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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08907	The heroicall deuises of M. Claudius Paradin Canon of Beauieu. Whereunto are added the Lord Gabriel Symeons and others. Translated out of Latin into English by P.S.; Devises héroiques. English	Paradin, Claude, 16th cent.; P. S., fl. 1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 19183; ESTC S119509	55,195	420

she endeuoured to expresse her godly affections for there is as you may see here a sepulchre and out of it a shining dart beutified with greene boughes Restat ex victore Orientis That onely resteth of all his victories in the East What time Philip surnamed Augustus was king of France Of Monstrelet Saladinus Sultanus king of Babilon of Damascus and of Egypt lay at the point of death at Ascalon he appointed that as soone as he was dead his shirt should be carried by his steward thorough out all the cittie of Ascalon hauing a speare thrust thorow the middle of it that the cryer should with a loud voice proclaime as followeth He that of late the mightie raines of East did rule at will Now dead doth onely this conuey into the darkish hell Let euerie mightie man take this for a most infallible token that when death comes he spareth neither king nor Caesar and that he shall depart out of this world as naked as the poorest and vilest creature doth Autor ego audendi I am the author of being bold This flaming sword that Carolus Borbonius the Cardinall vsed for his ensigne vnder the title of saint Andrew signifieth the true sword of the gouernors of the church and 〈◊〉 the holy ghost Ephes 6. which sword as Paul saith representeth the word of God Non quae super terram Not those things which are vpon the earth The food of the spirite is that heauenly bread Exod. 16 or the sacrament of the bodie blood of Christ prefigured vnder the tipe of Manna which in former age was s●nt downe from heauen to be meate to the Israelites This signe or simbole the Cardinall of Turnon vseth at this day Ab insomni non custodita Dracone The golden apples were not kept of the vigilant Dragon It was to small purpose or none at all that the Dragon watched so carefully for Hercules neuerthelesse came and stole away the golden apples that were in the garden of Hesperus three daughters By the which is signified that vertues and famous exploits are euerie where to be found The same effigie the Cardinall of Ferrara vseth Non quàm diu sed quàm benè It forceth not how long a thing be in doing but how well it be done The most part of men hold opinion that Thomas of Aquine inuented the Philosophicall knife but by continuall obseruation of the planets was made so perfite thorow the vertue and force thereof that it cut a thicke and hard Anuell euen in the middest By this we must vnderstand that in performing of any matter whatsoeuer as it should be we must not respect the long tract of time that we spend in it so that by line and leuill as they say we finish all our actions Whereupon Suetonius recordeth that Augustus Caesar vsed this prouerbe Sat citò si sat bene Sueton. which is any thing is done soone enough if it be done well enough Quà Proceres abiere pii Which way our godly forefathers haue gone We reade in holy scripture that the Prophet Elias was caried thorow the aire in body King 2. and soule in a firie chariot By the same Metaphor true and vnfained worshippers ascend euen vnto the heauens in spirite and feruent meditation and that is the cause wherefore we are perswaded that the mindes and soules of godly men and women are inriched recreated with great and heauenly consolations Ouid. Hereunto also alludeth the Poet Ouid when he maketh mention of Pythagoras vpon these words To God in minde he had accesse And looke what nature hid From fleshly eyes the same with sight Of heart he hath espied Hoc Latio restare canunt Men say that this is yet extant in Rome When the Romaine Consuls went abroad there were certaine men appointed to go before them adorned with triumphant crownes Plinie and garlands and with bundles of yong and tender rods hauing two Pollaxes in their hands signifying by this spectacle the triumphes of that most noble region of Italie and the whole gouernment of the world and also that the Romaines by their great wisedome peace and affection to the common weale purchased to themselues no litle praise and dignitie But the iron wreathes chaines which you see holding the speares and staues that they cannot fall one from another doe signifie the bondage and captiuity wherewith from that time to this day Italy is brought to ruine by the wickednes of sedition and ciuill dissention Arbitrii mihi iuramei The raine of will is in my owne hands The ancient Alanes Mehodius Burgundians an● Sueuians vsed as Methodius recordeth 〈◊〉 carrie before them in their martiall ensign●● a car which cannot by any meanes be restra●ned of her libertie by which embleme they insinuated their owne desire that they had 〈◊〉 their will and libertie Mihi terra lacúsque Both the land and water is my owne Such was the estimation of Augustus Caesar towards his friend Maecenas Dion that he committed vnto him the gouernement of his countrey as well by land as by sea wherefore ●e caused the shape of a frogge to be drawne for his cognizance Except peraduenture he would signifie those frogs in Syriphie which as Plinie saith are mute and without voice Plinie ●or so it may represent a close and hidden secret and also a faithfull concealing of things commited to ones fidelitie Which vertue this Maecenas so practised that Augustus Caesar himselfe for that cause highly reuerenced him Eutrop. had him in great admiration for the hatred that he bore them that vsed enuiouslie to giue priuie scoffes and taunts vnder pretence of vnfained friendship ΦΩΣ ΦΕΡΟΙ ΗΔΕ ΤАΛΗΝΗΝ The raine bow doth bring faire weather The most faire and bountifull queene of France Katherine vsed the signe of the raine bow for her armes which is an infallible signe of peaceable calmenes and tranquillitie Vltorem vlciscitur vltor The reuenge lighteth vpon the reuenger Charles the sixt of that name king of France Frossard whilest he sought the satiffying of his owne wilfulnes in going about to reuenge his friend Oliuerius Cliffonius his constable● cause against one Peter Craonius had a very infortunate end as it was foretold him the which thing doth most certainely fall out 〈◊〉 as many as runne headlong to reuenge especially other mens causes It chanced tha● he leuied an armie to go into the prouinc● of the Britones to the intent he might 〈◊〉 reuenged of the Lieutenant there because he seemed to defend Petrus Craonius cause And so as he was going thorow the forrest 〈◊〉 thicket of the Mansensians or Caenonians there met him in the middle betwixt tw● trees a certaine strange man pretending great pouertie need and taking the king● horse by the bridle caused him to stay th●● with loud voice said vnto him Oh king 〈◊〉 thou wilt follow my counsaile go no furthe● forward but rather turne backe againe fo● there are of thy owne