Alciato Emblem 162: Source in Greek Anthology 9.42 (trans Paton, III, 25)

Julius Leonidas
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I, Myrtilus, escaped two dangers by the help of one weapon; the first by fighting bravely with it, the second by swimming with its support, when the north-west wind had sunk my ship. I was saved and now possess a shield proved both in war and on the waves.