<p><term id="embstma_1667_14701"/>WHILE throughe his foes, did boulde <persName>BRASIDAS</persName> thruste,<lb/> And thought with force, their courage to confounde:<lb/> Throughe targat faire, wherein he put his truste,<lb/> His manlie corpes receau'd a mortall wounde.<lb/> Beinge ask'd the cause, before he yeelded ghoste:<lb/> Quoth hee, my shielde, wherein I trusted moste.<lb/> Euen so it happes, wee ofte our bayne doe brue,<lb/> When ere wee trie, wee trust the gallante showe:<lb/> When frendes suppoas'd, do prooue them selues vntrue,<lb/> When <term id="embstma_1667_14702"/><persName>SINON</persName> false, in <persName>DAMONS</persName> shape dothe goe:<lb/> Then gulfes of griefe, doe swallowe vp our mirthe,<lb/> And thoughtes ofte times, doe shrow'd vs in the earthe.<lb/> All is not goulde that glittereth to the eye:<lb/> Some poison stronge, a sugred taste doth keepe;<lb/> The crabbe ofte times, is beautifull to see.<lb/> The Adder fell, within the flowers doth creepe:<lb/> The brauest tombe, hath stinking bones within:<lb/> So fawninge mates, haue alwaies faithlesse bin.<lb/> Yet, to preuent such harmes before they fall,<lb/> Thinke howe thy frende, maie liue to bee thy foe:<lb/> Then, when your loue exceedeth moste of all,<lb/> <pb n="embstma_1667_fac142"/> <lb/> Looke that thy tonge, doe not at randonne goe:<lb/> For feare thy speeche, doe turne vnto thy smarte,<lb/> If that thy mate, doe beare a <persName>IVDAS</persName> harte.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_14703"/>But, if thou doe injoye a faithfull frende,<lb/> See that with care, thou keepe him as thy life:<lb/> And if perhappes he doe, that maye offende,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_14704"/>Yet waye thy frende: and shunne the cause of strife,<lb/> Remembringe still, there is no greater crosse;<lb/> Then of a frende, for, to sustaine the losse.<lb/> Yet, if this knotte of frendship be to knitte,<lb/> And <persName>SCIPIO</persName> yet, his <persName>LELIVS</persName> can not finde?<lb/> Content thy selfe, till some occasion fitte,<lb/> Allot thee one, according to thy minde:<lb/> Then trie, and truste: so maiste thou liue in rest,<lb/> But chieflie see, thou truste thy selfe the beste?<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_14701" lang="la">Lacedaemoniorum<lb/> dux apud <name type="author">Plutar-<lb/> chum</name>.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_14702" lang="la">Saepe sub agnina latet<lb/> hirtus pelle Lycaon:<lb/> Súbque <persName>Catone</persName> pio,<lb/> perfidus ille <persName>Nero</persName>.</gloss> <pb n="embstma_1667_fac142"/> <lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_14703" lang="la"><name type="author">Plaut.</name> Capt.<lb/> Fac fidelis sis fideli:<lb/> caue fluxam fidem<lb/> geras.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_14704" lang="la"><name type="author">Cato</name>.<lb/> Damnaris nunquam post<lb/> longum tempus amicum,<lb/> Mutauit mores, sed pi-<lb/> gnora prima momento.</gloss> </p>

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Treuloser Freund

Ane 18

emblempictura

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

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EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

An arrow pierces the shield of Brasidas, causing a fatal wound

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Perfidus familiaris

To G. B. Esquier

25F31(+5)

25H11

26A

31A2516(+931)

31A25552

31A26211(+51)

31A534

31D14

31E23461

41D233(+81)

45C15(ARROW)

45C19(SHIELD)

45C22

45C221

45C41

56D29(+4)

56F232(+4)

61B2(G. B.)3

86(PERFIDUS FAMILIARIS)

94H212

98B(BRASIDAS)68

98B(DAMON)61

The perfidious friend

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Perfidus familiaris