“fatisque Deûm defensus iniquis,
Inclusos utero Danaos et pinea furtim
Laxat claustra Sinon.”
[110]. The text of Sambucus is dedicated to his father, Peter Sambukius.
“Dvm rigidos artus elephas, dum membra quiete
Subleuat, assuetis nititur arboribus:
Quas vbi venator didicit, succidit ab imo,
Paulatim vt recubans belua mole ruat.
Tam leuiter capitur duri qui in prœlia Martis
Arma, viros, turrim, tergore vectat opes.