Auxilium nunquam deficiens.

Help never failing

Bina pericla unis effugi sedulus armis,
Cùm premererque solo, cùm premererque salo.
Incolumen ex acie clypeus me praestitit, idem
Naufragum apprensus littora adusque tulit.[1]

Double danger have I escaped by careful use of one set of arms, when I was hard-pressed on dry land and when I was in dire straits amidst the swelling billows. My shield brought me safe from the battle. The same shield, when I seized it, carried me, ship-wrecked, right to the shore.

Fingit Autor militem quendam unicis suis
armis in diversis periculis sese egregiè salvas-
se, cùm enim is in terra militaret, scuto seu cly
peo suo ab inimicorum ictibus protegendo
se defendit, mox cùm in Mari naufragium pas-
sus, super eodem natando ad litus usque por-
tatus denuò incolumis evasit. Sic viris corda-
tis & magnanimis, fortuna, etiam in rebus
quantumcunque afflictis atque adversis, facilè mo-
dum auxiliumve ministrat, ut denique vulgò
fertur, fortes fortuna adiuvat.