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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>When some did seeke Arion to have drown'd,<lb/>
                                He, with a dreadlesse heart his Temples crown'd;<lb/>
                                And, when to drench him in the Seas they meant,<lb/>
                                He playd on his melodious Instrument;<lb/>
                                To shew, that Innocence disdayned Feare,<lb/>
                                Though to be swallow'd in the Deeps it were.<lb/>
                                Nor did it perish: For, upon her Backe<lb/>
                                A Dolphin tooke him, for his Musick's sake:<lb/>
                                To intimate, that Vertue shall prevaile<lb/>
                                With Bruitish Creatures, if with Men it faile.<lb/>
                                Most vaine is then their Hope, who dreame they can<lb/>
                                Make wretched, or undoe, an Honest-Man:<lb/>
                                For, he whom Vertuous Innocence adornes,<lb/>
                                Insults o're Cruelties; and, Perill scornes.<lb/>
                                Yea, that, by which, Men purpose to undoe him,<lb/>
                                (In their despight) shall bring great Honours to him.<lb/>
                                Arton-like, the Malice of the World,<lb/>
                                Hath into Seas of Troubles often hurl'd<lb/>
                                Deserving Men, although no Cause they had,<lb/>
                                But that their Words and Workes sweet Musicke made.<lb/>
                                Of all their outward Helps it hath bereft them;<lb/>
                                Nor meanes, nor hopes of Comfort have beene left them;<lb/>
                                But such, as in the House of Mourning are,<lb/>
                                And, what Good Conscience can afford them there.<lb/>
                                Yet, Dolphin-like, their Innocence hath rear'd<lb/>
                                Their Heads above those Dangers that appear'd.<lb/>
                                God hath vouchsaf'd their harmelesse Cause to heed,<lb/>
                                And, ev'n in Thraldome, so their Hearts hath freed,<lb/>
                                That, whil'st they seem'd oppressed and forlorne;<lb/>
                                They Ioyd, and Sung, and Laugh'd the World to scorne.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem009
SEQ 10
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem011
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Arion rides a dolphin, holding a violin in one hand and a bow in the other
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac010
MOTTO_LA <p>SPERNIT PERICULA VIRTUS.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25F27(DOLPHIN)(+5246)
; 25H13
; 25H23
; 25I2
; 31D14(+89)
; 31D14(+9331)
; 46C24
; 48CC7311
; 48CC752
; 57A6(+4)
; 57A631(+4)
; 98B(ARION)51(+0)
; 86(SPERNIT PERICULA VIRTUS)
MOTTO_EN <p>An Innocent no Danger feares,<lb/>
                                How great soever it appeares.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic010.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem010
MOTTO_LA_NORM Spernit pericula virtus
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0