlioinanfurus. Ferdi- LIBER PRIMVS. 37. FERDINANDVS GONZAGA , Dux ManCUX ,quxfitiuus lumen animi, & glorix iubar, expropria, quam ex maiorum virtuce ac hima ; Solcmfbrmauit, qui fui nitoris luxque lucis fabcr eft, cumLuna & ftellx ab eo, quafi tancratrices, luccm mu>tuam acci plant. VEsrA- 38 DE SYMBOLIS HEROICIS

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