Book of Emblems

On Youth.

A woodcut illustration within a rectangular border depicting two youthful male deities standing on a large, ornate stone pedestal. The figure on the left, representing Bacchus, holds a thyrsus (staff) and wears a wreath of leaves. The figure on the right, representing Apollo, holds a lyre and wears a crown. They are set against a landscape of rolling hills and mountains, with a cluster of buildings or a small town visible in the background on the right. The pedestal itself is decorated with acanthus-like scrolls at its base.

Both tender offspring of Jove, and both beardless,
Whom Latona bore, and whom Semele also bore,
Hail, and flourish at once in eternal youth,
So that by your divinity it may be long-lasting for me.
May you wash away cares with wine, and diseases with food,
So that late old age may approach with a slow foot.