Con. Indeed, my lord, it is a most absolute and excellent horse.
Dau. It is the prince of palfreys; his neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.”
Bocchius, 1555.
This lively description suits well the device of a Paris printer, Christian Wechel, who, in 1540,[[87]] dwelt “a l’enseigne du Cheval volant;” or that of Claude Marnius of Francfort, who, before 1602, had a similar trade-mark. At least three of Reusner’s Emblems, edition Francfort, 1581, have the same device; and the Dauphin’s paragon answers exactly to a Pegasus in the first Emblem, dedicated to Rudolph II., who, on the death of his father, Maximilian, became Emperor of Germany.
ΣΥΝ ΔΥΩ ΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΩ.
Non abſque Theſeo.
EMBLEMA I.
