Milo’s prowess is the subject of a fine device by Gerard de Jode, in the “ΜΙΚΡΟΚΟΣΜΟΣ” (p. 61), first published in 1579, with Latin verses. Respecting Milo the French verses say,— “La force de Milon a esté nompareille, Et de ses grands efforts on raconte merueille: S’il se tenoit debout, il ne se trouuoit pas Homme aucun qui le peust faire bouger d’un pas. A frapper il estoit si fort & si adestre Que d’un seul coup de poing il tua de sa dextre Vn robuste taureau, & des ses membres forts Vne lieue le porta sans se greuer le corps. Mais se fiant par trop en ceste grande force, Il fut en fin saisi d’une mortelle entorce: Car il se vid manger des bestes, estant pris A l’arbre qu’il auoit de desioindre entrepris. Qui de sa force abuse en chase non faisable Se rend par son effort bien souuent miserable, Le fol entrepreneur tombe en confusion Et s’expose à chacun en grand derision.” The famous winged horse, Pegasus, heroic, though not a hero, has a right to close in our array of mythic characters. Sprung from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head, Pegasus is regarded sometimes as the thundering steed of Jove, at other times as the war-horse of Bellerophon; and in more modern times, under a third aspect, as the horse of the Muses. Already (at p. 142) we have spoken of some of the merits attributed to him, and have presented Emblems in which he is introduced. It will be sufficient now to bring forward the device and stanza of Alciat, in which he shows us how “by prudence and valour to overcome the Chimæra, that is, the stronger and those using stratagems.” Conſilio & virtute Chimæram ſuperari, id est, fortiores & deceptores. _EMBLEMA XIIII._ [Illustration: _Alciat, 1581._] BELLEROPHON _ut fortis eques ſuperare Chimæram, Et Lycij potuit ſternere monſtra ſoli: Sic tu Pegaſeis vectus petis æthera pennis, Conſilioque animi monſtra ſuperba domas_. [Sidenote: _i.e._] “As the brave knight Bellerophon could conquer Chimæra, And the monsters of the Lycian shore stretch on the ground: So thou borne on the wings of Pegasus seekest the sky, And by prudence dost subdue proud monsters of the soul.” Shakespeare recognises neither Bellerophon nor the Chimæra, but Pegasus, the wonderful creature, and Perseus its owner. The dauphin Lewis (see p. 141) likens his own horse to Pegasus, “with nostrils of fire,”— It is a beast for Perseus: he is pure air and fire ... he is indeed a horse. In the Grecian camp (see _Troilus and Cressida_, act i. sc. 3, l. 33, vol. vi. p. 142), Nestor is urging the worth of dauntless valour, and uses the apt comparison,—