The three Fates

JOANNES STRADANUS (1523-1605) (after)

PIETER JALEA FURNIUS (ca. 1545-1626) (engraving)

HIERONIMUS COCK (c. 1507-1570) (editor)

Down left: Ioannes Stradanus / Flander Inventor
Down right: H. Cock / excudebant 1570
In the centre, initials: PF. F.E.
Text: Principio infanti, gentricis ubi editus aluo, / Ducunt fatales ferrea penfa Deae. Izquierda: Ecce probae, et turpis vitae, spectator, imago / Hanc fuge, Strada monet, fit prior illa tibi. Derecha: Mox sese ludóque pares exercet inani, / Linguae compos, adhuc fed rationis egens.

Back on ink: Fr. Baptista de perurena año 1623 en Leyre.

Fine state. Trimmed inside the platemark. Big marginf left. Restored.

Ref.: Hollstein, v. 7, p. 44, 31-36. Leo vab Puyvelde, Flemish drawings at Windsor Castle, 1942, lám. 163, B/N. Invent/37024.