
Au Sepulcre du Vicomte Galeas.[1]
CIII.
Qui veut au Duc sepulcre faire,
Qu’il peigne toute l’Italie:[2]
Bataille qui la veut deffaire,
Et rendre du tout abolie:
Puis un (qui sa force ralie)
Garni d’un horrible Serpent:
Criant, Laissez melancolie,
Je suis tout effort dissipant.
commentaires.
Quiconques voudra bastir un tumbeau à ce vail-

lant, genereux & magnanime
Duc Jean Galeas, Vi-
sconte, il n’y faut rien mettre autre, que toute l’Italie
heureuse & ne craignant rien, fournie d’armes, &
de braves Capitaines, & close de deux costés: de
l’un par la mer Tyrrhene, de l’autre par la mer A-
driatique. Qu’il adjouste encor beaucoup de nations
barbares, essayans, mais en vain, de l’assaillir, avec
des puissantes armees, & avec des
vehements & fu-
rieux assauts. Car au plus haut canton d’icelle est
eslevé sur tous
ce vaillant Duc de Milan, ce cheva-
lier sans peur, ce porte serpent, qui ne s’estonnant de
rien, & mesprisant toutes choses
basses, s’escrie, Qui
est ce qui m’a establi sur des
choses si petites, moy
qui suis si grand? Les histoires sont pleines de la si-
tuation, beauté, fertilité, gloire, & vertus militaires
de l’Italie. Quant à la guivre, armoiries des Ducs de
Milan, nous en avons parlé en l’Embleme premier.
1. Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), created first Duke of Milan in 1395. Noted for his ruthlessness, he united most of the Po valley under the rule of Milan for the first time, defeated Bologna, and set his sights on Florence until his death saved that city.
2. This epigram is based on Anthologia graeca 7.73 (by Geminos, but wrongly attributed to Germanicus in the sixteenth century). The Greek epigram is concerned with what would be a worthy tomb for the Greek hero Themistocles, who was buried in a very simple grave. It suggests one with representations of Salamis and the Persians, recalling the hero’s most famous exploit, the victory over the Persians at the battle of Salamis. Likewise, memorials of Visconti’s achievements are proposed here.
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