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Princeps subditorum incolumitatem
procurans.

The Prince caring for the safety of his subjects

EMBLEMA CXLIIII.

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
Tutius 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.

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. [A21a090]. In general, see Erasmus, Adagia 1001, Festina lente.

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