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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>While these two Champions for the Conquest fight,<lb/>
                                Betwixt them both Victoria takes her flight,<lb/>
                                On doubtfull wings; and, till the fray bee past,<lb/>
                                None knowes, to whether, shee the Wreath will cast.<lb/>
                                Which Emblem serves, not onely, to expresse<lb/>
                                The danger, and the issues doubtfulnesse,<lb/>
                                In all Contentions ; but, may warne us too,<lb/>
                                That, wee no strivings rashly undergoe;<lb/>
                                Since they, who long with painfull skill have striv'd,<lb/>
                                Of likely Conquests, are at length depriv'd.<lb/>
                                Force, much prevailes; but Sleight and Wit hath pow'r,<lb/>
                                Sometime, to hurle downe Strength upon the floore.<lb/>
                                Sometimes againe, our Ingineeres doe faile,<lb/>
                                And, Blowes, doe more than Stratagems, prevaile.<lb/>
                                Though, I, upon mine honest-Cause depend,<lb/>
                                Another may o'rethrow it, by his Friend :<lb/>
                                And, hee that boasteth of his Patrons grace,<lb/>
                                May lose his hopes, if Bribing come in place.<lb/>
                                To say the Truth, in whatsoever Cause,<lb/>
                                Wee by the Sword contend, or by the Lawes,<lb/>
                                There's no event or issue more assured,<lb/>
                                Than this, that, losse to both shall bee procured:<lb/>
                                And, that, sometime, as well as innocent,<lb/>
                                As guilty-cause, may finde an ill event.<lb/>
                                Let, therefore, our endeavours be, to strive,<lb/>
                                Who, shall hereafter, least occasion give<lb/>
                                Of those contentions, and of those debates,<lb/>
                                Which hurt our honor, safetie, or estates:<lb/>
                                That, we, a Conquest, may be sure to gaine,<lb/>
                                And, none repine, at that which we obtaine.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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SEQ 196
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem197
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A woman with a laurel wreath and a palm-brand hovers over two duelling soldiers
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac250
MOTTO_LA <p>INTER UTRUMQUE VOLAT.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25G3(LAUREL)(+22)
; 25G3(PALM-TREE)(+22)
; 25I1
; 31AA2763
; 33B2
; 43A(+12)
; 43C(+24)
; 45B
; 45C13(SWORD)
; 45C14(LANCE)
; 45C19(SHIELD)
; 52BB41(+4)
; 53A11(+4)
; 59B32(+1131)
; 86(INTER UTRUMQUE VOLAT)
MOTTO_EN <p>None knowes, untill the Fight be past,<lb/>
                                Who shall bee Victor, at the last.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic250.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem196
MOTTO_LA_NORM Inter utrumque volat
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0