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Sacrorvm Emblematvm Centuria Una

quae tam ad exemplum aptae expressaunt & ad aspectum pulchrae depingi possunt, quam quae aut a veteribus accepta, aut inventa ab alijs hactenus extant. In tres classes distributa [by Andrew Willet]

Willet, Andrew (1562-1621)

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EMBLEM. I. Boni Principis encomium.

Emblem. 2. DE CERVO, AD NOBIbilissimum Dominum de bonis studiosisque, omnibus optime meritum Comitem Essexium.

Emblem. 3. Post funus spes una superstes.

Epigrammata quædam in ejusdem viri illustrissimi obitum.

A Dialogue betweene the Church and Common wealth vpon the late departure of that right worthy and honourable Counseller Sir Frauncis Walsingham, who in his life had excellently deserued of them both.

Epitaphium seu tumuli inscriptio.

Emblema. 4. NOBJLJSSIMIS DVOBVS ADOLESCENTVLIS Rutlandiæ & Bedfordiæ Comitibus in Academia Cantabrigiensi vitam studiosam agentibus.

Emblema. 5. COMITI BEDFORDIAE dulcissimo iuveni.

Prima classis Emblematum typocorum.

Secunda classis Emblematum historicorum.

Tertia pars emblematum Physicorum.

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Emblem. 99. Donorum fallacia.

The same in English.

As precious stone in hand

Prov.17.8.

Though turned oft doth shine,

So gifts doe alwaies stand,
All things they vndermine.