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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>The Picture of a Crowned-king, here, stands<lb/>
                                Upon a Globe ; and, with outstretched hands,<lb/>
                                Holds forth, in view, a Law-booke, and a Sword :<lb/>
                                Which plaine and moderne Figures, may afford<lb/>
                                This meaning; that, a King, who hath regard<lb/>
                                To Courts for pleading, and a Court of Guard,<lb/>
                                And, at all times, a due respect will carry,<lb/>
                                To pious Lawes, and Actions military ;<lb/>
                                Shall not be Monarch, onely in those Lands,<lb/>
                                That are, by Birth right, under his commands:<lb/>
                                But, also, might (if just occasion were)<lb/>
                                Make this whole Globe of Earth, his power to feare;<lb/>
                                Advance his Favorites ; and, bring downe all<lb/>
                                His Opposites, below his pedestall.<lb/>
                                His conquering Sword, in forraigne Realmes, he drawes,<lb/>
                                As oft, as there is just, or needfull cause:<lb/>
                                At home, in ev'ry Province of his Lands,<lb/>
                                At all times, armed are his Trayned bands.<lb/>
                                His Royall fleets, are terrours to the Seas;<lb/>
                                At all houres, rigg'd, for usefull Voyages:<lb/>
                                And, often, he his Navy doth increase,<lb/>
                                That Warres Provisions, may prolong his Peace.<lb/>
                                Nor, by the tenure of the Sword, alone,<lb/>
                                Delighteth he to hold his awfull Throne,<lb/>
                                But, likewise, labours, Mischiefes to prevent,<lb/>
                                By wholsome Lawes, and rightfull Goverment.<lb/>
                                For, where the Sword commands, without the Law,<lb/>
                                A Tyrant keepes the Land in slavish awe<lb/>
                                And, where good Lawes doe want an Armed pow'r,<lb/>
                                Rebellious Knaves, their Princes, will devoure.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem128
SEQ 129
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem130
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A king in armour, standing on an orb, holding a sword and a book; in the background a market stall, and a group of people looking up at a prince on the balcony of a court house(?)
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac165
MOTTO_LA <p>LEGIBUS ET ARMIS.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25F23(LION)(+12)
; 25I144
; 31AA2513(+933)
; 31B6211
; 41A38
; 44B113
; 44B135
; 44B191
; 44B193
; 44G(+1)
; 44G0
; 45C22
; 45C41
; 46B111
; 46B44
; 49L141
; 49MM32
; 59C2(+113)
; 86(LEGIBUS ET ARMIS)
MOTTO_EN <p>When Law, and Armes, together meet,<lb/>
                                The World descends, to kisse their feet.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic165.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem129
MOTTO_LA_NORM Legibus et armis
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0