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of Limburg in Silesia, who, by reason of his extensive legal 

 practice and family connexion, obtained, in his day, great popu- 

 larity. He wrote much, but his works are now little remem- 

 bered, with the exception of his Books of Latin Emblems ; the 

 first collection of which was edited in the year 1581 by a fa- 

 mous bookseller at Francfort, named Feyerabendt, under the 

 direction of Jeremiah Reusner, brother of the author. The 

 engravings are very well executed upon wood by Virgil Sobs, 

 and Jost Ammon. Ten years afterwards, another collection 

 (entirely different from the first) was published with Stimmer's 

 illustrations. A specimen from each is now offered. 



C Representation of a Well, with apparatus for draiving Water.) 



" ' Wells by much drawing purer water yield — 



Ploughs brighter shine, the more they cleave the field — 



To Steel its brilliance frequent use can give — 



And sharpness from the whetstone sythes receive. 



Tis thus, that Labour to a williDg heart 



And inbred Genius vigour can impart, 



While Sloth inhumes the talents freely given, 



And wages sacriligious war with Heaven ' * 



EmU. 33, a. d. 1681. 



(" Representation of a Horse vainly pulling at a Tree, and an Infant bending 

 a Sapling.) 

 " ' By early Discipline the youthful mind 

 Is trained to Virtue, or to 111 inclined. 

 The tender Sapling yields to Infant hands : 

 The full-grown Tree all human force withstands.' + 



Embl. 20, a. D. 1691. 



" A new aspirant after Emblematic fame now appeared in 



* " Fit melior, fit limpidior fons ssepius haustus ; 



Purgatus dulces ejaculatur aquas. 

 Aera nitent usu ; splendescunt cote metalla ; 



Ceu splendet crebra vomer adactus humo. 

 Sic labor ingenium, mentem sic excolit usus — 



Sic mores studio convenienter euut ; 

 Tetra sed ingenium corrumpunt otia doctum, 



Ceu capiunt vitium, ni moveantur, aquae." 



+ " Corrige, dum tener est, pueri cor. Cernis ut arbos 

 Spernit vim. Virgam flectit at ungne puer." 



