$ LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac177 SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp LINK embmne_pad1615_emblem056 INTERP_EN Phoenix from the flames (The bird ever alone) URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic177.jpg SEQ 187 TIPE emblempictura NEXT embstma_1667_emblem188 DEDICATION_EN To my countrimen of the Namptwiche in Chesshire INTERP_DAL The bird that is ever unique HIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN PARENT embstma_1667 IIHIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN IC 11D131 ; 21C ; 25FF3(PHOENIX)(+739):31A2422 ; 25FF3(PHOENIX)(+739):31AA2513 ; 41B121 ; 41B16 ; 44BB113 ; 51BB61(+4) ; 51HH3(+4) ; 54B6(+4) ; 61B2(WHITNEY, Geffrey)3 ; 61D(CHESHIRE) ; 61E(NANTWICH) ; 86(UNICA SEMPER AVIS) ID embstma_1667_emblem187 TEXT_EXPL_XML
Whome, other birdes with wonder seeme to vewe,
Dothe liue vntill a thousande yeares bee ronne:
Shee flies therein, and so to ashes turnes.
Whereof, behoulde, an other
And thoughe for truthe, this manie doe declare,
Yet thereunto, I meane not for to sweare:
Althoughe I knowe that Aucthors witnes true,
What here I write, bothe of the oulde, and newe.
Which when I wayed, the newe, and eke the oulde,
I thought vppon your towne destroyed with fire:
And did in minde, the newe
A spectacle for anie mans desire:
Whose buildinges braue, where cinders weare but late,
Did represente (me thought) the
A towne of fame, before it felt that crosse:
Euen so, (I hope) this
A
Which
That see this rise, and sawe the other fall.
Solus in Eois ales re-
parabilis oris,
Igne suo vitam dum
rapit, igne capit.
Qualiter
nouant incendia nidos:
Vna decem quoties
secula vixit auis.
iuxta
tural. histor. lib. 10.
cap. 2. viuit ad sex-
centos sexaginta an-
nos. quo loco &
alia quaedam prodi-
giosa commemo-
rantur. quae, quo-
niam ad Emblema-
tis sententiam nihil
attinent, cui libebit,
legenda relinquo.
& apud
Anim. lib. 6. cap. 58.
Vna est quae reparet
séq. ipsa reseminet ales,
cant, nec fruge, nec herbis,
Sed Thuris lachrymis &
succo viuit amomi, &c.