
EMBLEMA CXXXVIII.
Furor & rabies.
Fury and madness
Ora gerit clypeus rabiosi picta leonis,
Et scriptum in summo margine carmen habet.
Hic hominum est terror, cuius possessor Atrida
Talia magnanimus signa Agamemno tulit.[1]
The shield bears the painted face of a raging lion, and inscribed upon the upper margin has a verse: ‘This is the terror of men, and the son of Atreus is its possessor’. Haughty Agamemnon bore this symbolic figure.
Das CXXXVIII.
Toben und wüten.
An dem schilt steht künstlich gemalt
Eins grausamen Löwens gestalt
An dem rand herumb aber man
Findet gschriben diesn Reymen stan
Dieser ist ein schrecken der Leut
Den tregt Atrides an der heut
Ein solch Wappen geführet hat
Der küne Agamemnon drat.
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Fureur & rage.
XLIX.
Ce bouclier un lion porte plein de fureur,
Le lion, lequel est des humains la terreur:
De ce bouclier estoit
Agamemnon le maistre,
Le plus fort & vaillant qu’aucun autre eust peu estre.[1]
Commentaires.
Anciennement la plus part des Princes & grands
Seigneurs, ne chargeoyent leurs armoiries de chose
qui ressentist sa superbe ou
cruauté: mais l’expedition
de Godefroy de Bouillon en la terre saincte, remplit
les armoiries des Rois & Princes d’Aigles, de Gry-
phons, de Lions, & autres furieux animaux. Le Roy
de France presque seul entre tous retint ses blanches
fleurdelis. Mais, helas! & jadis,
& de nostre siecle,
plusieurs Seigneurs font sentir & experimenter à
leurs peuples la tyrannie & cruauté des animaux
qu’ils portent en leurs armoiries. Peu, ou peut estre,
pas un, n’aspire à acquerir le surnom d’Aristide. Le
bouclier d’Agamemnon a demeuré quelque temps
pendu au temple Olympique.
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