mortuus Pallante
Near unto that was figured Prometheus, or Titius, who being tied with strong chains to the rocks of Mount Caucasus, nourished an Eagle with his entrails, the words were from Ovid, and said thus:
Vitae dolor, vita molestiae et magnis gratos fore morte, sed mori non potest
By a river, between two infernal shores, Forgetfulness was painted, being a young man who carried a vessel full of remembrances, which he did endeavour to fling into the water, with these words of Lucretius:
Cadit iterum cum pervenit usque ad summum
The head and harp of Orpheus were portrayed upon a gate amongst the waves of the river Hebrus, into which he had been cast by the Bacchantes, they came unto Lesbos, the words were these:
Hic flevit gerit, feras et genimina viperarum
There was also painted a lady lying dead with a sword through her body, with these words of Scaliger upon the death of Polyxena:
Non satis vincere homines?
In the distance which might be between the window and the flower, was painted the giant Argus with his hundred eyes, and Mercury charming him asleep, with this Vespasian epigram: