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

Tempted too far is like the trial of

A good sword on an anvil; as that often

Flies in pieces without service to the owner;

So trust enforced too far proves treachery,

And is too late repented.”

In his 31st Emblem, Perriere gives the device, and stanzas which follow,—

Perriere, 1539.

XXXI.

En danger eſt de rompre ſon eſpée