To the most noble and distinguished

JEAN HÉROARD.

LORD OF VAUGRIGNEUSE,

JEAN HÉROARD.

ANAGRAMS.

These phrases are anagrams in the original Latin, where the letters of "Ioannes Herovardus" are rearranged to form various complimentary mottos.

Go forth, flourishing as you honor. | Honor is a lofty thing; come.
You are the enduring honor of the age. | Recommending true things to honor.
You are a strong vein of honor. | Lasting in honor from Jesus.
You endure from a vein of honor. | Healthy in the hero, oh endure.
Ah, I give spring-like strength. | Richly honoring true things.
Honor flourishing toward the truth | A path rushing toward honors.
You look upon them with the power of honor | Helping heroes with spikenard A costly aromatic ointment used in ancient medicine.
Live, O hero, as you adorn us. | Renewing the stars, I am carried.

Surveying all the summits of Phoebus Apollo, the Greek god associated with light, prophecy, and healing with your eyes,
Surveying the choirs of Phoebus with your mind and soul:
I see that in the art of Machaon Machaon was the son of Asclepius and the legendary physician of the Greeks at Troy; the "Machaonian art" refers to medicine and surgery nothing is more sublime than you,
And that you preside over the healing choirs of Paeon Paeon was the physician to the gods in Greek mythology; his name became a title for Apollo as a healer.
Is it any wonder if the other mountains look up to your peaks,
And if they bring to you those things they hold dear?
If they entrust themselves and their own to you—those who believe
That they stand, are healthy, and thrive under your protection?
Shall I be the last to come running? May the gods forbid it; I shall fly,
And though I am the lowliest, I will follow the mountains all the way to your hill.