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Enseigne des forts.
Dialogisme, et prosopopoeie.
D. Pourquoy es tu posée (Aigle Rommaine)
Sur le tombeau du grand Aristomene?[1]
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R. (Comme je suis sur tous oyseaux plus forte,
Preux sur les preux il fut, en telle sorte.)
Colombes soient sur les accouardiz,
Les aigles sont armes, des fors hardiz.
Cest Embleme est faict en grace
de l’Empereur, qui porte l’Aigle
le comparant au fort champion
Aristomene, le plus hardy &
vaillant de toute la Grece.
1. Aristomenes was a Messenian hero of the seventh century BC, of semi-divine origin, who performed incredible exploits while leading his country for many years in resistance to the Spartans. On one occasion an eagle aided his miraculous escape from captivity.
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Princeps subditorum incolumitatem
procurans.
The Prince caring for the safety of his subjects
Titanii[1] quoties conturbant aequora fratres,
Tum miseros nautas anchora iacta iuvat.
Hanc pius erga homines Delphin[2] complectitur imis,
Tutiùs ut possit figier illa vadis.
Quàm decet haec memores gestare insignia Reges,
Anchora quod nautis, se populo esse suo.
Whenever the brothers of Titan race churn up the seas, then the dropped anchor aids the wretched sailors. The dolphin that cares for man wraps itself round the anchor so that it may grip more securely at the bottom of the sea. - How appropriate it is for kings to bear this symbol, mindful that what the anchor is to sailors, they are to their people.
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Prince procurant la saulvete
de ses subjectz.
Quand les ventz font effort sur Mer,
Moyennant lancre on rompt leurs cours:
Le Daulphin qui veult lhomme aymer,
Lembrasse pour donner secours.
Ceste figure en son discours,
Monstre, qung roy portant le sceptre,
Doibt estre au peuple tel recours,
Que Lancre aux mariniers scait estre.
1. ‘The brothers of Titan race’, i.e. the winds: Aurora, daughter of the Titan Hyperion, was the mother of the West, North and South winds. See Hesiod, Theogony 378-80.
2. The dolphin was supposed to guide the anchor to a good resting place. It was always friendly to man ([A39a011]). In general, see Erasmus, Adagia 1001, Festina lente.
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