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darteth thunder, in his hand ; Mars, with his sword and target, a foxe being hisembleme; Neptune, with his sea-horse, dolphin, and trident; and lastly, Asolusupon a camelion, a beast that liveth onely by the ayre, with the foure windeshis ministers or agents : the East called Eurus, Subsolanus, and Apeliotes; theNorth winde, Septemtrio, Aquilo, or Boreas ; the West, Zephyrus, Favonius,Lvbs, and Africus ; the South, Auster, or Notus. I come now to the sterne,where you may perceive upon the upright of the upper counter standeth Victory,in the middle of a frontispiece, with this general motto, Validis incumbite re mis.It is so plaine, that I shall not need to give it any English interpretation. Herwings are equally display’d: on one arme she weareth a crowne, on the other alaurell, which imply Riches and Honour : in her two hands she holdeth twomottoes, her right hand, which pointeth to Jason, beares this inscription, Nava;which word howsoever by some, and those not the least opinionated of them-selves, mistaken, was absolutely extermin’d and excommunicated from a gram-matical construction, nay, jurisdiction, for they would not allow it to be verbeor adverbe, substantive nor adjective ; and for this, I have not onely behind myback bin challenged, but even viva-voce taxed as one that had writ at randum,and that which I understood not. But to give the world a plenary satisfaction,and that it was rather their criticisme than my ignorance, 1 intreate the readerbut to examine Rider’s last edition of his Dictionary, corrected and greatly aug-mented by Mr. Francis Holyoke, and he shall there read ttavo, nctvas ; andtherefore consequently nava in the imperative mood signifies a command toimploy all one’s power to act, to ayde, to helpe, to indeavour with alldiligence and industry, and therefore not unproperly may Victory point toJason, being figured with his oare in his hand, as being the prime Argonaut, andsay, naxia , or more plainely, ojieram nava ; for in those emblematicall mottoesthere is allways a part understood. Shee pointeth to Hercules on the sinisterside, with his club in his hand, with this motto, Clava , as if she would say,O Hercules, be thou as valiant with thy club upon the land as Jason is indus-trious with his oare upon the water. Hercules againe pointing to Tlolus, thegod of windes, saith, Flato, who answereth him againe, Flo. Jason pointingto Neptune, the god of the seas, riding upon a sea-horse, saith, Faveto , towhom Neptune answereth No. These words Flo and No were also muchexcepted at, as if there had been no such Latine words, till some better exam-ining their grammar rules, found out Flos, Jlas, jlavi, proper to ;Eolus, andNo, nas, navi , to Neptune, (See.

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