A choice of emblemes, and other devises For the moste part gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised, by Geffrey Whitney. A worke adorned with varietie of matter, both pleasant and profitable: Wherein those that please, maye finde to fit their fancies: Bicause herein, by the office of the eie, and the eare, the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes, shadowed with pleasant deuises: both fit for the vertuous, to their incoraging: and for the wicked, for their admonishing and amendment |
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To the honorable Sir Philippe Sidney Knight, Gouuernour
of the Garrison, and towne of Vlissinge.
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To the honorable Sir Philippe Sidney Knight, Gouuernour of the Garrison, and towne of Vlissinge.
Since best deserte, for valour of the minde,
And prowes great, the Romanes did deserue;
And sithe, the worlde might not their matches finde,
In former times, as aucthors yet reserue:
A fewe of them I meane for to recite,
That valiaunt mindes maye haue therein delighte.
And prowes great, the Romanes did deserue;
And sithe, the worlde might not their matches finde,
In former times, as aucthors yet reserue:
A fewe of them I meane for to recite,
That valiaunt mindes maye haue therein delighte.
And but to tutche the naked names of some,
As Romulus, that first the wall did laye:
And so, from thence to nearer times to come,
To Curtius boulde, that did the gulfe assaye:
Or Cocles eeke, who did his foes withstande,
Till bridge was broke, and armed swamme to lande.
As Romulus, that first the wall did laye:
And so, from thence to nearer times to come,
To Curtius boulde, that did the gulfe assaye:
Or Cocles eeke, who did his foes withstande,
Till bridge was broke, and armed swamme to lande.
Then Posthumus, I might with these repeate,
That did repulse the Latines, from the waules.
And Manlius, a man of courage greate,
Who did defende the Capitoll from Gaules:
And Fabius name, of whome this dothe remaine,
Three hundreth sixe, weare in one battaile slaine.
That did repulse the Latines, from the waules.
And Manlius, a man of courage greate,
Who did defende the Capitoll from Gaules:
And Fabius name, of whome this dothe remaine,
Three hundreth sixe, weare in one battaile slaine.
With these, by righte comes Coriolanus in,
Whose cruell minde did make his countrie smarte;
Till mothers teares, and wiues, did pittie winne:
Fabricius then, whome bribes coulde not peruerte.
And Decij eeke; and Iunij voide of dreede
With Curij; and Metelli, doe succeede.
Whose cruell minde did make his countrie smarte;
Till mothers teares, and wiues, did pittie winne:
Fabricius then, whome bribes coulde not peruerte.
And Decij eeke; and Iunij voide of dreede
With Curij; and Metelli, doe succeede.
Dentatus nexte, that sixe score battailes foughte,
Who, Romanes call'de Achilles, for his force:
Vnto his graue no wounde behinde hee broughte,
But fortie fiue before, did carue his corse.
Torquatus eeke, his foe that ouercame,
And tooke his chaine; whereby he had his name.
Who, Romanes call'de Achilles, for his force:
Vnto his graue no wounde behinde hee broughte,
But fortie fiue before, did carue his corse.
Torquatus eeke, his foe that ouercame,
And tooke his chaine; whereby he had his name.
With Claudius blinde, and Claudius Caudax nam'de,
Two brothers boulde, for valour great renoum'de:
And Calatine, that all Sicilia tam'de,
And one the Sea, Hamilcar did confounde:
Luctatius eeke, that Carthage fleete subdu'de,
Whereby, for peace they with submission su'de.
Two brothers boulde, for valour great renoum'de:
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And one the Sea, Hamilcar did confounde:
Luctatius eeke, that Carthage fleete subdu'de,
Whereby, for peace they with submission su'de.
And Fabius greate, and Marc Marcellus boulde,
That at the lengthe did Syracvsa sacke:
And eeke the actes of Portius wee behoulde,
Whose life thoughe longe, yet Rome to soone did lacke:
Duillius yet, and Liuius wee doe knowe,
Thoughe they weare turn'd to poulder longe agoe.
That at the lengthe did Syracvsa sacke:
And eeke the actes of Portius wee behoulde,
Whose life thoughe longe, yet Rome to soone did lacke:
Duillius yet, and Liuius wee doe knowe,
Thoughe they weare turn'd to poulder longe agoe.
What shoulde I speake of Claudius Neros harte,
When Hanibal, did royall Rome dismaye:
And Hasdrvbal did hast to take his parte,
But Claudius, lo, did meete him by the waye,
And reau'd his life, and put his hoste to flighte,
And threwe his head to Hanibal his sighte.
When Hanibal, did royall Rome dismaye:
And Hasdrvbal did hast to take his parte,
But Claudius, lo, did meete him by the waye,
And reau'd his life, and put his hoste to flighte,
And threwe his head to Hanibal his sighte.
Then Scipio greate, that Carthage waules did race.
A noble prince, the seconde vnto none:
Flaminius then, and Fuluius haue their place;
Æmilius actes, and Gracchus, yet are knowne:
With Sylla fierce, and Caius Marius stoute,
Whose ciuill warres, made Rome tenne yeares in doubte.
A noble prince, the seconde vnto none:
Flaminius then, and Fuluius haue their place;
Æmilius actes, and Gracchus, yet are knowne:
With Sylla fierce, and Caius Marius stoute,
Whose ciuill warres, made Rome tenne yeares in doubte.
Sertorius, nexte, and eeke Gabinius name,
With Crassus, and Lucullus, highe renoum'de:
And Cæsar great, that prince of endelesse fame,
Whose actes, all landes, while worlde dothe laste, shall sounde.
Augustus great, that happie most did raigne,
The scourge to them, that had his vnkle slaine.
With Crassus, and Lucullus, highe renoum'de:
And Cæsar great, that prince of endelesse fame,
Whose actes, all landes, while worlde dothe laste, shall sounde.
Augustus great, that happie most did raigne,
The scourge to them, that had his vnkle slaine.
Anthonius then, that fortune longe did frende,
Yet at the lengthe, the most vnhappie man:
And Lepidus, forsaken in the ende,
With Brutus boulde, and Cassius, pale and wan:
With manie more, whome aucthors doe reporte,
Whereof, ensue some tutch'd in larger sorte.
Yet at the lengthe, the most vnhappie man:
And Lepidus, forsaken in the ende,
With Brutus boulde, and Cassius, pale and wan:
With manie more, whome aucthors doe reporte,
Whereof, ensue some tutch'd in larger sorte.
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