Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures : newly devised, moralized, and published (1612)
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? · London : Printed ... by Wa. Dight · leaf 168
aunted a And naked he vnto a Lion caft, But hauing one ar me clofely armd, vndaunted, By thvppcr law, he holdes his foe fo faft, That downe his throate, that armed arme he fendes.And even the hcart-firinges _, from the bodie rendcs. Which bold attempt, when ALEX AND ER knewj Thy life is thine,… … WEE doe adore by nature. Princes good.And gladly as our Parents, them obey ,But loath the ^ Monftcrs, that delight in blood.And thinke their People fent them for a prey: To whome the Lord, doth in his ludgment fend,A loathed life, or elfe a fcarefull end. A Once NEROS name, the world did quake to…
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-54-43.webp)
