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EMBLEMA XXI.
Insignia Poëtarum.
Insignia of poets
Gentiles Clypeos sunt qui in Iovis alite gestant,
Sunt quibus aut Serpens, aut Leo signa ferunt:
Dira sed haec vatum fugiant animalia ceras
Doctaque sustineat stemmata pulcher olor.
Link to an image of this page [D4v f15v]Hic Phoebo sacer,[1] & nostrae regionis alumnus,
Rex olim,[2] veteres servat adhuc titulos.
Some have a family crest distinguished by the bird of Jove, for others the serpent or the lion provides the sign. But let these dread beasts flee from poets’ images; let the lovely swan support their learned clan. This bird is sacred to Phoebus and is a nursling of my homeland. A king once, it still preserves its ancient titles.
Das XXI.
Der Poeten und Gelehrten Wappen.
Es füren etlich vom Gschlecht her
In iren wappen ein Adeler
Etlich aber in irem Schilt
Ein Schlangen oder Löwen wildt
Aber diese grausamen Thier
Seyen weit von der Glehrten Pitschier
Sonder an der statt sollens han
In irem zeichn ein weissen Schwan
Disr dem Gott Phoebo gheyligt war
Und vorzeiten ein König klar
Der in diesen Landen regiert
Den alten Tittel er noch fürt.
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CONSILIO ET VIRTUTE CHI-
meram superari id est fortiores
& deceptores.
Wisdom and courage defeat Chimaera (i.e. the powerful and deceivers).
Bellerophon ut fortis eques superare chimeram, [M]
Et licii potuit sternere monstra soli.[1]
Sic tu pegasei vectus petis aethera pennis,
Consilioque animi[2] monstra superba domas.
Bellerophon, that bold horseman, was able to overcome the Chimaera and lay low the monsters of the Lycian land. You likewise, borne on wings of Pegasus, seek the high heavens and, by the counsel of reason, tame proud monsters.
[Marginalia - link to text]Vide Fulgentium in Mithalogiis lib. 3. in principio.
1. The King of Lycia imposed on Bellerophon, among other tasks, that of killing the Chimaera, a fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, serpent’s tail and goat’s body. He achieved this last with the aid of the winged horse Pegasus, which Athena, goddess of wisdom, helped him to catch.
2. ‘by the counsel of reason’. The name Bellerophon was interpreted by some as ‘bringer of counsel’. The Chimaera symbolised various uncontrolled passions.
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