Thomas Joseph Shahan

“ Fol.) , but he wrote other works not included in that edition: "Historia Mediolanensis" (published posthumously at Milan, 1625) , "Responsa" (Lyons, 1561) , "Formula romani imperii" (1559) , and "Epigrammata" (1539) . His gravity and moderation, and his caution in the solution of legal difficulties, are praised by his biographers. He is best known to the modern world by his curious and entertaining "Emblemata", a metrical collection of moral, proverb-like sayings, in which the ethical teaching is couched in elegant and forceful diction, though it lacks, somewhat, simplicity and naturalness. ”