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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>When God-Almighty first engrav'd in stone<lb/>
                                His holy Law; He did not give the same<lb/>
                                As if some common Act had then beene done;<lb/>
                                For, arm'd with Fires and Thunders, forth it came.<lb/>
                                By which, that great Law-maker, might inferre<lb/>
                                What dreadfull Vengeance would on those attend,<lb/>
                                Who did against those holy Precepts erre;<lb/>
                                And, that, his Power, well-doers could defend.<lb/>
                                Thereto, this Emblem, also doth agree;<lb/>
                                For, loe, before the Tables of the Lawe,<lb/>
                                A naked Sword is borne, whose use may bee<lb/>
                                As well to keepe in Safety, as in Awe.<lb/>
                                Whence, Princes (if they please) this note may take,<lb/>
                                (And it shall make them happily to raigne)<lb/>
                                That, many good and wholsome Lawes to make<lb/>
                                Without an Executioner, is vaine.<lb/>
                                It likewise intimates, that such as are<lb/>
                                In Soveraigne place, as well obliged be<lb/>
                                Their zeale for true Religion to declare,<lb/>
                                As, what concerneth Manners, to foresee.<lb/>
                                It lastly, showes that Princes should affect<lb/>
                                Not onely, over others to Command,<lb/>
                                But Swords to weare, their Subjects to protect;<lb/>
                                And, for their Guard, extend a willing hand.<lb/>
                                For, Lawes, or Peace to boast of; and, the whiles,<lb/>
                                The Publique-weale, to weaken or disarme,<lb/>
                                Is nor the way to hinder Civill-Broyles,<lb/>
                                Nor to secure it from a Forraigne-harme.<lb/>
                                For, As by Lawes a Land is kept in frame;<lb/>
                                So, Armes is that, which must protect the same.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A hand is holding a sword, in front of the tables of the Law; in the background: Moses receives the tables of the law from God
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac003
MOTTO_LA <p>LEX REGIT ET ARMA TUENTUR.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 11L211(+0)
; 22C32
; 25H114
; 26A
; 31A2245(+933)
; 45C13(SWORD)
; 54E42(+4)
; 71E1343
; 86(DEUS PROXIMUS)
; 86(LEX REGIT ET ARMA TUENTUR)
MOTTO_EN <p>The Law is given to direct;<lb/>
                                The Sword, to punish and protect.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic003.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem003
MOTTO_LA_NORM Lex regit et arma tuentur
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