. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems . ts^Jte:--^^. 38 39 ^o?al emblems. Fig. 155. Jmanza : COASTING. A Woman making a great iihow ; covcrd with Peacocks Feathers ;with a Trumpet 111 her left Hand, and her right in the Air. The Feathers denote FriJc, the Mother of Boafting ; the Trumpet,VcaflhiT ones fclf; it is blown by ones own Breath ; for vain Boafters takeDehghc mfdlifliing their own Actions. Fig. 154, RpmaEterna: (1^0 U E ETE^KAL. A Figure Handing with a Helmet ; in her left Hand a Spear, with atriangular Head ; in her right a Globe, upon which ftands a Bird with along Beak ; a little Shield
. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems . ts^Jte:--^^. 38 39 ^o?al emblems. Fig. 155. Jmanza : COASTING. A Woman making a great iihow ; covcrd with Peacocks Feathers ;with a Trumpet 111 her left Hand, and her right in the Air. The Feathers denote FriJc, the Mother of Boafting ; the Trumpet,VcaflhiT ones fclf; it is blown by ones own Breath ; for vain Boafters takeDehghc mfdlifliing their own Actions. Fig. 154, RpmaEterna: (1^0 U E ETE^KAL. A Figure Handing with a Helmet ; in her left Hand a Spear, with atriangular Head ; in her right a Globe, upon which ftands a Bird with along Beak ; a little Shield at her Feet; and a Serpent in a Circle, denotesEtcrnit-j. The Bird is the Phccnix, out of whole Alhes fprings another. Fig. 155. Incoftanza: INCOnSTANCr. A Woman all in blue, fetting her Foot upon a great Crab, like theOifjccr in the Zodiac; with the Moon in her Hand. The Crab denotes Irrcfoktion, going fometimes forward, fometimesbackward, fo do fickle Men The Moon, ChAngedUnefs, never remainingfor one Hour the fame. The blue refembles the C
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