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 95
lefs thefe Animo-fities which have put fo many Princes in Arms, be accom-modated ; for the Sword once drawn, either revenge thinksof fatisfaction for Affronts received, or Juftice of recover*ing her Right, or Ambition of extending its Dominions,or Mars hiifrielf of trying his Strength. I conclude… … A1 N Arrow fent from a Bow, cither mounts or falls,without fufpending in the Air; like time prefent,which is Co imperceptible , that it no fooner is,but is paft : Or like Angles in a Circle, where the acutefcecomes obtufe, without ever forming a right Angle. Thefirft point of the Arrows confidence…
Kings and rulers · Political science
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![An illustration from VIrtVosIVs pantheon, Deo & sanCtIs ereCtVM, id est, Sermones panegyrici de praecipuis sacrorum ordinum fundatoribus, patriarchis, aliisque terrarum patronis, ad normam & formam Psalmo-graphi, Psal. 148.v.I : LaVDate IpsVM In eXCeLsIs : insertis nonnullis festis de B.M.V. de circumcisione Domini &c. & duodecim signis praedestinationis, quorum singula singulis mensibus praefiguntur cum symbolis chrono-graphicis, & figuris = Das ist, Lob-Predigen von denen fürnehmsten heil. Ordens-Stifftern, Patriarchen, und andern heiligen Lands-Patronen : dann auch auff etwelchen Mariae-Festtägen, und von denen 12. Zeichen der göttlichen Gnaden-Wahl, deren jedes jedem Monat vorgesetzt wird : pars [I-III] (1723)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-virtvosivspanthe00brez-278-60.webp)