<p><term id="embstma_1667_12601"/>THIS figure, lo, <persName>AVGVSTVS</persName> did deuise,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_12602"/>A mirror good, for Iudges iuste to see,<lb/> And alwayes fitte, to bee before their eies,<lb/> When sentence they, of life, and death decree:<lb/> Then muste they haste, but verie slowe awaie,<lb/> Like <rs>butterflie</rs>, whome creepinge <rs>crabbe</rs> dothe staie.<lb/> The Prince, or Iudge, maie not with lighte reporte<lb/> In doubtfull thinges, giue iudgement touching life:<lb/> But trie, and learne the truthe in euerie sorte,<lb/> And mercie ioyne, with iustice bloodie knife:<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_12603"/>This pleased well <persName>AVGVSTVS</persName> noble grace,<lb/> And Iudges all, within this tracke shoulde trace.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_12604"/><foreign lang="la">Consulere patriae, parcere afflictis, fera<lb/> Caede abstinere, tempus atque irae dare,<lb/> Orbi quietem, seculo pacem suo,<lb/> Haec summa virtus, petitur hac coelum via.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_12601" lang="la"><name type="author">Cicero</name> pro Rabir.<lb/> Est sapientia iudicis<lb/> in hoc, vt non so-<lb/> lùm quid possit, sed<lb/> etiam quid debeat<lb/> ponderet: nec quan-<lb/> tum sibi permissum<lb/> meminerit, sed etiam<lb/> quatenus commis-<lb/> sum sit.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_12602" lang="la">Idem 3. Offic.<lb/> Nec contra iusiuran-<lb/> dum amici caussa<lb/> vir bonus faciet: nec<lb/> si iudex quidem erit<lb/> de ipso amico. po-<lb/> nit enim personam<lb/> amici, cùm induit<lb/> iudicis: nam si om-<lb/> nia facienda sunt,<lb/> quae amici velint,<lb/> non amicitiae tales,<lb/> sed coniurationes<lb/> putandae sunt.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_12603" lang="la"><name type="author">Claud.</name> Manil. Th.<lb/> - diis proximus ille est<lb/> Quem ratio non ira<lb/> mouet: qui facta re-<lb/> pendens<lb/> Consilio, punire potest<lb/> mucrone cruento.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_12604" lang="la"><name type="author">Senec.</name> oct. act. 2</gloss> </p>

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PLANTIN

Ad Amplissimos viros Dn. Franciscum Windham, & Dn. Edwardum Flowerdewe Iudices integerrimos

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EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

A crab and a butterfly

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Crab and butterfly (Hasten slowly)

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Festina lentè

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25F711(BUTTERFLY)(+1)

25F711(BUTTERFLY)(+621)

25F716(CRAB)(+1)

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44B10

46A122(AUGUSTUS)3

51M11(+3)

51MM11(+3)

61B2(FLOWERDEW, Edward)3

61B2(WYNDHAM, Francis)3

86(FESTINA LENTE)

98B(AUGUSTUS)3

Hasten slowly

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