Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, newly devised, moralized, and published, by Henry Peacham, Mr. of Artes.
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- Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, newly devised, moralized, and published, by Henry Peacham, Mr. of Artes.
- Author
- Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
- Publication
- London :: Printed in Shoe-lane at the signe of the Faulcon by Wa: Dight,
- [1612]
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- Emblem books, English -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- title page
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ICH DIEN
.i. (Germanicé, ) Servio. -
TO THE RIGHT HIGH AND MIGHTIE HENRIE, ELDEST SONNE OF our Soveraigne Lord the KING, Prince of Wales,
DVKE ofCORNWALL andROTHSAY and Knight of the most noble order of the GARTER. - To the Reader.
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AD AVGVSTISSI
MVM ET LONGE NOBILISSI∣MVMHENRICVM WALLIAE PRIN∣CIPEM. -
part - 1
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Nisi desuper. To my dread Soveraigne
IAMES, King of greatBRITAINE. &c. - Initium Sapientiae.
- Cui cedet.
- Nusquam tuta.
- Philautia.
- Humanae traditiones.
- Cui{que} et nemini.
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nec es. -
Psalm
. To the right Reverend Father in GOD, . -
Priu
ablue sordes. -
Sic pacem habemus. To the High and mightie
IAMES, King of greate Britaine, -
Quae plant
vi irrigabo. -
TO THE THRICE-VERTVOVS, AND FAIREST OF QVEENES, ANNE QVEENE OF GREAT BRITAINE. In ANNA regnantium arbor. ANNA
Britannorum Regina. -
Fatum subscribat Eliza. To the most excellent Princesse ELIZABETH, onely Daughter to our Soveraigne Lord King IAMES, King of great BRITAINE. ELISABETHA Steuarta.Has Artes beata velit. -
Auspice coelo. To the most Christian King
LOVIS, XIII. King ofFRAVNCE andNAVARRE. Henricus IV Galliarum Rex. In Herum exurgis Ravillac. -
Vnitav
le . To the high and mightie PHILLIP King of Spaine &c. -
TO THE MOST RENOWNED, AND Hopefull, HENRIE Prince of VVALES, &c.
. HENRICVS Walliae Princeps. Par Archillis, Puer vne vinces. -
E corpore palch TO THE RIGHT NOBLE, AND MOST TOWAo Gr ior DLY YOVNG PRINCE, CHARLES DVKE OFYORKE. -
TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE ROBERT, EARLE OF SALISBVRIE, AND LORD HIGH TREASORER OF ENGLAND, &c. ROBERTVS CAE CIL
VS. Is coelebs, Vrit cura. -
His servire. To the Right Honourable and my singuler good Lord
HENRY HOVVARD Earle of Northhampton, Lord Privie Seale. &c.HENRICVS HOVVARDVS Comes Northamptoniensis. Pius, Castus huic mentis honor, merè honorandus. -
Gloria Principum. To the right truely Noble, and most Honourable Lord
VVILLIAM, Earle of Penbrooke. -
agione di stato. To the right Honourable Sir IVLIVS CAESAR, Knight. -
His ornari aut mori. To the right Honourable, and most noble Lord,
HENRY, Earle of Southampton. -
To my Honourable Lord OLIVER Lord Saint IOHN of Bletnesho. - Doctrina.
- Sine refluxu. TO the honourable Lord, the L: Harrington.
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. TO the honourable the Lord Wootton. -
Sol alter, ver To the Houourable Sir EDVVARD COKE, Lord cheife Iustice of the commen Pleas.. - Rex medicus patria.
- Protegere Regium.
-
. TO the wo thie Ladie the L: E: W. -
Labor
. TO the most Honorable Lord, the L: Dingwell. -
Ex malis moribus bonae leges. To the most iudicious, and learned, Sir FRANCIS BACON, Knight. -
To the right worshipfull Sir Thomas Chaloner, Knight. Est hac almus honor.
