When a certaine Lacedemonian was on a time noted of cowardlynesse, because he had caused a flie to be painted on his target, and such a one as did not exceed to the common sort of that kinde in bignesse, as though he should hereby signifie, that he would willing- ly conuey himselfe out of the battaile, and like a flie would not be seene of his enimie, he answered, nay rather, I encounter with my enimie hand to hand, and so set vpon him, that albeit the signe be small, yet the enemie may well discerne.
PREV embmne_pae1591_emblem049 SEQ 50 PARENT embmne_pae1591 INTERP_HEN Stärke und Weisheit des Herrschers TYPE emblem pictura TIPE emblempictura MOTTO_EN_NORM How much the lesser, so much the nearer NEXT embmne_pae1591_emblem051 IIHIM MNE ; MNE_EMB CAPTION_EN A shield with a fly SOURCE_FILE embmne_pae1591.xml LINK_FACSIMILE embmne_pae1591_fac102 MOTTO_LA Comminus quo minus.