WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

25 his Enfigns, of Bows, Arrows, Scimiters, Hor f e- tai l, &c. a l l r e v e r fi Britannia, was a female figure, A mural ( or embattled) Crown, on her head, and A ( C i- v i ck Gar l and, o r) Wreath of Oak-lcaves, about her temples; cloathed in a Roy al Robe, l in d wi th Ermi n s; her Scepter, and Gl obe, on which, wis Britannia, in Capi tal Letters, l y i ng on a p u r- ple Cufhion by her ; her felf on the left knee, mak i ng an obeyfanc e to the Chu r c h, and was attended, by prudence, and valour. Prudence, another female figure, had her head, and bread, a d o r nd wi th Pearl, and in her Left hand, a ftaff, wi th a Serpent twin cl about it. Va l our, was reprefented by Hercules, in a Ly ons S k i n; his C l ub, on his Shoulder, and trampl ing on envy, who wi th her Snakes about her, and one tvvifted on her r ight arm, lay raving at Britannia. Underneath that, an Ov al of G o l d, fup- H por tde