Valerius Maximus maketh mention of a cer- tain king, who when there was a rich Diadem offered vnto him, paused a while before he would put it on his head, & studying as it were what were best to do, burst forth into these words, Oh more noble, then happie ornament, for if a man knew thorowly with how many trou- bles, perrils, & misteries it is stuffed, he would not take it vp from the ground to haue it.
PREV embmne_pae1591_emblem048 SEQ 49 PARENT embmne_pae1591 TYPE emblem pictura TIPE emblempictura MOTTO_EN_NORM Will any man buy so dear, that which is so full of all kind of cares NEXT embmne_pae1591_emblem050 IIHIM MNE ; MNE_EMB CAPTION_EN The hands of a king, from the clouds, are holding a crowned turban SOURCE_FILE embmne_pae1591.xml LINK_FACSIMILE embmne_pae1591_fac101 MOTTO_LA Ecquis emat tanti sese dimittere?