The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems (1700)
Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648, Astry, James, Sir · London Printed for M. Gylliflower and L. Meredith · leaf 391
and made Leagues fo as to remainArbiter, not fubject. He was neither exalted whenCon-cjiieror \ nor when* beaten, difpirited, He Signd Trea-ties of Peace under the Shield. In a word, He livd toall the World, and dyd to himfelf ^ yet always remain-ing, in the mempry of Men, as an abfblute Pattern… … THis naked Skull of Death, the difmal Sceye,Which now the fimple Spider meafures <?reWith its ¡Light Web ; which baffled heretoforeThe nicefl Snbt ikies of Humane Brain, Once wore a D?dem, and triumphant flood,As Monarch of the Arts of Peace and War :His Smiles gave Life ; his Anger dire Defpair…
Kings and rulers · Political science
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