. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . o F all the vertues, that doe beft bcfecme 5Heroique valor, Maieftie,Which fooner loue 5 and Honor winne, I deemc ^None may compare, with Liberalitie: Which well the mightie ALEXANDER knewAs by this Impr/fe following hecre I (hew. Ere to the charge, he did himfelfe advance ,,His pLirfe by giving he would emptie quite sAnd caufc the fame be borne vpon a launce,Throughout the campe, in all the armies fight .•And heerewithall proclaime, fee, all is gone 5We Hue in
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . o F all the vertues, that doe beft bcfecme 5Heroique valor, Maieftie,Which fooner loue 5 and Honor winne, I deemc ^None may compare, with Liberalitie: Which well the mightie ALEXANDER knewAs by this Impr/fe following hecre I (hew. Ere to the charge, he did himfelfe advance ,,His pLirfe by giving he would emptie quite sAnd caufc the fame be borne vpon a launce,Throughout the campe, in all the armies fight .•And heerewithall proclaime, fee, all is gone 5We Hue in hope, to purchafe more anon , cc Liberalitate quivtuntur, benevolentiam fibi conciliant, et quodaptifiTimumeft ad quiete vivendumcaritatem. I/t In nUione confiliit. 54. np HE Dread-nought Argo 3 cuts the foaming fiirge-^ Through daungers great, to get the golden prize ^ So when our felues^ NeceiTitie doth vrge ^ Wc iliould avoide ignoble Cowardize ,And vndertake with pleafure, any paine,Whereby we might our wealth, or honour gainc. For all in vaine, our partes we keepe within, Vnleffe we ad, or put the fame in vrc: Or hope heereafter, Fame our frend to winne , If can no labour, conftantly endure: Which from aboue, is with aboundance bleft ^When {lothfull wightes, by nature we deteft. Faila, non di6la mea vos milites fequi volo .Quibus fudor, pulvis, et alia talia, epulis iucundiora funt, Ipftmecplerun-tjue in operc, iaagmine gregariomilitj mixtus ia.»corrupt© Ducishonore: : T: Livius lib vfi Saluft: lugutthj l3- Humilibm Burnt lib HS dat gratiam.
Size: 1751px × 1427px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookidminerua, booksubjectemblembooksenglish, booksubjectemblems