When the emperor Charles V made his public entry into Mantua, Rodomonte wore a blue surcoat, made in squares. Upon one was embroidered a scorpion, upon the other his motto, Qui vivens lædit morte medetur, "Who living wounds, in death heals". It is being the property of the scorpion, when killed and laid over the wound, to cure the poison, so Rodomonte, if any one presumed to offend him, would clear himself from the injury by the death of his enemy.

("Historic Devices, Badges, and War-cries", Mrs. Bury Palliser)