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

The whole number of original drawings at Keir, by Crispin de Passe, is thirty-five, of the size of the following plate,—No 27 of the series.

Crispin de Passe, about 1595.[^[103]]

The mottoes in Emblemata Selectiora are,—

“Pecunia sanguis et anima mortalium.

Quidquid habet mundus, regina Pecunia vincit,

Fulmineoque ictu fortius una ferit.”

“’t Geld vermag alles.

’t Geld houd den krygsknecht in zyn plichten,

Kan meer dan’t dondertuig uit richten.”