Ingenij eſt marcor, cladesq́₃que. Φιλαυτία, doctos
Quæ peſſum plures datq́₃que, deditq́₃que viros:
Qui veterum abiecta methodo, noua dogmata quærunt,
Nilq́₃que ſuas præter tradere phantaſias.
Anulus also, in the “Picta Poesis” (p. 48), mentions his foolish and vain passion,—
Contemnens alios, arsit amore sui,—
i.e.
“Despising others, inflamed he was with love of himself.”
From Alciat and Anulus, Whitney takes up the fable (p. 149), his printer Rapheleng using the same wood-block as Plantyn did in 1581. Of the three stanzas we subjoin one,—
“Narcissvs lou’de, and liked so his shape,