Thomas Chalonerus. - Virtus Romanaet antiqua. To the right worshipfull Sir DAVID MVRRAY Knight.
- Sic vtile dulci. Ad generosissimum et opt: spei invenem Nobilem D.C.M. in Italiane nuperrime profectum.
- Tandem divulganda.
-
Ope mutua. To the right worshipfull and my singuler good frend Mr: ADAM NEWTON Secretarie to Prince Henry. - Salomonis prudentia. To the right worshipfull Sir DAVID FOVLIS Knight.
- Vicinorum amicitia.
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To the right worshipfull Sir Edmund Ashfeild Knight.
Edmund Ashfeild. I fledd vnshamed. - Proemio et poena.
- Quae pondere maior.
- Hibernica Respub: ad Iacobum Regem.
- Poenitentia.
-
Dolu
. - Crimina gravissima.
- Virtutem aut vitium sequi Genus.
- Vos vobis.
- Sic opibus mentes.
- Vndi{que} flamma.
- Regia liberalitas.
- In actione consistit.
- Humilibus dat gratiam.
-
Ca
dor immun s e it. - Scripta non temere edenda.
- Pulchritudo foeminea.
- Nil inde insipidum.
- Ni vndas ni vientos.
- In alijs tempestivè consulentes non sibi.
- Quicquid delirant Reges —
- In timidos et iactantes.
- Deos inprimis placandos.
- Deus vltimum refugium. To the right worshipfull, Mr: D: Laifeild, sometimes my Tutor in Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge.
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Allah vere. i. Deus dabit. - — Nec te quaesiveris extra.
- Fit purior haustu.
- Tutissima comes.
- In dilapidantes sibi credita aliena.
- Patientia laesa furorem.
- Te aspicit vnam. Ad Sidoniam virginem nobilem.
- Maior Hercule.
-
Erit altera merces. Ad amicum suum Iohannem Doulandum Musices peritissimum. Iohannes Doulandus. Annos l
dendo hausi. - Cui candor morte redemptus.
- Status humanus.
- Cum severitate lenitas.
- Sine pluma.
- Vmbra tantum.
- Vita tota dies vnus.
- Divitiae.
-
Arb
se mei. -
Vulnerat i
e medem r. - In prodigos.
- Te Duce.
- In salo sine sale. To the Hon: and most worthy Ladie, E: L:
- Vna dolo Divûm. To the most Honorable and worthie Ladie the Ladie Alicia D:
- Paulatim.
- Sic vos non vobis. To my worshipfull and kind frend Mr. William Stallenge, searcher of the Port of London, and first Author of making Silke in our Land.
- Tyranni morbus suspicio.
- Innocentia muninem tutissimum.
- Amor coniugalis aeternus. To my Louing and most kind frendes, Mr Christopher Collarde, and Mrs Mabell Collarde his wife, of St Martines in the feildes. Mabella Colarde. Bella, alma corde.
- Temperantia.
- Servire nescit.
- Vis Amoris.
- Vini vis.
- Honos venalis.
- Divinitùs. To the thrice famous and farre renowned Vniversitie of Oxford.
- Atheôn exitus.
- Sic et Ingenium.
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Nisi desuper. To my dread Soveraigne
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part - 2
- title page
- The Author to his Muse.
-
poems
- Presidium et dulce decus. Illustrissimo et potentissimo Principi ac Domino, D: Mauritio Hessiae Lantgravio, Comiti in Catzenellen bogen Dietz, Zigenhain, et Nidda &c
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Distantia iungo. To the thrice Noble, and exellent Prince:
Ludowick Duke ofLennox - Nostro elucescis damno.
- Ex Avaritia Bellum.
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Non invicta recedo. To my Scholler Mr.
HANNIBAL BASKERVILE. - Non Honos, sed Onus.
- Quem timuisti, timet. Ad BRITANNIAM.
- Eo magis caligat.
