. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems . ^aM^^^ ^,. J 2 £0D?ai eutbUttis* Fig 10V Merico: M E ^17,Is rcprcfcntcd by a Man in rich Apparel, (landing upon the Point of aRock, crownd w ith Laurel; one Arm is naked, the other armd, holdinga Book and a Scepter. Standing on a Rock lliews the Dificultf to deferve any thing; his richApparel, the Habit of Firtue, by which he performs Adtions defervingCommendation. The Book and Scepter, the bare Arm and arm*d one,flgnifie t\ro Sorts of Merit, obtaind by Arts or Arms, by which Mencommand others. Fig. io6. Mcmoria grata : Grateful REMEMBRANCE. A young Woman of a


. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems . ^aM^^^ ^,. J 2 £0D?ai eutbUttis* Fig 10V Merico: M E ^17,Is rcprcfcntcd by a Man in rich Apparel, (landing upon the Point of aRock, crownd w ith Laurel; one Arm is naked, the other armd, holdinga Book and a Scepter. Standing on a Rock lliews the Dificultf to deferve any thing; his richApparel, the Habit of Firtue, by which he performs Adtions defervingCommendation. The Book and Scepter, the bare Arm and arm*d one,flgnifie t\ro Sorts of Merit, obtaind by Arts or Arms, by which Mencommand others. Fig. io6. Mcmoria grata : Grateful REMEMBRANCE. A young Woman of a graceful Countenance, crownd with a Branch ofJuniper, with Berries on it ; holds a great Nail, and (lands between aLion and an Eagle. The Juniper never irithers, neither does the Memory of Benefits Juniper isfaid to help the Memory. The Nail, the tenacious Lion and Eagle, the Remembrance o^ Kindnefs receivd; the one isKing of Beafts, the other of Birds; they are both Enemies to Ingratitude, Fig. 207. Modcftia: MODE


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