D. Prisca Virgo, & Martyr Leoni objecta.

Epig.

Aspicit innocuum Virgo secura leonem       Vulneribus, lictor, saucia facta tuis. Nempe ferae incipiunt saevos dediscere mores,       Humanos postquam dedidicere homines.

In the title: St. Prisca (dates unknown) was a Christan martyr in ancient Rome. According to church tradition, the emperor Claudius had her tortured and sent to the Colosseum, where she fearlessly faced a lion. Instead of attacking her, the lion tamely licked her feet. She was then beheaded.