Against Self-Love (Baudoin, 1638) - Briot

1. "Marie Briot fecit " on the fountain coping.
2. Opposite the engraving, on the right-hand page, it reads:

"Against Sel-Love.
17th Discourse.
Nature had filled Narcissus with so many beauties & graces, that he was a subject of admiration to all who looked at him. But the good opinion he gave of himself because of his beauty made him unbearably disgusted with everything. So, overindulging himself, to the detriment of all the others he despised, he withdrew into the forests, to lead a solitary life among the pleasures of the hunt, with a few of his companions who were idolaters. Already the Nymph Echo began to fall in love with him, and accompanied him wherever he went. While he spent his life in this way, his Fate usually led him to the edge of a clear fountain, to rest in the heat of the day. It was there that, seeing his own image at a loss, he began to contemplate it with passion... The more he mi