. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . InccrtJ. ExpertgaU Kegia i Sic Sic Attdaces fortuna,. LYSIMACHVS adiudged once to die,By fentence iufl, for that he poifoned,CALIS THENES \{\smz\^QTL privilie,And lieng long in dungeon fettered To end his daies, did in the end requeft,He might be throwne, vnto a favadgc beafi. The which was llraight of ALEX AND ER graunted. And naked he vnto a Lion caft, But hauing one arme clofely arm^d, vndaunted. By thvpper law , he holdes his foe fo fajft. That downe his throate, th

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. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . InccrtJ. ExpertgaU Kegia i Sic Sic Attdaces fortuna,. LYSIMACHVS adiudged once to die,By fentence iufl, for that he poifoned,CALIS THENES \{\smz\^QTL privilie,And lieng long in dungeon fettered To end his daies, did in the end requeft,He might be throwne, vnto a favadgc beafi. The which was llraight of ALEX AND ER graunted. And naked he vnto a Lion caft, But hauing one arme clofely arm^d, vndaunted. By thvpper law , he holdes his foe fo fajft. That downe his throate, that armed arme he fendes,And even the heart-ftringes, firom the bodic rcndcs. Which bold attempt, when ALE XAND E R kncw^^ Thy life is thine, i:r 5/^^CT/ri-^quoth he, Befides I giue, ( as to thy valour due,) My frcndlliip here, my Scepter after me : For thus the virtuous, and the valiant fpright,Triumphcs orcFate, and Fortunes deadlicft ipite» Et Et minimi vindif^am • 144

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