Johannis de Brunes I.C. Emblemata of Sinne-Werck, Amsterdam, 1624, is written in Dutch. Emblem VIII. contains an indication that the number 1623 is a key. The "Silenus Alcibiades sive Proteus" was published at Middleburgh in 1618. There is no author's name on the title-page, but the Voor-reden, written in Dutch, is signed J. Cats. Attached to two of the preliminary complimentary verses are the names of Daniel Heyns and Josuah Sylvester, the translator of "Du Bartas." The verses are in Latin, Dutch, and French. Immediately following the title-page is a preface in Latin, signed by Majores de Baptis. Over this is the familiar emblem containing the archers, rabbits, and dogs, with the note of query on the right-hand side, and the message on the arrow. This volume is one of the most remarkable of the emblem books. The Latin preface is autobiographical. If the writer can be identified as the author of "Venus and Adonis," it becomes one of the most important contributions to his biography. In 1616, the year of Shakespeare's death, was published at Amsterdam a book bearing on its title-page the inscription: "Cornelii Giselberti Plempii Amsterodamum Monogrammon." It contains fifty illustrations, with Latin verses attached. Emblem I. is reproduced (Fig. V.) On reference to it, it will be seen that Fortune stands on a globe, and with one hand is pushing off from the pinnacle of fame a man dressed as a player with a feather in his hat; with the other hand she is raising up a man who is wearing the Bacon hat, but whose face is hidden. The prophecy expressed by the emblem is now being fulfilled. It will be seen that the initial letters of each word in the sentence of the letterpress--Obscænùmque nimis crepuit, Fortuna Batavis appellanda--yield F. Bacon. Bacon's portrait is found in several of the illustrations in this book. Other emblem writers whose works bear traces of Bacon's co-operation are G. Rollenhagen, J. Camerius, J. Typotius, D. Hensius. [Illustration: _Fig. V._ _En Fortuna: manu quos rupem ducit in altam, Præcipites abigit: carnificina Dea est. Firma globo imponi voluerunt fata caducam, Ipsa quoquè ut posset risus, & esse iocus. Olim unctos Salÿ qui præsilière per utres, Ridebant caderet si qua puella malè. O quàm sæpe sales, plausumque merente ruinâ, Erubuit vitium fors inhonest a suum! Obscænùmque nimis crepuit, Fortuna Batavis Appellanda; sono, quo sua curta vocant. Quoque sono veteres olim sua furta Latini: Vt nec, Homere, mali nomen odoris ames._ C. PLEMPII. EMBLEMATA EMBL. I.]