hese works he carried out the engraving of the Triumphs of
Patience in six plates, with various things of fancy. In the first, in a
chariot, is Patience, who has in her hand a standard, on which is a rose
among thorns. In the second may be seen a burning heart, beaten by three
hammers, upon an anvil; and the chariot of this second plate is drawn by
two figures--namely, by Desire, who has wings upon the shoulders, and by
Hope, who has an anchor in the hand, and behind them Fortune, with her
wheel broken, is led as a prisoner. In the next plate is Christ on a
chariot, with the standard of the Cross and of His Passion, with the
Evangelists at the corners in the form of animals; and this chariot is
drawn by two lambs, and has behind it four prisoners--the Devil, the
World, or rather, the Flesh, Sin, and Death. In another Triumph is
Isaac, nude, upon a camel; on the banner that he holds in his hand are a
pair of prisoner's irons; and behind him is drawn the altar with the
ram, the knife, and the fire. In the next plate he made Joseph riding in
triumph on an ox crowned with ears of corn and fruits, with a standard
on which is a bee-hive; and the prisoners that are led behind him are
Anger and Envy, who are devouring a heart. He engraved in another
Triumph David on a lion, with the harp, and with a standard in his hand,
on which is a bit; and behind him is Saul as a prisoner, and Shimei,
with his tongue protruding. In another plate is Tobias riding in triumph
on an ass, and holding in his hand a banner, on which is a fountain; and
behind him Poverty and Blindness, bound, are led as prisoners. And in
the last of the six Triumphs is S. Stephen the Proto-martyr, who is
riding in triumph on an elephant, and has a standard with a figure of
Charity; and the prisoners behind him are his persecutors. All these
were inventions full of fancy, and very ingenious; and they were all
engraved by Hieronymus Cock, whose hand is very bold, sure, and
resolute.

The same master engraved a plate of Fraud and Avarice, fantastic and
beautiful, and another very lovely plate of a Feast of Bacchanals, with
children dancing. On another he represented Moses passing across the Red
Sea, according as it had been painted by Agnolo Bronzino, a painter of
Florence, in the upper chapel in the Palace of the Duke of Florence; and
in competition with him, also after the design of Bronzino, Giorgio
Mantovano engraved a Nativity of Jesus Christ, which was very beaut