Queen of Flies
Parva Sub Ingenti
The small beneath the great. A fly adorns her brooch—she wears humility as ornament.
A fly adorns her brooch — parva sub ingenti, the small beneath the great. She wears humility as ornament, making lowliness a jewel.
The Queen of Flies has chosen her sigil deliberately. Where other queens display eagles or lions, she pins a fly to her breast. The message is not modesty but sovereignty over a different domain.
Her greatness includes the small. Her attention misses nothing, however insignificant it appears.
Source: Paradin, Devises Héroïques, 1557, p. 83