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Princeps subditorum incolumitatem
procurans.

The Prince caring for the safety of his subjects

Emblema cxliii.

Fish entwined round an anchor on the sea shore.
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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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EOdem omninò sensu dixit Marcellinus lib. 29.
Imperium esse curam salutis aliena. Princeps e-
nim debet habere peripectum se sibi minimè na-
tum esse, sed populi quieti & saluti. utque delphi-
nus futuram tempestatem praesagit, ut ait Plinius,
ipsámque navis anchoram iactam tutiùs ut figatur,
dirigit: eodem modo Princeps suorum saluti debet
prospicere, sed potissimum saeviente aliqua tempe-
state, bellique impetu adventante, alióve casu.

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Le Prince procurant le salut
de ses subjects.

QUand les vents sont sur mer, & font grande tempeste,
Des pauvres nautonniers en fond l’anchre se jette:
Le bon Daulphin survient, qui l’embrasse à l’instant,
Et pour la mieux ficher, prompt la va arrestant.
O bel enseignement pour les Rois & grands Princes,
Qui doivent procurer repos à leurs provinces,
Empescher le naufrage & tant d’autres dangers,
Et servir comme l’anchre aux pauvres mariniers.

DE mesme a dit Marcellin liv. 29. L’em-
pire n’est autre chose qu’un soucy du salut d’au-
truy. Car le Prince doit en premier congnoi-
stre qu’il n’est pas né pour soy-mesme, mais
pour le repos & salut de ses subjects. Et com-
me le Daulphin prevoit la tempeste à venir,
comme dit Pline, & addresse l’anchre du
vaisseau à ce qu’elle soit fichee plus seure-
ment: aussi le Prince doit pourvoir au sa-
lut de son people, mais singulierement quand
on craint quelque malencontre, comme de
guerre, ou autre.

Notes:

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; cf. [FALc089]. In general, see Erasmus, Adagia 1001, Festina lente.

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In Senatum boni Principis.

On the senate of a good prince

Dialogismus.

A dialogue.

EMBLEMA CXLIIII.

Blindfolded figure on a throne with other learned men sitting before him.
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Effigies manibus truncae ante altaria divûm
Hinc resident, quarum lumine capta prior.
Signa potestatis summae, sanctique Senatus
Thebanis fuerant ista reperta viris.[1]
Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [L7v p174]Cur resident? quia mente graves decet esse quieta
Iuridicos; animo nec variare levi.
Cur sine sunt manibus? capiant ne xenia, nec se
Pollicitis flecti muneribusve sinant.
Caecus at est Princeps, quòd solis auribus, absque
Affectu, constans iussa Senatus agit.

Figures without hands sit here before the altars of the gods. The chief of them is deprived of sight. These symbols of the supreme power and of the reverend senate were discovered by men of Thebes. - Why do they sit? - Because lawgivers should be serious, of a calm mind, and not change with inconstant thoughts. - Why have they no hands? - So that they may not take gifts, nor let themselves be influenced by promises or bribes. But the president is blind, because the Senate, by hearing alone, uninfluenced by feeling, impartially discharges what it is bidden to do.

Notes:

1.  This is Thebes in Egypt. See Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride 10; also Erasmus, Adagia 2601, Scarabaeus aquilam quaerit.

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