Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers / an exposition of their similarities of throught and expression, preceded by a view of emblem-literature down to A.D. 1616

by Henry Green

SIGNOR DI S.

VALIER.

Symeoni, 1561 (diminished copy).

An Italian stanza explains the device,—

“Nutriſce il fuoco à lui la cera intorno,

Et la cera l’eſtingue. ò quanti ſono,

Che dopo vn riceuuto & largo dono,

Dal donator riceuon danno & ſcorno.”