- Piorum vita luctuosa. To the modest and virtuous minded, Mrs. Elizabeth Apsley, attending vpon the most exellent Princesse, the Ladie Elizabeth her grace.
- Coniugij Symbolum.
- In eos qui cum amicis fruantur, vti nesciant.
- Sic nos Dij.
- Par nulla figura dolori. The device of the late Honorable, Earle of Essex.
-
I
repetundos, et adulatores. - Salomone pulchrius.
- Soboles damnosa parenti.
- Innocentiam iniurijs maximè obnoxiam esse.
- Humanae miseriae.
- Vireo tamen.
- Dij laboribus vendunt.
- Gloriae lata via.
- Tu contra audentior.
- Huic ne credere tutissimum.
- To the Honorable, Sir Thomas Ridgewaie, Knight, and Baronet: Treasurer at warres in Ireland, and one of his Maiesties Privie Counsell there &c. Thomas Ridgewaie. Mihi gravato Deus.
- Melancholia.
- Sanguis.
- Cholera.
- Phlegma.
-
Ad Iesum Christum opt: Max:
. Thou art that sheepe. - Nec amicis, nec cognatis fidendum.
- Matrimonium:
- Sed frigida pulchra. Ad Lesbiam.
- Veritas.
- Etiam hosti servanda.
- Iustitia militaris.
- Regum Maiestatem non imminuendam.
- Dolis minime fidendum.
- Vigil vtrinque.
- Vindicta Divina.
- Eternitas.
- Hei mihi quod vidi.
- Sic audaces fortuna.
- Et minimi vindictam.
- Ex vtroque Immortalitas. Ad pijssimum Iacobum magnae Britanniae Regem.
- Icon Peccati.
- Inconstantia.
- In Amicos falsos.
- Levitas.
- Adhuc mea messis in herba. Ad D. M. L. nobilem quandam Italam Mediolanensem quinquage∣nariam, quae puero vix 15. annos nato non ita pridem nupsit. Iocosum. Pasquini.
- Somniorum Dea.
- Libidinis effecta.
- Sors.
- Inani impetu.
- Secundus deteriora dies.
- Silentij dignitas.
- Vini Energia.
- Nec igne, nec vnda.
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Praecocia non diut
rna. - Ira Principum: Quocun{que} ferar.
- Vlterius durabit.
- Pro Regno, et Religione.
- Non Nubila tangant.
- Ordo.
- His graviora.
- In vos hic valet. Nicolas VVhite.
- Nitor in adversum.
- Vanae merces. In Naupalum.
- Haud conveniunt.
- Zelus in Deum. To my Father, Mr. Henry Peacham, of Leverton in Holland, in the Countie of Linc:
- Sanctitas simulata.
- De Morte, et Cupidine.
- — Latet abditus agro.
- Sine Cerere et Baccho.
- Laboris effecta. To the no lesse vertuous then faire, Mrs. Anne Dudleie. é l' nuda DIANA. Anna Dudleia.
- Gratis servire libertas.
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Hìn
super haec, Musa. Henricus Peachamus. -
Mov
re levis ima sensum. - Negatur vtrum{que}.
- Sorte, aut Labore.
- Amicitiae effigies.
- Nulli penetrabilis.
- Vnum, et semel.
-
In R
quie, Labor. - Rura mihi et silentium.
- Omnis a Deo Sapientia.
- Divina misericordia.
- Homo Microcosmus.
- Vini natura.
- Vnum alam.
- Terminus.
- Fortuna maior.
- Nec in vna sede morantur.
- Super terram peregrinans.
-
Sapientia
, Avaritia, et Dolus, decipiunt. - Personam non animum.
-
Honores isti
liunde. -
Non alit, ene
at. - Minimus in summo.
- Nil viribus impar.
- Sic bellica virtus.
- Tantó dulcius.
- Per far denari.
- Aula.
- The Authors Conclusion.