Paradin, 1562.
The words of Portia (act. ii. sc. 9, l. 79, vol. ii. p. 319), when the Prince of Arragon says,—
“Sweet adieu, I’ll keep my oath,
Patiently to bear my wroth;”
are moreover a direct reference to the Emblems which occur in various authors. Les Devises Heroiqves, by Claude Paradin, Antwerp, 1562, contains the adjoining Emblem, Too lively a pleasure conducts to death.
And Giles Corrozet in his “Hecatomgraphie, C’est à dire, les descriptions de cent figures, &c.,”[[91]] adopting the motto, War is sweet only to the inexperienced, presents, in illustration, a butterfly fluttering towards a candle.
La guerre doulce aux inexperimentez.
Corrozet, 1540.
Les Papillons ſe vont bruſler