“I have been curious to find out for you the _Impresaes_ and Emblemes on a Bed of State[75] wrought and embroidered all with gold and silk by the late Queen _Mary_, mother to our sacred Sovereign, which will embellish greatly some pages of your Book, and is worthy your remembrance; the first is the Loadstone turning towards the pole, the word her Majesties name turned on an Anagram, _Maria Stuart, sa virtu, m’attire_, which is not much inferiour to _Veritas armata_. This hath reference to a Crucifix, before which with all her Royall Ornaments she is humbled on her knees most liuely, with the word, _undique_; an _Impresa_ of _Mary_ of _Lorrain_, her Mother, a _Phœnix_ in flames, the word,[76] _en ma fin git mon commencement_. The _Impressa_ of an Apple-Tree growing in a Thorn, the word, _Per vincula crescit_. The _Impressa_ of _Henry_ the second, the _French King_, a _Cressant_, the word, _Donec totum impleat orbem_. The _Impressa_ of King _Francis_ the first, a _Salamander_ crowned in the midst of Flames, the word, _Nutrisco et extinguo_. The _Impressa_ of _Godfrey_ of _Bullogne_, an arrow passing through three birds, the word, _Dederit ne viam Casusve Deusve_. That of _Mercurius_ charming _Argos_, with his hundred eyes, expressed by his _Caduceus_, two _Flutes_, and a Peacock, the word, _Eloquium tot lumina clausit_. Two Women upon the Wheels of Fortune, the one holding a Lance, the other a _Cornucopia_; which _Impressa_ seemeth to glaunce at Queen _Elizabeth_ and herself, the word, _Fortunæ Comites_. The _Impressa of_ the Cardinal of _Lorrain_ her Uncle, a _Pyramid_ overgrown with ivy, the vulgar word, _Te stante virebo_; a Ship with her Mast broken and fallen in the Sea, the word, _Nusquam nisi rectum_. This is for herself and her Son, a Big _Lyon_ and a young Whelp beside her, the word, _Unum quidem, sed Leonem_. An embleme of a _Lyon_ taken in a Net, and Hares wantonly passing over him, the word, _Et lepores devicto insultant Leone_. _Cammomel_ in a garden, the word, _Fructus calcata dat amplos_. A Palm Tree, the word, _Ponderibus virtus innata resistit_. A Bird in a _Cage_, and a _Hawk_ flying above, with the word, _Il mal me preme et me spaventa a Peggio_. A triangle with a Sun in the middle of a Circle, the word, _Trino non convenit orbis_. A Porcupine amongst Sea Rocks, the word, _Ne volutetur_. The _Impressa_ of king Henry the eight, a _Portculles_, the word, _altera securitas_. The _Impressa_ of the Duke of _Savoy_, the annunciation of the Virgin _Mary_, the word, _Fortitudo ejus_ Rhodum _tenuit_. He had kept the Isle of _Rhodes_. Flourishes of Armes, as Helms, Launces, Corslets, Pikes, Muskets, Canons, the word, _Dabit Deus his quoque finem_. A Tree planted in a Church-yard environed with dead men’s bones, the word, _Pietas revocabit ab orco_. Ecclipses of the Sun and the Moon, the word, _Ipsa sibi lumen quod invidet aufert_, glauncing, as may appear, at Queen _Elizabeth_. _Brennus_ Ballances, a sword cast in to weigh Gold, the