The Incredulity and Misbelief of Sorcery Fully Convicted (1622) - Page 4

An ornate engraved portrait of King Louis XIII of France. The King is shown from the chest up. He wears a highly detailed suit of armor with floral and scrollwork patterns, a sash across his chest, and a large, stiff lace ruff collar. He has curly hair, a mustache, and a small soul patch. The portrait is set within an arched architectural frame. At the top of the arch, there are decorative motifs including a crown, shields, and various pieces of military equipment such as helmets, spears, and axes. At the base of the portrait is a rectangular tablet containing a Latin inscription. The style is characteristic of early 17th-century French engraving.

LOUIS XIII, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF THE FRENCH

AND OF NAVARRE, MOST INVINCIBLE.

original: "LVDOVICVS XIII. D. G. FRANCORVM ET NAVARRÆ REX, INVICTISS."

Do not wonder at my triumphs (they are not without slaughter). original: "Ne mirere meos (non sunt sine cæde) triumphos."
I wage just wars, but I groan at the deeds: being pious, I temper harsh things. original: "Iusta gero, sed gesta gemo: pius aspera flecto." The King expresses the burden of a Christian monarch who must fight just wars while regretting the violence they require.
Greater things await me, where, joyful on Eastern plains, original: "Me maiora manent, campis ubi lætus Eois." This refers to the King's ambitions or the hope of a Crusade.
My sword and arms will be turned against foreign blood. original: "Ensis in externum vertentur & arma cruorem."