. Symbola heroica . ALEXANDER Medicevs rhiiiocerotem proSymbolo liabuitrqui paulo humilior elephan-to^&: tergo buxeicoloris quafithorace perpetuomu-nitus, cornuque offeo prasgrandi ante nares arma-tus, obuio hofti transfodere ventrem foletj nifi ab eoprius 5 circumiecS^E ad coUum probofcidis nexu, &quafi laqueo ^ ftranguletur. Eft vero exitus pugna^,aut vi6loria,aut mors decora: quia numquam/uper-ftite aduerfario , de pugna redit; fed aut vincit, autcadit. Ideo Alexander Medicevs ei adfcripfitHifpanice : NoN redeo , Nisi vicerim. etiamipfe aciem ingrcdiens, aut profligaairus hoftem, autin pras

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. Symbola heroica . ALEXANDER Medicevs rhiiiocerotem proSymbolo liabuitrqui paulo humilior elephan-to^&: tergo buxeicoloris quafithorace perpetuomu-nitus, cornuque offeo prasgrandi ante nares arma-tus, obuio hofti transfodere ventrem foletj nifi ab eoprius 5 circumiecS^E ad coUum probofcidis nexu, &quafi laqueo ^ ftranguletur. Eft vero exitus pugna^,aut vi6loria,aut mors decora: quia numquam/uper-ftite aduerfario , de pugna redit; fed aut vincit, autcadit. Ideo Alexander Medicevs ei adfcripfitHifpanice : NoN redeo , Nisi vicerim. etiamipfe aciem ingrcdiens, aut profligaairus hoftem, autin prasho manfurus. Ferdi- LIBER PRIMVS. 37. F ERDiNANDVs GoNZAGA , DiTx Mantua^,quasfiturus kimen animi, &:gloria^ iubar, expropria, quam ex maiorum virtute ac fama j Solemformauit, qui fui nitoris fiixque lucis faber eft, cumLuna & ftellx ab eo, quafi foeneratrices, lucem mu~tuam accipiant. E 5 Vespa- 38 DE SYMBOLIS HEROICIS C.

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