Excerpt from Insignia Sacrae Caesareae Maiestatis, Principum Electorum: Ac Aliqvot Illustrissimarum, Illustrium, Nobilium, Et Aliarum Familiarum, Formis Artificiosissimis Expressa, Addito Cuiq, Peculiari Symbolo, Et Carmine Octasticho, Quibus Cum Ipsum Insigne, Tum Symbolum, Ingeniose`Vo D re&e, verè Andinus ille Vates ceci neritz. Tra hit Tua queq, Volupras, vel ego folus, viri clari¿imi, Domini Patroni o¿îciosè Coledi, exem pio tefii monio eiîe potere, qui 'circa 1mmef031n re ty'pog1a phica fumptus, grauifii masque curas mole¿ias, in pr1m1s P1&urza, cu magna animi voluptate fiudeo, quam quod magna indufiria folertia 1llufi1are ha&enus, fategerim citra ihnidiam mihi gloriari licet. Q'u'e vel me racet'1te, plurim mi authores, qui ex mea prodiere officina, tefiantur, qui praéter elegantem n1t1dumque chara&erem, , pulcherr1m1s et1am1con1 bus funt 01nat1, Atque adeò 'me non poenitet ifiorii vel fum ptuum vel laborum, vr ihdies nòuo)& p1n gend1 fculpendi (indio me oble&em, Nihil enimîlubito, cùm apud antiguos Graphiceliberalibus annumera ta fit aitibus, quin hoonofiro fecalo omnes Iibéralibus addi&i, Prud1 15 cam max1m1faeianr Profe&ò 1n quanto honorc olim apud viròs prin cipes ea fuerit, plurimorun1 ofiéndunr exem pia Zeu fid1s &parrhafij, cir ca G1aphicén celebiitatem certamen omnia mirantur fecula. (lis Timanthis Iphigeniam non dem11atur¿ pii fané artificcs, quanta fuerit tum temporis artis hui'us aefiimatio, (uo ipforu docuere exemplo dum no quemui$ nec qùo'uis pretio erudiedum fi1fcepete, Pa m ph1lus pi&or131151, 0 DA ma 1) i'cîa 11011111. Némincm 111i1101is docui't talento, qua'm m'ercedem &ah, Apelle, & Me lambio ei dati fuiile tefiis efi Plinius. Alexander Magnus 1ngenio a1te Apellis adeò dele&atus, fuit, v.t freq1ienter 1n o'fiîcinam eius ventita, ret, cumque 1n1 pente de pi&uris, dilî'ereret, fo°comitei ab ipfo moneti rep1ehendi haudquaqùam esg1e tulit, q'uin etiam'ex conc-'u'binis charifjì ma'n1 Campafpen, cùm amori: eius, du-m nuda ex iufih Regis ob forme admiratiouem p111geret, 'captum elle animaduerteret, vltm ei dono de. Dit Arifiidis 'i hebani pi&oris, tabulam idem Alexander ille Magnus Pel, lam in patria fuam tranfiulit, admira...s pi&ofis, artem qua animum pinxerat, & fenfus omnes expreffetat. Pi&u1a, ' huius era't'r, oppido capto, ad matris, morientis exvulnere, mammaad1epens [entire mater timere, ne cmortuola&efar1guin, 'ceat hacin re verbis Vtil'liììij. Idem pinxerat praeliu cum homines ea tabula complcx1is, pa&usq, fingulos minas no Elatenfium Mnafone Mnafon ille adeò pi&aram, admi1atùè &vene, ratus efi, vt pi&ori, Afclepiodo1o pro 12. Dijs dederit fingulos minas t1e cenas: Et Theo111nelto in fingulos heroasm1nas centenasf @aì ideò.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.